So we are to believe a left leaning source that, while showing up with a shotgun and a can of gasoline, he was an 'avid Trump supporter'?

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The British online newspaper The Independent (independent.co.uk) is generally considered to have a center-left editorial stance, often aligned with liberal or progressive viewpoints, though it was founded without party affiliation. It is not related to the US-based.

Of course there are those here that are ignorant enough to believe that source, just because they want to....