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after man on a mobility scooter sets himself on fire on the North Lawn as secret service swoop to arrest him and 'suspicious package is found nearby'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6917167/White-House-lockdown-man-mobility-scooter-sets-fire-North-Lawn.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small
WTF???
RandySF
(59,811 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)How come this isn't on TV?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,776 posts)Apparently the guy is a protestor who tried to set himself on fire and he's been taken to the hospital. Sorry, no link, I'm seeing this on TV.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Very upsetting. Thanks for the info.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,776 posts)You're very welcome.
BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)and he is making a political statement. That is the first thing I thought when I saw it on MSNBC.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)For so many the situation is dire.
BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)What the GOP and Trump have done to create more suffering among ordinary Americans really is immoral. They talk about the poor and sick like they are animals when it is the powerful and corrupt who act like poisonous snakes.
BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)I think they get off on causing misery and pain to others. They are the "sick" one.