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Barf Alert: Benjamin Erickson a Trump supporter? MAGA claims rise after Brown University shooting suspect identified
The Hindustani Times (retch) ^ | 14 December 2025 | Shuvrajit Das Biswas

Posted on 12/14/2025 2:59:02 PM PST by Apparatchik

Benjamin Erickson has been identified as the person authorities detained after the Brown University shooting at Providence, Rhode Island on December 13.

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Now, many social media handles have speculated about Erickson's political affiliation and whether he is MAGA and a Donald Trump supporter. To be sure, these are speculations from unverified profiles.

Erickson's actual political leanings are not known since his details have not been publicly shared by authorities. He only remains a person of interest, and authorities have clarified that he is not in custody, merely in detention, as a person of interest in the case. Is Benjamin Erickson MAGA and a Trump supporter? One profile on X claimed “Benjamin Erickson from Wisconsin is the suspected Brown University shooter, a white MAGA right wing nut job. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the right are violent.” Alleged photos of Erickson that surfaced on the internet showed a white person with blond hair. Another added, “He seems like a MAGA voter." However, neither of these profiles have provided any proof to back their claims.

While Erickson's political leanings remain a matter of speculation for now, authorities reportedly found two handguns, including one with a laser attached for aim assistance, in the hotel room where the person of interest was. When asked about his whereabouts, the person said they'd been inside all the time, as per CNN.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Rhode Island; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; benjaminerickson; brownu; brownuniversity; bsreinforcedarticle; education; erickson; foreigntabloidcrap; hindustannooz; liberal; misinformation; nutjobs; providence; rhodeisland; swampnik; wisconsin
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Here we go, folks! Same as with Tyler Robinson in Utah.
1 posted on 12/14/2025 2:59:02 PM PST by Apparatchik
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To: Apparatchik

I love how they admit there’s no reason to think so, and then go ahead and advance the claim.


2 posted on 12/14/2025 3:01:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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and authorities have clarified that he is not in custody, merely in detention

I'm going to need a microscope to see the hairplitting between custody, detention and arrested.

3 posted on 12/14/2025 3:02:15 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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I love how they admit there’s no reason to think so, and then go ahead and advance the claim.

"If true,..."

4 posted on 12/14/2025 3:02:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have nro answers. Only questions.)
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To: Apparatchik

A lie goes around the world before the truth gets out of bed.


5 posted on 12/14/2025 3:02:33 PM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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I'm going to need a microscope to see the hairplitting between custody, detention and arrested.

Am I under arrest?

Am I free to go?

Am I being illegally detained?

6 posted on 12/14/2025 3:03:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have nro answers. Only questions.)
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To: Apparatchik

I’m pretty sure it’s Shuvrajit Das Biswas who’s the real nut job here. The boy seems to have a lot of mental issues. JMO.


7 posted on 12/14/2025 3:04:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Freedom isn' FREE. Neither is Socialism. Somebody has to pick up the tab for the freeloaders.)
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Targeted the classroom of a popular Jewish studies professor.

Is he an AOC antisemite or a Candace Owens antisemite?

8 posted on 12/14/2025 3:04:16 PM PST by Drew68 (Concern posting since 2001.)
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To: Apparatchik

They’d say he was MAGA if he had Biden-Harris bumper stickers on his car and Rachel Maddow was riding shotgun.


9 posted on 12/14/2025 3:04:48 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Apparatchik

They said the same thing about the furry that planted the pipe bombs….


10 posted on 12/14/2025 3:05:21 PM PST by doc maverick
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Benjamin Erickson has been identified as the person authorities detained after the Brown University shooting at Providence, Rhode Island on December 13. Both NBC News and Washington Post identified him as the 24-year-old authorities have detained.

Earlier reports said he was 30 not 24 and recent updated reports are now saying he's actually 40. Eventually we'll get the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

11 posted on 12/14/2025 3:08:18 PM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: Apparatchik

Unfortunately, it is hypothetically possible that he is a Trump supporter whose mind was poisoned by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, et al.


12 posted on 12/14/2025 3:12:03 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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” custody, v. detention?”

Splitting the hairs they are.

What is the narrative here?


13 posted on 12/14/2025 3:12:46 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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The demoncrat army pawns and islamists have carried out so many shootings that it’s hard to keep them all straight, but with every one of them the MSM says it was a suspected Trump supporter and NONE of them have been.


14 posted on 12/14/2025 3:14:15 PM PST by doc maverick
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Young blonde Trump supporter and US Army officer drove 17 hours from Wisconsin to Rhode Island, picked out a Jewish classroom, burst through the door screaming in Arabic and started shooting.

It seems ... surprising.


15 posted on 12/14/2025 3:14:50 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: Drew68

Do we know for sure that just wasn’t the first classroom he came to?


16 posted on 12/14/2025 3:16:01 PM PST by Reily
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

How did this ‘tard from Wisc. even know where to go?


17 posted on 12/14/2025 3:16:15 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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CNN now reporting that Erickson on his LinkedIn page said he was a Brown student this fall. John Miller says his sources say he was either suspended or expelled.


18 posted on 12/14/2025 3:17:25 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: Apparatchik

Binyamin Erikstan?


19 posted on 12/14/2025 3:17:28 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: Paladin2

He attended Brown according to CNN.


20 posted on 12/14/2025 3:18:41 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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