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subterranean

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9. Yes, and it also could have been some random nutcase

Reply to LoisB (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 10:25 PM

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who just wanted to shoot somebody famous. We don't know.

Even if the motive was political, it could have been someone on the radical far right. There are some in that world who thought Kirk wasn't extreme enough.

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