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riversedge

(78,034 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:59 PM Sunday

Trump escalating the Church shooting: "This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States




10 min ago
Trump briefed on LDS church shooting
From CNN's Sara Smart and Maureen Chowdhury

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he has been briefed on the “horrendous shooting that took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Grand Blanc, Michigan.”

“The FBI was immediately on scene, and will be leading the Federal Investigation, and providing full support to State and Local Officials. The suspect is dead, but there is still a lot to learn,” the president wrote.

“This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America. The Trump Administration will keep the Public posted, as we always do. In the meantime, PRAY for the victims, and their families. THIS EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY MUST END, IMMEDIATELY!” Trump added.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/church-shooting-fire-michigan-09-28-25?t=1759081981529
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Trump escalating the Church shooting: "This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States (Original Post) riversedge Sunday OP
And what is going to do stop it? Send the Marines? Klarkashton Sunday #1
Targeted? ._. Sunday #2
It's code for "white trump voters" Klarkashton Sunday #3
Did he say a word about that Roof fellow? malaise Sunday #5
3...2...1.... Lovie777 Sunday #4
So the casino shooting? Attack on gamblers? leftstreet Sunday #6
Ka$h Patel was heartbroken. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #28
This appears to be yet another example of the Orange Menace running his mouth before all facts are known. tanyev Sunday #7
He's inventing another bogeyman again and playing the victim as usual. Ping Tung Sunday #8
The Trump admin will keep us posted with lies and misinformation newdeal2 Sunday #9
As I had read that comment I gave a laugh out loud--like a sane person would trust Trum riversedge Sunday #12
I guarantee in a few hours we will hear about how the bullets were marked newdeal2 Sunday #15
I am willing to bet this was an unhappy Mormon shooting other Mormons. milestogo Sunday #10
I think it has to do with a loosening of "morals." ananda Sunday #18
Maybe pastor was too Jesus like. Feed the poor and hungry. Irish_Dem Sunday #25
Yeah, not Republican Jesus enough. ananda Sunday #34
MAGA wants Jesus to be more like Trump. Irish_Dem Sunday #35
I wish Ted Cruz would tell him to tone down the rhetoric. eShirl Sunday #11
When He gets back from Cancun. Maybe... madinmaryland Sunday #21
Well, if we only had a leader who would do that. spanone Sunday #13
White christians keep saying they are victims. Irish_Dem Sunday #14
What about the targeted attacks on school children? yardwork Sunday #16
Never discount nor dismiss ZDU Sunday #17
This message was self-deleted by its author BlueKota Sunday #37
You'd think after 20 years, I'd be able to post an image here ok_cpu Sunday #19
Yeah. I don't know any liberals who drive around with that in back of their truck. GoodRaisin Sunday #22
The license tag on the truck appears to have the word IRAQ on it. LastDemocratInSC Sunday #23
Yes. He was a Marine who served in Iraq. Abolishinist Sunday #38
You just paste the link, except for sites that block hotlinking, like the mlive.com site. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #32
I found an alternate picture that does paste well and I trimmed question mark tracking off end Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #33
Thank you! I thought that was how it was done. Glad to know it wasn't me (this time) n/t ok_cpu Sunday #40
Does it not occur to these people that the shooters have some affiliation with the churches they shoot up? taxi Sunday #20
Or a relationship with a member of the church, if not the church itself. Ocelot II Sunday #29
When I was in fifth grade BlueKota Sunday #39
"No one slaughters their co-religionists quite so cheerfully as a Christian" ms liberty Sunday #24
He's losing his skill: many maga do not think LDS is "christian". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #26
That's some prezidentin' right there BeyondGeography Sunday #27
...by a "Christian"... 617Blue Sunday #30
I'll bet his wife left him for a Mormon that goes there. intrepidity Sunday #31
I've been reading comments at some MAGA sites. They were expecting muslim, liberal, trans, Mexican... they got chia Sunday #36

Klarkashton

(4,139 posts)
1. And what is going to do stop it? Send the Marines?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:04 PM
Sunday

The toxic bastard spends every minute of the day talking shit and making threats about everybody except maga. The whole thing is sick.

malaise

(289,598 posts)
5. Did he say a word about that Roof fellow?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:07 PM
Sunday

Mother Emmanuel church?

Another church was attacked recently - not a word.
It’s the effin guns Donvict.

tanyev

(47,926 posts)
7. This appears to be yet another example of the Orange Menace running his mouth before all facts are known.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:10 PM
Sunday

😒

Ping Tung

(3,760 posts)
8. He's inventing another bogeyman again and playing the victim as usual.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:10 PM
Sunday

Now he's decided to be the protector of an (alleged) All Powerful, All Seeing, and Everywhere Deity that can't defend itself.

newdeal2

(4,244 posts)
9. The Trump admin will keep us posted with lies and misinformation
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:16 PM
Sunday

Both intentional (Trump/Miller) and unintentional (Kash).

riversedge

(78,034 posts)
12. As I had read that comment I gave a laugh out loud--like a sane person would trust Trum
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:20 PM
Sunday

to keep us truthfully informed!!

newdeal2

(4,244 posts)
15. I guarantee in a few hours we will hear about how the bullets were marked
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:24 PM
Sunday

This is the admin’s calling card.

milestogo

(21,889 posts)
10. I am willing to bet this was an unhappy Mormon shooting other Mormons.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:19 PM
Sunday

It probably has nothing to do with politics or Christianity.

ananda

(33,430 posts)
18. I think it has to do with a loosening of "morals."
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:03 PM
Sunday

Maybe the pastor was too pro lbgtq or something.

Irish_Dem

(75,589 posts)
25. Maybe pastor was too Jesus like. Feed the poor and hungry.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:36 PM
Sunday

Peace, love, getting along with others, etc.

MAGAs hate that stuff.

spanone

(140,300 posts)
13. Well, if we only had a leader who would do that.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:23 PM
Sunday

Instead we have a fucking authoritarian who only wants to blame his political rivals.

Response to ZDU (Reply #17)

ok_cpu

(2,208 posts)
19. You'd think after 20 years, I'd be able to post an image here
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:06 PM
Sunday

but if the pic I saw of the vehicle that drove into the church is real, it's a truck with 2 full-sized American flags in the bed.

Edit to add mlive article with pic: https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2025/09/live-updates-multiple-shot-at-michigan-church-suspect-down.html?gift=dfd98b66-caff-479b-8ee9-90920563ef55

GoodRaisin

(10,543 posts)
22. Yeah. I don't know any liberals who drive around with that in back of their truck.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:21 PM
Sunday

Plenty of magats though.

LastDemocratInSC

(4,150 posts)
23. The license tag on the truck appears to have the word IRAQ on it.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:12 PM
Sunday

Is that a Michigan veterans tag?

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,969 posts)
32. You just paste the link, except for sites that block hotlinking, like the mlive.com site. . . . . nt
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:48 PM
Sunday

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,969 posts)
33. I found an alternate picture that does paste well and I trimmed question mark tracking off end
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:56 PM
Sunday

taxi

(2,546 posts)
20. Does it not occur to these people that the shooters have some affiliation with the churches they shoot up?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:07 PM
Sunday

It's not like they throw a dart at a wall map and pick the nearest church. If they know nothing about a particular church or religion, then that church or religion would not be a target. In other words, the call is coming from inside the house.

Ocelot II

(127,487 posts)
29. Or a relationship with a member of the church, if not the church itself.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:43 PM
Sunday

IIRC, there was a particularly deadly incident in TX a few years back where the shooter, who had a history of violent behavior, killed a number of people but specifically targeted his mother-in-law.

BlueKota

(4,645 posts)
39. When I was in fifth grade
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:18 PM
Sunday

Someone set the Catholic School on fire at the end of my 5th grade year. Luckily no one was hurt, because it was after school had let out for the day, but there was band practice going on. Some of my friends were in the locker room, chaging their uniforms when they smelled smoke. I had a doctor's appointment that day, or I would have been there too.

The fire department determined it was arson, and they announced a few days later that they had found the perpetrator, but they never released the name. So likely it was a student or a past student who did it. Also likely it was a child of wealthy church donors, the way it was hushed up.

Given that a number of the teachers were often cruel, we all figured it was someone, who went over the edge because of something done to them. I was really upset because one of my friends or the fireman could have been hurt. It wasn't their fault we had some mean teachers.

We had to have classes in quickly assembled temporary classrooms the following year, in the gym as some of the rooms in the older section burned and had to be repaired. The smell of smoke lingered for a couple of years.

ms liberty

(10,643 posts)
24. "No one slaughters their co-religionists quite so cheerfully as a Christian"
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:33 PM
Sunday

- Professor Radcliffe Emerson to his wife, the inimitable Amelia Peabody Emerson in "The Mummy Case"

intrepidity

(8,488 posts)
31. I'll bet his wife left him for a Mormon that goes there.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:46 PM
Sunday

That's much more probable than it being ideological.

chia

(2,662 posts)
36. I've been reading comments at some MAGA sites. They were expecting muslim, liberal, trans, Mexican... they got
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:40 PM
Sunday

another white American and I don't know how much more reality they can absorb before their heads explode from the cognitive dissonance.

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