An armed man was shot by US Secret Service (USSS) agents in downtown Washington on Monday, officials said, prompting a brief lockdown of the nearby White House. The shooting near the National Mall occurred shortly after a motorcade carrying Vice President JD Vance had passed by the area, USSS Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said. Quinn told reporters he did not believe that the vice president was an intended target and said he could not speculate if it was related to recent attempts on the life of President Donald Trump. “I’m not going to guess on that,” he said. “Whether or not it was directed to the president or not, I don’t know, but we will find out.” Quinn said the shooting took place after Secret Service agents identified a “suspicious individual,” who appeared to have a firearm.

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    I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR VIOLENCE

    I like the energy but lone gunmen often don’t get far, if your seeing and you’re considering something like this, don’t waster your life, find like minded individuals and start a movement to overthrow systems rather than singular people

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      at the very least, follow the $… the overwhelming majority of US politicians are just in it for the $…that $ comes from somewhwre (statistically, majority of it comes from about 20 people/families)

      killing oligarchs would have much more impqct than some irrelevant olitician

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      I also am not advocating for violence. We need to hold trials that are just as fair as the ones held for Pretti and Goode.

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      …find like minded individuals and start a hit squad for increased odds of success.