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    I chose an NYPost article for the simple reason that even a conservative rag identified the culprit as a Trump fan. I am aware that the ‘alleged’ in the title and in the article is the typical load of partisan horseshit.

    This comes right on the heels of Trump claiming that Mrs. Omar ‘sprayed herself.’

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    How is it still a “mystery liquid.”

    If this were any Republican it would have immediately been called super anthrax liquid cancer acid and an investigation would have identified it as not that within hours. Here we are with “mystery liquid” since yesterday…

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      People suspected fox or pig urine and I just don’t understand. Who would plan out an attack, knowing they will go to jail for it, just to spray some pee on someone with a syringe? Like I know we aren’t dealing with the sharpest tool in the shed here, but damn…

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        People who do this sort of thing are rarely rational. You don’t usually get to the point where you’re attacking a political figure in an extremely public way by thinking things through. Dude was probably off his rocker.

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        Seeing as Omar is Muslim, my guess is on pig fat. But yeah it is a terrible reason to go to jail, and according to his neighbor, he knew he’d be arrested. He also had a major injury recently, so maybe he figured he’d have better health care in prison, so it’s like robbing a bank for $1

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    I love the simple inclusion of “might” in that text. It hints that he thought there was even the smallest possibility of being able to escape an extremely public assault on a politician in a building filled with people, which i just find hilarious

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    Police: GCMS? Analytical chemistry? Those dont sound real. This is a complete mystery. Guess we’ll never know.

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      A) he could be pardoned right now, before anything else happens. Except

      B) he’s been charged with crimes at the state level, so Walz isn’t going to pardon him and a pardon from the federal level would have no effect

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        I don’t think this would be the case for it, but I fully expect Trump, before the end of his term, to attempt to pardon state crimes and insist it applies

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          He’s already issued a pardon to a woman in Colorado who was convicted [only at the state level] of crimes in trying to overturn the 2020 election. Her lawyer is trying that exact argument.