re: Shooting in Virginia: LA representative Steve Scalise shot

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Assailant dead

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That fricker was a leftist nut job also idiot.

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Jeremy Joseph Christian held extremist views, posting neo-Nazi, antisemitic, and far-right material on social media,[27][28] as well as material indicating an affinity for political violence.[10] Christian described himself as a white nationalist.[29] In April 2017, Christian wrote, "I just Challenged Ben Ferencz (Last Living Nuremberg Persecutor)(sic) to a Debate in the Hague with Putin as our judge. I will defend the Nazis and he will defend the AshkeNAZIs [a reference to European Jews]".[30] He had praised Timothy McVeigh in an online posting on April 19, the anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing;[28][31] he also "posted conspiracy theory memes from the right-wing Alex Jones Channel".[28] The Oregonian noted that Christian made many contradictory Facebook posts, but that such contradictions are typical of extremists; his posts "reveal a comic book collector with nebulous political affiliations who above all else seemed to hate circumcision and Hillary Clinton". He at times expressed support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, although he wrote that he did not vote.[28] According to The Portland Mercury, Christian was a "known right-wing extremist and white supremacist".[32] He had previously been convicted of kidnapping and robbery in 2002 for the robbery of a convenience store, and was sentenced to 90 months in prison for that offense.[15] He was also arrested in 2010 on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft, but those charges were later dropped.[33] Christian had been participating in various "alt-right" rallies in Portland.[27] One month prior to the stabbing, Christian spoke at a right-wing "March for Free Speech" in Portland's Montavilla Park, where he wore a Revolutionary War-era flag of the United States and carried a baseball bat, which was confiscated by police. He gave Nazi salutes, and used a racial slur at least once.[34][32] At the event, Christian was videotaped shouting "Die, Muslims!"[28]

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