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Mar-a-Lago gunman was scarred by Epstein Files, hurt to see 'elite get away with it': 'Evil is real' (www.wionews.com)

submitted 2 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Anger over Epstein Files: Austin Tucker Martin was killed at Mar-a-Lago in Florida after entering Trump's estate. He is said to have been "obsessed" with the Epstein Files and was angry with everything that was revealed. He was reportedly frustrated to see the elite get away with it.

The man who entered Mar-a-Lago in Florida and was shot dead was obsessed with the way Donald Trump's administration was handling the Epstein Files. He also comes from a family of Trump supporters. Austin Tucker Martin was killed on Sunday morning after he entered Trump's property with a shotgun and a gas canister. His family, co-workers and a cousin said that Martin had also shown his appreciation for Trump many times.

Braeden Fields, Martin's cousin, said he was shocked to know about Austin's breaking and entering, and described him as a "quiet" kid who was scared of firearms. "We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody," Fields said, adding Austin was "real quiet, never really talked about anything." Austin's cousin said, "He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun."

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would not vote to convict this man if I were on the jury.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 days ago

That's why they killed him.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

"See, we can't release any more files or people will get violent."

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If only he had been more skilled at infiltration :/

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump wasn't even there at the time so the planning seems to have been pretty lacking all around

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe he was planning to hide until trump got back, or wanted to do his own investigation. Either way as a former trump supporter, we can't expect him to use his brain (even before it ended up scattered in the hedges).

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

Ah, the trump supporter, the natural enemy of donald trump

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve been expecting this to happen for a while now, it’s really upsetting how long it’s taken, but the way Q-Anon and all the child related crimes its adherents were whipped up into a cultic fever was always eventually going to cause vigilantism once the files started being released and the evidence became overwhelming(even if the DOJ/Congress/courts/etc won’t do their jobs).

It would probably give me an overdose of irony if the hubris of being able to control the conspiratorial right is the undoing

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's kind of hillarious that only right wingers are actually undertaking action against Trump.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

The ones that aren’t actively and intentionally white supremacist, Christian dominionists, or rich should be the most pissed at him, they are the ones that got most duped by a stupid narcissistic child rapist

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Man, Qanuts don’t even get press anymore. Won’t somebody think of the psyops??

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He isn't (wasn't wrong) about the files. Points for style, but he was way off on his "execution".

The guy could have just attended a luncheon at Mara Lago or something and waited for a chance ... or just rented a room, it is a fucking hotel resort.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thinking and planning don't appear to have been his forte. Shinzo Abe's assassin essentially did what you have described and was successful despite dreadful marksmanship.