'He was a Republican': Fox News contributor Juan Williams reminded his colleagues that the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump wasn't a Dem
Fox News contributor Juan Williams reminded his colleagues that the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a Republican.
"I mean, it's not only when you think about the president, former President Trump, but also the people in the audience, the people who died, and you understand the danger," Williams explained during a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday. "It just makes you feel like the country is, the level of political polarization in the country is at a danger point."
"It's, I think, a reflection of the divisions within the United States today, not only liberal, conservative, but also on the extremes," he continued. "This young man, they say he's a Republican."
Williams said he found the scenario puzzling.
"The whole thing is just like, especially with the Internet, I think the Internet feeds a lot of the extremism that we're experiencing in the country, drives people," he explained. "The politics of grievance, anger, all the conspiracy theories."
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Williams expected the Republican National Convention to "become a more zealous affirmation of President Trump as a martyr for having been shot at, and I think it's going to change the whole tone."
The FBI has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Although a motive for the assassination attempt was unclear, Pennsylvania voter records listed a person with his name and address as a Republican [...]
He donates to Democrats. That doesn't just make it hard to understand, but hard to believe and if someones political affiliations are strong enough to be making donations, it's hard to believe they would just up and join the other side all of a sudden. Me personally, I believe it's a lie
A one-time, $15 donation is that strong to you?
Any amount is if you're a Republican. It just doesn't make sense, why wouldn't he donate to his own party and instead donate to the opposition?
I think you've forgotten that centrists exist. Which is not entirely surprising, given how polarized politics is these days, but still. There are a lot of "I hate both sides" folks out there, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them not particularly committing to either party.
Deny the premise in your own thread, got nothing to do with me.