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[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 60 points 3 months ago (3 children)

By my math, if he's 20 now, that would have made him 17 in June 2021 when he donated, which is also too young to vote. He would have had to register as a Republican after that donation, and records show he voted in 2022.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 68 points 3 months ago (3 children)

what if he was the famed radical centrist i keep hearing about

[–] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 42 points 3 months ago

Might be. A liberal adventurist scared of Project 2025.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

emphasis on radical?

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

The brainworms in this country for this to even remotely be a serious possibility

[–] Cincinnatus@reddthat.com 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

2022? So he's never voted in a presidential election? Something seems fishy about this whole thing now

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 49 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

So he's never voted in a presidential election?

If he was 20 as of July 13, 2024, then he would have been 16 on July 13, 2020, and in no way eligible to vote in the 2020 election

Something seems fishy about this whole thing now

the motivations of 20-year-olds can be mysterious even to the 20-year-olds

Idk, we will probably learn more soon; it's rare for a 20-y-o American to have no digital trail, so there's more information out there.

Maybe he wanted to impress Jodie Foster!

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 months ago

my money's on him being a terminally online kid from 4chan who is obsessed with pedophiles and keeps seeing the epstein stuff

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 months ago

I think it's more likely he was groomed by deep state actors to do this.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

He has a Discord, if was probably a dare

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The conservative narrative I've seen now is that he was such a committed liberal that he registered Republican to sabotage their primaries from within.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My eyes rolled so far back into my head that they came around to the front again