Ex-GOP Rep’s Son Arrested For Spray-Painting ‘BLM’ On Trump Golf Club Sign | Talking Points Memo

The teenage son of a former Republican congressman was arrested late Monday for allegedly tagging a sign at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, with “BLM.”


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Huh. No wonder the GOP is dying.

Can’t even bring their kids up as Nazis.

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OF COURSE, this won’t be as ‘bad’ as DiBlasio’s daughter being arrested I’m sure…these crazy kids…

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This is assuming that the kid is being honest. You really shouldn’t be tagging “BLM” unless you are, you know, Black.

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Still makes me wonder if this is really a false flag gambit…

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Why not? If anything, better. He’s not going to get shot for doing it.

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This troubles me. A white person is not entitled to believe that black lives matter?

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Sincerely spitting in Dad’s face?

OR

Agent Provocateur?

"Gonna need to see your social media record Son…"

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This young man has a future in politics but not as a Republican.

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They just need to putsch them a little harder.

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I’m 100% sure this is the only white kid connected to the right-wing Republicans who has been putting out false flag insignia.

Or…maybe it’s really widespread. There seem to be a lot of videos of similar acts.

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It is almost certainly a false flag sort of thing. Just ask yourself: What possible purpose could this gambit serve other than helping to stir the pot and justify more racial conflict and outrage?

We are lucky that people like this dude – and more professional provocateur counterparts like James O’Keefe – are so incompetent. Getting caught, so that everyone could see it was a white guy, and the son of a Republican ex-rep, was not part of the plan.

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Once his arrest is more widely viewed, his background will be investigated and we’ll see if he is a provocateur, or genuinely believes in the movement. If he is truly sincere in his beliefs about equality, has the apple fallen about a mile from the tree.

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If a white person wants to join a BLM protest or march, great. But tagging is considered destruction of property. And if you are tagging “BLM”, then unless the person is caught, PoC are going to be “blamed.”

There are multiple videos from this weekend of PoC calling out White people for this very thing. And for this very reason.

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Or that his real father is still delivering mail…

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More examples of white kids doing bad things and hiding behind a black symbol so that they take the heat for it, not him or his demo.

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Ouch!

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I am mildly curious about the notion of protesters protesting outside Mar a Lago or some other Trump property. How many tanks do you think Barr would send there? When did the AG become of higher rank than actual Generals?

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The kid is in ANTIFA! Throw the book at him! Send him to GITMO!

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Of course a white person is entitled to believe that. But a white person is also expected to know who will be blamed when someone sees graffiti defacing private property with a BLM tag.

If I was betting money, I’d bet the kid has white supremacy leanings. This is one of their tactics.

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