Oddbean new post about login | logout Lucian K. Truscott says the media totally missed the story of Trump's visit to a gun store in South Carolina, which was this: "He made a decision to stop at Palmetto State Armory in Summerville, South Carolina, because he knew that that specific gun store was where the racist shooter in Jacksonville, Florida bought the guns he used to kill three Black people at a Dollar General store in late August." #Trump #guns #violence #racism https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-mainstream-media-completely-missed
"Trump went to the one gun store in the nation associated specifically with a mass-killing of Black people. Trump knew that the murder of those Black people at the Dollar General happened just one month ago. The mainstream media focused their stories about Trump’s stop at the Palmetto Armory gun store on whether it would be legal for him as a resident of Florida to buy a gun in South Carolina, completely missing the message he was sending to his racist base." #Trump #racism #MediaFail /2
@f884fa2b The media, as a whole, are more interested in “gotcha” moments than in writing about trumps future attempts at taking over the country. trumps handler’s plan every day out for maximum tv coverage. They are acting like there will be no trials.
@f884fa2b A gentle reminder that his father was arrested at a KKK rally. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/04/fred-trump-arrests/
@f884fa2b Yeah PSA is known for being an especially reactionary gun company, even by gun company standards (if you don't believe me, check out the shirts they sell on their site). But I think liberals who don't know much, if anything, about gun culture aren't aware of this nuance. Trump wasn't doing that at a random gun store