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What Robert Card's Social Media Reveals About Maine Mass Shooting Suspect (here it comes - ‘liked a number of posts from right-wing and conservative figures’)
Newsweek ^ | October 26, 2023 | Aliss Higham

Posted on 10/26/2023 4:34:02 AM PDT by DoodleBob

The person of interest in the Maine mass shooting on Wednesday evening liked a number of posts from right-wing and conservative figures, according to screen grabs from his social media accounts.

Maine State Police have published the identity of a person of interest in the major incident. Robert Card, 40, was described by police as a firearms instructor believed to be in the Army Reserve and assigned to a training facility in Saco, Maine. He remains at large and is said to be "armed and dangerous."

Card's Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, accounts have now been deactivated. It is unclear if Card was responsible or if they were suspended by X and Meta. According to screen grabs and videos from what is allegedly Card's Facebook page, he finished a 20-year career in the army earlier this year. Newsweek is unable to verify this information at this time.

A video of Card's X account, using the username @RobertC20041800, shows he was interested in right-wing figures. His "liked" tweets include content published by Donald Trump Jnr., Tucker Carlson and Dinesh D'Souza. He also liked tweets by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan, according to the screenshots.

Card liked a tweet from the former president's son regarding trans and non-binary "mass shooters" from March this year, which reads: "Given the incredible rise of trans/non-binary mass shooters in the last few years… by far the largest group committing as a percentage of population… maybe, rather than talking about guns we should be talking about lunatics pushing their gender affirming bullsh*t on our kids?"

Another tweet he liked, from Tucker Carlson…reads: "The trans movement, it turns out, is the mirror image of Christianity, and therefore its natural enemy. People who believe they're God can't stand to be reminded that they're not."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maine
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To: woodbutcher1963

“ The only more dyke vehicle than a Subaru Outback is the Subaru Forester.”

The wife and I have a 14 year old Forester, and it runs fine, with the exception of a few weird and expensive problems. It holds three bales of straw and handles well in mud and snow. I’m 6’3” and Mrs. VanShuyten is 5’7”, and we both can comfortably drive it. I’m not in love with it like I was with my ‘68 AMC Javelin, but it’s a good knock-around car.

The saleswoman, however, was a big, mustachioed woman wearing a plaid flannel shirt and jeans and Timberland boots.


61 posted on 10/26/2023 6:40:57 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: livius

Add to your observations the question of why, given his mental health state and previous threats, the shooter’s weapons had not been seized under the state’s red flag laws (called “Yellow Paper” in Maine)?

Of course, there is a lot of traffic on Google this morning:

https://www.google.com/search?q=maine+red+flag+laws&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#ip=1

Superficially, the Maine approach seems pretty conservative. It requires the concern be raised in a court by relatives/friends/colleagues and that in that it a psychiatric assessment of the person be made before seizing their weapons.

Since the shooter was hospitalized this summer, questions have got to be asked as to whether the Yellow Paper process had even been started. And, if it had, where the process stood in seizing the shooter’s weapons.


62 posted on 10/26/2023 6:45:35 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: WellyP
I wonder if it was a gun-free zone.
63 posted on 10/26/2023 6:52:00 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Toespi

If it bleeds, it leads.


64 posted on 10/26/2023 6:52:52 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: VanShuyten
My wife's sister is a loyal Subaru Outback customer. She has owned several. She is NOT gay. However, we tease her about it being a dyke car.

To the point that my daughter sent her letters from LAMBCA(It stands for Lesbian Automobile of Club of America) or something like that. It is real organization that has a website. So, my daughter took the heading off their website and sent her auntie letters congratulating her on the recent Subaru Outback purchase and would she like to join them for an upcoming rally. She would send her an annual letter on her birthday too. This went on for several years. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when she received those letters.

65 posted on 10/26/2023 6:55:21 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: DoodleBob

Mentally ill people exist in both parties. Apolitical as well. It’s irrelevant. If he preferred pizza, do we blame all pizza eaters? He wasn’t radicalized like Islam because he saw a tweet or watched the news. He was mentally ill and it was known.


66 posted on 10/26/2023 7:16:04 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: luckystarmom

We have a Subaru Outback, and we are conservative.
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Same here. The wife drives an Outback.


67 posted on 10/26/2023 7:26:49 AM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member)
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To: woodbutcher1963

I had the 2004 Forester and loved it - my 2nd favorite car. But my all-time favorite car was the 1972 Datsun 240Z.

Today, now in my late 60’s, if I could crawl into the 240Z, I’d have to call 911 to help drag me out of it...


68 posted on 10/26/2023 7:39:47 AM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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To: Codeflier

I don’t know. I almost bought a Forester. It came in a green I liked. Rode really smooth. It was in the top three of 12 different SUV’s I test drove.

I went with a Rogue because it was larger and cost thousands less. I don’t regret it due to the size and it has given me no grief, but it is not quite as comfortable as it was on the test drive.


69 posted on 10/26/2023 7:41:44 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: DoodleBob

In the case of Jeremy Christian, the man who killed two people and wounded a third on a Portland train, the media cherry picked from his social media. They turned him into a right wing extremist while in reality he was a passionate atheist and socialist Democrat.


70 posted on 10/26/2023 8:12:13 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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To: DoodleBob

Look he was a 20 year veteran and looking at the dems for the past 3 weeks (or longer)...
Dem neighbors, dem governor and dem legislators well...


71 posted on 10/26/2023 8:31:58 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: bluecollarman

I don’t want to yuck your yum, but the Subaru brand, including the Outback, has a notable following in the LGBTQ+ community because of the company’s pro-gay advertising in the 1990s and 2000s.

https://lesbiannews.com/what-are-lesbians-favorite-cars/


72 posted on 10/26/2023 10:35:32 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: bluecollarman


73 posted on 10/26/2023 10:38:24 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: El Laton Caliente

I’m conservative and drive a 2016 Outback.


74 posted on 10/26/2023 11:13:08 AM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Codeflier

It’s an affordable AWD car for an area that gets a lot of snow, and will probably not rust out in a few years like some cars.


75 posted on 10/29/2023 8:12:54 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Wayne07

Really? Never knew! I tell you, Its fast, it’s safe, it’s durable, it’s all wheel drive, it’s dependable, holds it’s value pretty well. I have not been approached by any lbgtqrxyz people wanting to be special friends so no worries. If it makes you feel better my other car is a truck. 3500 ram diesel. It’s a dually.


76 posted on 10/29/2023 6:15:18 PM PDT by bluecollarman (P)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Maybe some do.


77 posted on 10/29/2023 6:22:28 PM PDT by bluecollarman (P)
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To: bluecollarman

I don’t dislike Subaru’s - solid Japanese cars. The stuff they’ve done in the World Rally Championship proves they can be a real serious car. But it is upsetting they were an early company to sell out to the gay agenda, kinda of like Ikea.


78 posted on 10/29/2023 7:01:06 PM PDT by Wayne07
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