- He wasn't going to a protest. There was no planned protest. It was people in a neighborhood witnessing & recording public actions by secret police. Gun-at-protest is a lie & distraction.
- KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever BESSENT: But he brought a gun KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
- Going to a protest with a gun? Where have we seen that before?
- We should not use the protest angle. The First and Second Amendment rights are absolute. He was legally carrying a firearm. Period. No buts, iffs, or what-ifs.