Sen. Bernie Sanders's office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear
Authorities are seeking a suspect who allegedly started a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Arson is suspected...
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Authorities say an unknown male suspect sprayed what they described as a possible accelerant on the office door, set it on fire and fled. They said the suspect remained at large and no motive had been established.
“A significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives,” Burlington police said in a statement. “The sprinkler system then engaged and largely extinguished the fire.”
That's absolutely arson, and almost assuredly a couple counts of attempted murder....
I wonder if somebody shot the guy?
Are you on an instance/app where images are default collapsed? Like a twitter clone or something rather than Lemmy?
Or is a giant image intentional?
I was just blocking everyone who does it often because it's jarring. But so many of you keep doing it so I wanted to ask if there's a reason or just why?
Isn't this standard for journalism, that you can't technically say a crime was committed until they've been found guilty in court?
Pretty sure everyone with 2 brain cells knows the motive. Maga traitors did it.
d o m e s t i c t e r r o r i s t s !
Likely, however, Zionists also don’t like him right now. A high-profile popular Jewish politician speaking out against Israel’s actions in Gaza? Yeah, there’s a lot of high emotions there and he’s probably made some more crazy enemies. Right now, I’m 50/50 on which one of these two it might be.
The timing is what made me lean toward a zionist, since it comes directly on the heels of him telling Netanyahu to quit murdering innocent people. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a MAGAt, but I haven't seen anything outside of what he normally does that would've particularly triggered one of them.
Party of law and order!
Pretty sure everyone with 2 brain cells knows the motive. Maga traitors did it.
That is the obvious answer, but until the investigation is completed and a suspect is arrested and charged, people making official statements need to choose their words carefully.
If it is, they're gonna get a slap on the wrist like the January 6th insurrections. Once their attempted murder becomes political, they're afraid to look tough on them out of fear of being called politically motivated, which is stupid.
If anything, political motives for a crime should be far more harsh.
I read on reddit that they police have to be absurdly cautious about ascribing motive before trial to the media. That it can break a case.
But yeah we all know what the motive was.
police have to be absurdly cautious about ascribing motive before trial to the media. That it can break a case.
That's exactly what is happening in this statement.
Cops investigating so they obviously have no idea.
motive is unclear
looks at US politics
Is it?
I guess it could be a number of progressive things he has sided on over the years, but it happened now so yeah
He is very often demonized in conservative circles, I suspect simply because he utters the s word ("socialism").
It's probably climate change. That earthquake was from climate change, so why not?
No, the earthquake was about Americans needing to repent and turn their backs on sinful, unraked forests
God is clearly angry.
/s
Fracking can induce earthquakes.
Excessive rains following dry periods (like much of the northeast has seen...very dry winter followed by a very, very wet early spring) often causes landslides.
Is it really that far fetched that heavy rain could, on occasion, lead to quakes?
Especially considering we have decades old man-made means of dealing with water runoff. Instead of rain water permeating into the soil where it lands, now it gets funneled to one spot.
motive is unclear
Yes lol. Do they hate that he's Jewish? Or that he's anti-Zionist? Or maybe they hate socialism? There's a lot for shitty people to hate about Sanders
Bernie is not anti-Zionist. He's repeatedly emphasized Israel has a right to defend it's settler colonial apartheid self. He's a Zionist.
During a presidential debate in the same year in Atlanta, Sanders embarked on another contradiction: “It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel, I am pro-Israel, but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve.” Being pro-Israel is being pro-colonialism, for the simple reason that Israel is a colonial enterprise that thrives upon the dispossession of the Palestinian people.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231107-bernie-sanders-and-the-zionist-narrative/
A Jewish anit zionest democratic socialist, has enemies in today's upside down world.
Bernie is a Zionist. What are you talking about? Yes, he eventually called for a ceasefire (as late as Dec. 10 he refused to call for a permanent ceasefire), but he's never said anything remotely anti-Zionist. He's repeatedly declared Israel's right to defend it's settler-colonial apartheid self.
He's also campaigning for Biden while Biden actively ships 2,000 lb bombs to Israel to use in Gaza.
Bernie isn't progressive. He's betrayed the people and children of Gaza, supporting one of the chief defenders and supporters of their genocide.
During a presidential debate in the same year in Atlanta, Sanders embarked on another contradiction: “It is no longer good enough for us to be pro-Israel, I am pro-Israel, but we must treat the Palestinians with the dignity they deserve.” Being pro-Israel is being pro-colonialism, for the simple reason that Israel is a colonial enterprise that thrives upon the dispossession of the Palestinian people.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231107-bernie-sanders-and-the-zionist-narrative/
Is “Republican” a motive?
Can… can it be one? Please?
i would venture that the motive is likely, almost certainly. Political.
