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Swede

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Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:15 AM 9 hrs ago

GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as 'Ultra MAGA' Trump Supporter [View all]

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As the nation reels from another devastating mass shooting—this time at a Mormon church in suburban Michigan—Republican leaders have remained notably silent following revelations that the gunman was a devoted Trump supporter who once proudly wore the label “Ultra MAGA.”

Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old Marine veteran from Grand Blanc Township, plowed his pickup truck into a local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday before opening fire on worshippers. Ten people were shot. Four are dead. The church was later engulfed in flames after Sanford used an accelerant to set it ablaze. Two of the victims died from gunshot wounds, and two more bodies were recovered from the debris.

Sanford in a camouflage Trump 2020 shirt that read “Make Liberals Cry Again,” and a Trump-Pence sign still visible on his front lawn just months ago, the political implications became harder to ignore.

So far, Republican leaders have said nothing.

https://dailyboulder.com/gop-silent-as-mormon-church-gunman-identified-as-ultra-maga-trump-supporter/

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Shocked! I tell you. Shocked! Liberal In Texas 9 hrs ago #1
im not AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #27
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #2
Republicans own this church massacre Champp 9 hrs ago #3
They own the majority of the violence that is happening around the country. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #7
Yes. The numbers tell the story Champp 7 hrs ago #24
I'm thinking MyOwnPeace 1 hr ago #40
It's Magacide gopiscrap 4 hrs ago #32
So, which is less surprising? Paladin 8 hrs ago #4
Or their response? Delmette2.0 4 hrs ago #31
And after they stampeded to get in front of TV cameras after Kirk's murder. tanyev 8 hrs ago #5
They were praying for some transgender connection. sop 7 hrs ago #17
Why would they? They approve! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #6
Oh no way! Kingofalldems 8 hrs ago #8
Was she trans too? durablend 8 hrs ago #12
Not seen on a billboard. usonian 8 hrs ago #9
I love that gopiscrap 4 hrs ago #33
Steal my graphic! Share! usonian 4 hrs ago #34
They are addicted to fear, hate and violence Clouds Passing 8 hrs ago #10
Figured he was hardcore MAGA the way Law enforcement was acting when they immediately learned of his MAGANESS. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 8 hrs ago #11
DTs response was telling Cosmocat 8 hrs ago #13
Is that source credible? It would be nice to see the actual evidence instead of just allusions to it. xocetaceans 8 hrs ago #14
Oh so they didn't find bullets with leftist writings this time? IronLionZion 8 hrs ago #15
The FBI didn't have time to plant them. It takes a while to engrave a shelll casing Ray Bruns 6 hrs ago #30
His younger brother, in a recent family photo, was sporting a t-shirt that bragged: wolfie001 7 hrs ago #16
"An act of targeted violence, though a motive has not been confirmed." lees1975 7 hrs ago #18
That seems likely Martin Eden 7 hrs ago #21
OmissionLie multigraincracker 7 hrs ago #19
It's not just the GOP mn9driver 7 hrs ago #20
When a MAGA Trump supporter does it, he's a lone wolf disturbed individual Martin Eden 7 hrs ago #22
Of course Rebl2 7 hrs ago #23
DOJ removes study on right wing violence surfered 7 hrs ago #25
What, nothing about rhetoric being to blame? Ohioboy 7 hrs ago #26
KICK orangecrush 6 hrs ago #28
Honestly it would be good for society NoPasaran 6 hrs ago #29
Brain Dead Hate Stuffed Psycho. Just Cha 3 hrs ago #35
It was clear to me that the media knew this a while ago ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #36
They're all deeply in denial Warpy 1 hr ago #37
... Initech 1 hr ago #38
It was "disappeared" out of the news like the antivax quack who shot up CDC buildings in Atlanta BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #39
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