Rush Limbaugh falsely claims Jacksonville shooter part of Trump ‘Resistance’
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In an attempt to find a motive behind a deadly shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., some conservative commentators misidentified the assailant as part of a political opposition movement against President Donald Trump.
Syndicated talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh went a step further, predicting the story would quickly vanish from headlines because the mainstream media is wary of publicizing stories in which “the resistance is taking up arms”
“I’m thinking you might not hear very much about this Jacksonville shooting after the preliminaries because it appears that the shooter was part of the Trump ‘Resistance’,” Limbaugh said Aug. 28, two days after two died and 10 others were injured in the incident.
But Limbaugh’s claim is based on erroneous reporting, which has since been retracted.
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