Las Vegas Gunman Was a Trump Supporter, Happy With President Because Stock Market Was Doing Well

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Source: Newsweek

By Christal Hayes On 11/3/17 at 4:30 PM
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was quite the fan of President Donald Trump before he killed 58 people and left another 500 injured—the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.

Paddock, a millionaire who reportedly would gamble up to $1 million a night in casinos, was attracted to the president's politics because of the boost the stock market has enjoyed since Trump took office, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told KLAS, a local CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, during a two-hour interview.

Paddock said "he was happy with Trump because the stock market was doing well," Lombardo said.

Stocks have indeed risen nearly every month since Trump took office—something that has been achieved under no other U.S. president, Forbes reported. But the magazine also noted that the markets have actually seen better gains under five other presidents.

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"Because of the stock market"

[Abouttime]

1. No doubt

Another angry white male right wing terrorist, the most dangerous people on the planet.
Trump inspired the worst mass killing in American history. Trump has blood on his hands over this, no wonder he said nothing about this attack.

[FirstLight]

2. ...and yet wasted no time

after the NY attack to call the person an"animal" and talk shit politically...
GAH!

I agree, any race-related/white violence is directly Trump's fault.

[Achilleaze]

3. Frikken "republican family values" role model, Comrade Casino*

is dragging this country down to the bottom of the moral cesspool. He shares in responsibility for the massacre of all those American citizens. Shame.


* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Blue Owl]

4. Lock stock & barrel

[Podkayne K]

5. AND I'LL BET HE ALSO STOOD UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!

[Initech]

6. Ha!!!!! Eat shit alt right!!!

And anyone else who tries to blame this on democrats and the left! Eat a steaming bag of rancid dog shit!

[ileus]

7. I hope everyone that's happy with the stock market doesn't follow his lead.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The Dow

closed at 19,827.25 on Inauguration Day after having hit a low in Obama's 3rd month in office in March 2009 of 6,547.05.

A 13,280.20 rise (tripled) over 8 years ain't bad.

[guss]

9. Message

I have talk to stout Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox news watchers.
They hate McCain, they saying to me they he is so old cant put his Arms above his head.
(even though that he was beat up so bad while prisoner of war in Vietnam that's the reason)
And They Want the Cancer to Advance so he dies and shut him up.
Hillary is responsible for the Russians influence of the election because of the "no" involvement of Uranium one deal,
(happened before she was sec of state)
Trump Keeps shredding a Mom of 2 and pregnant for his talk to her, on the way to the casket of her husband,
A Special forces Solder,
who died for his service.
(they call her a bitch)
Anyone who Confronts Trumps is Cannon Fodder.

So... I Think Anyone Kneeling for the National Anthem is More respectful then these S.O.B's

[standingtall]

10. Who could've guessed that

an older white man with a bunch of money who did not life in Las Vegas, but lived in a rural part of Nevada would be a Trump supporter?

[Oneironaut]

11. I find the whole "Which political party did the shooter like?" thing to be irritating.

It happens with every mass shooting now for some reason.

I hate Trump, but the shooter was crazy. Nothing else really matters, imo. The shooting didn't appear to be politically motivated, so I'm not sure why Newsweek thought his political affiliation was relevant.

[brush]

17. It's relevant because right wingers immediately after the shooting spread rumors that the shooter...

was a progressive/liberal.

[Turbineguy]

12. It must have been

the right wing propaganda machine that drove him to his end.

There must be many others like him.

[Vinca]

13. Trump must be proud. Now he can add "mass murderer" to his fan base.

Not as big a number as "white supremacist," but there's plenty of time to change that.

[YOHABLO]

14. There is something pathological about right wingers. Dangerous people

[IronLionZion]

15. Time to start profiling angry Trump supporters

and ban them until they can explain how an immigration ban and discrimination against muslims would have prevented the Las Vegas shooting. You know, for security reasons. To keep our country safe.

I remember the idiotic RWers claiming he liked to wear pussy hats at the women's march and how he was working for ISIS and we should ban immigrants because of his girlfriend. And of course the girlfriend's ex-husband shared anti-Trump memes on social media so that's proof of something.

There's still a chance that this was some sort of conspiracy and they left his dead body in the room as a set up. Or they'll find some tumor in his brain or something to indicate mental illness. Either way, we're not going to get any gun control legislation.

[lark]

16. Lets see this get prominent placement in the msm.

Don't hold your breath, it probably won't happen. Newsweek has run many articles, like the hacked emails were changed, and no one else picked it up until now, many months later. If I'm wrong and just missed it, I apologize, but do check out NYT and WaPo daily and subscribe to Daily KOS, plus come here usually 2 day or more.