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The Tea Party member and Westboro Baptist supporter (theater shooter)
DM ^ | 7-24-15 | ASHLEY COLLMAN

Posted on 07/24/2015 9:27:52 AM PDT by envisio

John Russel Houser was both a supporter of the far-right Tea Party and the extremist Christian Westboro Baptist Church, web accounts connected to the 59-year-old Louisiana theater shooter reveal. Houser, who goes by the name Rusty, committed suicide Thursday night after opening fire in a screening of the movie Trainwreck at a Lafayette, Louisiana theater- killing two others and injuring nine. At a morning press conference, police did not reveal much about the gunman, other than that he was a 'drifter' who appears to have worked alone and had disguises in his motel room - indicating that he planned to escape.

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To: jpsb

“I don’t think it is possible to be both a Tea Party member and a Westboro Baptist Church member.”

Yes, for “drifters” that IS possible.


61 posted on 07/24/2015 1:35:34 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: jpsb

WBC members are Democrats.


62 posted on 07/24/2015 8:21:49 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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