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Man with carload of weapons and ‘hit list’ that included Biden, Obama and Clinton gets years in prison

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Man with rifle and 'hit list' that included Biden, Obama and Clinton gets years in prison

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However, the took a strange turn when Xiong began railing about the state of politics in the nation’s capital, rattling off right-wing conspiracy theories, and telling the deputy that “getting a hotel would not be necessary” for his trip.
“Xiong began to attempt to control the conversation and began talking about his disapproval for government due to the sex abuse of children, some of which that has occurred by President Biden,” investigators wrote.
MAGA trump supporters who are PoC or a minority always makes me confused. They really aren't realizing these rallies, they're the butt of the joke, being uncle ruckus.
- I mean, the man clearly had some mental illness going on. I dont think it’s all well thought out
  
  As easy as it would be to dismiss a lot of people like this as having mental illnesses, he just sounds like you're typical conspiracy believing, far right, Trump supporter. The mental illness may have come into play when he actually decided to act on it, but make no mistake, many, many others are believing and repeating the same rhetoric and just not demented enough to act (yet), and they don't deserve the easy out of "mental illness."
  
  I’m not so sure. Dude had a grappling hook. That’s textbook preparedness. /s
Our security agencies should be on red alert right now. He's not the only one drinking the kool aid.
lol! All his meticulous planning and not even half a thought on how to shut the fuck up around cops.
Officer: “Sir I pulled you over because you were driving aggressi-“
Him: “I plan to do crimes!! Lots of them!”
- Probably got pulled over by the wrong cops. The right(bad apples) would have just let him go.
It sounds like he needs mental help.
There's no mention of a lawyer or any support, the guys just completely dropped himself in it. Perhaps a very low IQ or some sort of mental health problems that prison is really not going to help.
This is far from normal behaviour.
- It's kind of a shame, dude is clearly mentally ill but there's no mention in the article of any attempts to treat it. Just straight to jail. If anything it's just going to worsen in prison and probably end up murdering someone and/or getting murdered.
- Is a low IQ correlated to a person's propensity to commit violent acts? As a person with low IQ, I don't feel like prison is either less of a deterent from committing crimes, or less likely to be a reforming experience, but I've never been to prison and recognize that my impressions would only be an anecdote and not something to draw conclusion from.
  
  I honestly do not know how IQ and the ability to judge the future outcomes of ones actions tie together.
  I do know that confessing to crimes, and then saying that he'll try to commit those same offences upon release is not a very sensible idea if he values his freedom from prison. On the otherhand perhaps the guy thinks his being a martyr for the cause and his openness will encourage others, time will tell.
- To be fair, he probably would benefit more from psychiatric care. He was saying some pretty wild stuff. Being the only person left who can save us all or something like that?
  
  that's ridiculous because I am the one!
I knew it would be only two years before I opened the article.
Probably best

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