Source? The only news articles I can find say that it said "Free Gaza" on the devices which caused the fires.
I do not see just one side as the culprits moving forward. There will be dems and pubs alike doing this. There are crazy fringes on both sides. I live next to a Hamlet called Bethlehem here in NY. You could not find a more democratic little town. Subarus for as far as the eye can see, driven by flannel wearing, Starbucks ordering, Whole Foods shopping folks. Good people but a little "poserish" to me. I have a work acquaintance that lives there and is a Trump supporter. He has double digit signs torn from his lawn. Notes of hate in his mailbox, and F-yous shouted by those lovely folks driving those Subarus'. I'm not making this about dems, there are plenty on the right that are just as bad. Just pointing out those fringes. Funny note. An additional ballot drop off box was torched but the ballots were saved because the unit had a fire suppression system. I have worked in a few restaurants that DID NOT HAVE fire suppression systems back in the day. I think there should be cameras focused on these units not people, to keep an eye on what's going on. Pay someone to monitor let's say 20 boxes daily, instead of the Brute Squad camped out.
I do not believe as of yet that there is any evidence of your claim. You may be correct but early. Free Gaza to me is neither left or right. It's an individual who is very invested in things I am not. I have opinions but I'm not torching $hit to prove a point.
Nook doesn't bullshit so I'm going to take him at his word. That being said, given the nature of the attack the odds were almost certainly it would be a trump supporter.
Incendiary devices that burned ballot boxes carried 'Free Gaza' messages, AP source says | AP News Probably a radical leftist or anarchist that did it. I don't think the goal was to sway the election result one way or the other.
I dig Nook's posts as well. But this to this point has as much footing as Kenyon Green in the trenches. I said you could be correct but I suspect we may never know.
Once the door is open - it is open. There is no doubt that there is abusive behavior by people on both sides of the aisle.
I was talking about the one in Arizona - but I was probably wrong anyway. They caught the culprit and there were reports he was a Republican voter - but now I cannot find further evidence of it, so I retract my claim - I was wrong.
I don't know - it is all speculation at this point - but I am not assuming that it is from a Pro-Gaza group - just like I would not assume it was a pro-Israeli group if it had a star of David on it ---- it is just as likely a group trying to make another group look bad....
Former Republican candidate charged with stealing election ballots in Indiana MADISON COUNTY, Ind. (WXIN) — A former Republican candidate running for an Indiana seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been arrested and charged with stealing several election ballots during a recent voting machine test. Larry L. Savage Jr., a candidate in the Republican 5th District primary held earlier this year, was arrested Tuesday morning by Madison County authorities and charged with destroying/misplacing a ballot and theft. He has since been released on a $500 cash bond. The charges filed against Savage, a 51-year-old Anderson resident and precinct committeeman, stem from an incident on Oct. 3 in which two election ballots went missing at the Madison County Government Center during testing of the local voting machines. Court documents show county officials began testing voting machines at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3, an event open to the public. Several citizens attended the tests and were allowed to run “test” ballots through the machines assigned to their county. Despite being marked “test,” the ballots were still officially tracked and counted by the State and included real candidate names as well as differing votes. After testing, officials found one straight-Republican ballot and one write-in ballot were missing. A review of security footage, which was streamed online, showed Savage handling the two missing ballots. He can also be heard confirming with an election official that these are “absolutely, totally real ballots.” In the video, Savage can be seen looking around the room before folding up two ballots and putting them in his sweatshirt pocket. After this, Savage is seen leaning over to a woman in attendance and saying “f—ed up count.” Less than 10 minutes later, Savage is seen leaving the building and showing a man the ballots in his pocket. The man then pats Savage on the back and Savage gets into his car and leaves. The woman Savage spoke with after the ballots were stolen was also streaming the event on Facebook Live. Soon after Savage leaves, the woman can heard confronting election officials and asking them if they are missing ballots. After leaving, Savage reportedly joined the woman’s Facebook Live on his “Cardkiller57” account and commented several things including “3 ballots short!!! lol” and “Dontvtake [sic] anything.” These comments can be seen below: After it was determined that Savage was likely the person responsible for the missing ballots, police were granted a warrant to search his car and home. That same night, around 8 p.m. on Oct. 3, officers went to Savage’s home to execute the warrant. Rest: https://www.krqe.com/news/former-re...ed-with-stealing-election-ballots-in-indiana/
Kind of like: what would Homer Simpson do if trying to frame another political group? Now that I think of it, maybe more political news should be held up against a "Homer's Razor," to assess if a stupid person probably perpetrated it.
Sure, could be some kind of false flag, but until they identify the perp I think I'll accept it is a Gaza protester per Occam's Razor. It makes a lot of sense. The attack is a waste of time in terms of influencing the election. But it is a good way to get your message -- Free Palestine -- into the headlines. For an anti-Zionist, this has been a depressing election. One side promises to help Netanyahu slowly destroy the Palestinian people while the other promises to help him do it faster. Meanwhile, people are trying to blackmail you, saying you have to vote for Kodos to avoid a greater calamity. So you reject the legitimacy of the duopoly entirely and you attack the election itself to speak for the anti-genocide constituency that both sides have turned their backs on. Doesn't that delegitimize the movement? Idk. Everyone who has shut their eyes to genocide already will probably wag their fingers. But it might move the Overton window. A recent study in Nature was concluding that radical environmental protests ended up increasing activism in more moderate environmental groups (N.B. I tried to link Nature's article but I get a server error). And maybe the same "positive radical flank effect" will accrue for genocide opposition even if this criminal is himself condemned. I guess I'm taken with this idea because I think a lot of MAGA policy goals have been advanced this way too. But I get ahead of myself. We need to catch the guy to know what he was thinking. And, they should prosecute regardless of his reasons. If he is a protester, I hope he had prepared himself for paying the price of his protest.
