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[0xEF]

I'm not even a tin-hatter and that is immediately where my mind went when I saw the headline. Vance and his ilk are so incredibly near-sighted that it would bolster them to think they could plot such a thing and play it off as a coincidence.

[dudefeliciano]

the conspiracy minded were convinced he already died weeks ago but they also thought he was the anti-pope so it's whatever

[spwa4]

If anything this speech tried it's best to counter Vance and Trump's political opinions. Let's hope it matters.