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The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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Unsurprisingly, right-wing media is lying, claiming that these were lefties:
some conservative media outlets have seized on aspects of the story to imply that the plotters were actually bad seeds of the far left. One of the alleged plotters, an article in the Federalist argued, “parroted Democrat conspiracy theories about President Trump protecting child predators connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein”.
Also, Donald Trump does protect child predators connected to sex offender and former best buddy of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein.
"Democrat"-ic camera taking photos of the two together?
"Democrat"-ic birthday card Trump wrote and signed for Epstein?
"Democrat"-ic condoms depicting Trump saying I'M HUUUUGE?
"Democrat"-ic Mike Johnson saying just yesterday he is running a protection program for keeping Trump connected Republicans with potential dirty laundry away from investigation or prosecution?
I thought it was interesting at the time how it was a conspiracy of like five dudes, but the headline across several news sites was like, "two dudes from California lead conspiracy to assassinate the president."
Lefty rhetoric, like the truth. SMH. If they still believe it then they never will.
Oh, yet another conveniently foiled assassination attempt for the guy claiming he really needs his secure ballroom. Well I say, all these foiled assassination attempts seem to suggest security is just fine.
It's Anti Antifa, the most dangerous of the Antifas! /s
Honestly if we just started calling them "profa" they would probably take up that mantle without understanding it.
Imagine sleeping through your own assassination
The plotters bandied biblically-tinged language about “shepherds” and “lions’ dens”, and believed that demons (or at least demon-worshipers) were preying on children, itself a QAnon- and Epstein-era update of a centuries-old Christian antisemitic trope. According to court documents, investigators found a diary in which Proper “wrote that the government sought to control people and to sacrifice children and others to a demonic figure”.
I mean they're on the right track. Epstein was not disconnected from Israel, and a type of Israeli statist extremism... And he was sacrificing people/children to elites, people and children were definitely killed. It wasn't a vacation camp, or even some sort of 'clean' sex trafficking ring with rules against murder, or against letting in elites practice snuff/death/rage.
Trump himself is that kind of rapist, official witness statement say he beat girls/children and degrades them when they try to refuse him.
So this group really isn't far off the mark, despite the articles spin.
Oh yeah that's totally believable. Right.
Please, that ass-faced moron wasn't targeted. This is more fake crap to keep the MAGAt morons worked up and frothing at the mouth that anyone would dare go after their (fat ugly stupid geriatric rapist pedo) golden god.
Then why would they choose hard right fuckheads for their patsies?
yeah I feel this way. Its like what actually took place at the event. Are they going after trash talk bs or something.
The left is really falling behind the assassination plot counts. Kind of embarrassing tbh.
Hey now, what would Luigi think about that?
Idk, whats Luigi's political identity?
He seems pretty "self-correcting free market" kind of dude if he went after a CEO and not a Republican Legislator.
Keep in mind he's the rich heir to a fortune, with an ivy league education and used to have a six figure tech company desk job.
Trump whipped these freaks into a frenzy and now they want to kill him. Nobody could have predicted this.
For those of us who watched Babylon 5, this seems like G'kar trying to assassinate Emperor Turhan. (Except this idiot is incapable of repenting.)
Don't you think he looks tired?
Amazing what just six words could accomplish.
...?
Dr. Who reference
low energy
Small pp energy, even
It's okay, he built a hospital below the ballroom (true).
So tired its weird. Weird guy
They'd rather have a martyr at this point, as he drags their progress down in the dirt.
At least they are fighting each other
Its a shame they didn't succeed.
Such a shame.
I know. It sounded like they had their shit together. Leave it to Mom to fuck it up for everyone
That it didn't succeed.
If only these right wing assholes would consult with us, we could offer them good advice
Always the family are snitching
When I heard about the event this was my first thought. What a great opportunity for some real right wing nationalists, WHO HATE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN WITH, would realize that Trump is just a dreidel.
I don't know who this proper is, but I think his valid display of political opinion should be heard preferably in a cage match with Trump. Only a week pussy would lose and weak pussies shouldn't be in charge of America... Right?