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pnwmom

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Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:58 PM Oct 2018

The latest false meme is that the Democrats are to blame for the Ricin sender.

The Utah man, former Navy sailor, who is alleged to have sent the envelopes with Ricin to Trump and some other Republicans and military people.

So, according to this theory, the Dems are just as responsible for violence as Trump.

HOWEVER, the alleged Ricin sender is a registered Republican.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ricin-william-clyde-allen-1151638

A former U.S. Navy sailor has been arrested in connection with sending packages containing the poison ricin to President Donald Trump and leading Pentagon officials.

William Clyde Allen III, 39, a former U.S. Navy sailor and resident of Logan, Utah, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after FBI agents and local authorities raided his house on 380 N. 200 West in Logan, Utah, Logan Police Department confirmed to Newsweek.

Allen is accused of sending envelopes with suspicious substances to the Pentagon and the White House—at least two of the envelopes tested positive for ricin, a highly toxic protein that is derived from pressed seeds of the castor-oil plant. On the same day, Republican Senator Ted Cruz was mailed a letter containing a white powdery substance but it is not known whether the incident is connected.

At the Pentagon, two of the envelopes were addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Admiral John Richardson, the chief of naval operations.

SNIP

Little is known about Allen after he left the Navy in 2002. Public records show Allen was a registered Democrat in 2004; however, he switched political parties in 2017 when he registered as a Republican.

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The latest false meme is that the Democrats are to blame for the Ricin sender. (Original Post) pnwmom Oct 2018 OP
K&R, no leader of the Democratic party is inciting that level of violence uponit7771 Oct 2018 #1
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