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Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:15 AM Yesterday

GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as 'Ultra MAGA' Trump Supporter [View all]

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As the nation reels from another devastating mass shooting—this time at a Mormon church in suburban Michigan—Republican leaders have remained notably silent following revelations that the gunman was a devoted Trump supporter who once proudly wore the label “Ultra MAGA.”

Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old Marine veteran from Grand Blanc Township, plowed his pickup truck into a local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday before opening fire on worshippers. Ten people were shot. Four are dead. The church was later engulfed in flames after Sanford used an accelerant to set it ablaze. Two of the victims died from gunshot wounds, and two more bodies were recovered from the debris.

Sanford in a camouflage Trump 2020 shirt that read “Make Liberals Cry Again,” and a Trump-Pence sign still visible on his front lawn just months ago, the political implications became harder to ignore.

So far, Republican leaders have said nothing.

https://dailyboulder.com/gop-silent-as-mormon-church-gunman-identified-as-ultra-maga-trump-supporter/

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Shocked! I tell you. Shocked! Liberal In Texas Yesterday #1
im not AllaN01Bear 22 hrs ago #27
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #2
Republicans own this church massacre Champp Yesterday #3
They own the majority of the violence that is happening around the country. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #7
Yes. The numbers tell the story Champp 22 hrs ago #24
I'm thinking MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #40
Bully bullets BattleRow 11 hrs ago #44
It's Magacide gopiscrap 19 hrs ago #32
So, which is less surprising? Paladin Yesterday #4
Or their response? Delmette2.0 19 hrs ago #31
picture Be Leave On 14 hrs ago #41
And after they stampeded to get in front of TV cameras after Kirk's murder. tanyev Yesterday #5
They were praying for some transgender connection. sop 23 hrs ago #17
Why would they? They approve! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #6
Oh no way! Kingofalldems Yesterday #8
Was she trans too? durablend 23 hrs ago #12
Not seen on a billboard. usonian 23 hrs ago #9
I love that gopiscrap 19 hrs ago #33
Steal my graphic! Share! usonian 19 hrs ago #34
They are addicted to fear, hate and violence Clouds Passing 23 hrs ago #10
Figured he was hardcore MAGA the way Law enforcement was acting when they immediately learned of his MAGANESS. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 23 hrs ago #11
DTs response was telling Cosmocat 23 hrs ago #13
Is that source credible? It would be nice to see the actual evidence instead of just allusions to it. xocetaceans 23 hrs ago #14
Oh so they didn't find bullets with leftist writings this time? IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #15
The FBI didn't have time to plant them. It takes a while to engrave a shelll casing Ray Bruns 22 hrs ago #30
His younger brother, in a recent family photo, was sporting a t-shirt that bragged: wolfie001 23 hrs ago #16
"An act of targeted violence, though a motive has not been confirmed." lees1975 23 hrs ago #18
That seems likely Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #21
OmissionLie multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #19
It's not just the GOP mn9driver 22 hrs ago #20
When a MAGA Trump supporter does it, he's a lone wolf disturbed individual Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #22
Of course Rebl2 22 hrs ago #23
DOJ removes study on right wing violence surfered 22 hrs ago #25
What, nothing about rhetoric being to blame? Ohioboy 22 hrs ago #26
KICK orangecrush 22 hrs ago #28
Honestly it would be good for society NoPasaran 22 hrs ago #29
Brain Dead Hate Stuffed Psycho. Just Cha 19 hrs ago #35
It was clear to me that the media knew this a while ago ToxMarz 18 hrs ago #36
They're all deeply in denial Warpy 17 hrs ago #37
... Initech 16 hrs ago #38
It was "disappeared" out of the news like the antivax quack who shot up CDC buildings in Atlanta BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #39
I wouldn't be surprised if this guy watched college football on TV. Sibelius Fan 12 hrs ago #42
"There was a shooting? Must have been a patriot shooting at libtard Mormons. Flags at half staff for him." Wonder Why 12 hrs ago #43
From Republican leadership - not even two tots and one pear for the people who lost their lives 3Hotdogs 10 hrs ago #45
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