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Law enforcement shot and killed an armed man outside of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort Sunday, the Secret Service said.

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The Secret Service have killed a man in his 20s trying to get into Mar-a-Lago.

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-- Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) Feb 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM

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Can MAGA explain to me how this is any different than Capitol Police shooting and killing Ashli Babbitt after she broke into the US Capitol building and then attempted to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the SECURED House Speaker's Lobby?

Wouldn't you have claimed that this man was a HERO and a Patriot?

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-22 09:35 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Palm Beach County sheriff on man killed at Mar-a-Lago: "At 1:30 this morning, the security detail detected that an individual had made his way into the inner perimeter of Mar-a-Lago ... they confronted a white man that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun. He was ordered to drop them at which time he raised the shotgun. He was neutralized."

#2 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-22 09:38 AM | Reply

The USSS, FBI, Palm Beach PD cannot interview a corpse.

Similarly, the FBI and USSS were unable to debrief the Butler PA would-be assassin because he was dead.

There is much less intelligence value in a cadaver other than exploitation (pocket litter, cell phone, currency, keys, wallet, photos).

This is why it is far better to capture an adversary than kill him.

The Russian police have used non-lethal firearms for years, allowing them to interrogate a suspect after wounding him, like this pistol below.



#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 09:55 AM | Reply

The individual, a man in his 20s who has not been named, was spotted by the north gate of the property carrying what the Secret Service said appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.

In MAGA world this dude sounds like a peaceful tourist.

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 10:29 AM | Reply

Chickens coming home to roost

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-22 10:38 AM | Reply

Timing is everything.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 10:40 AM | Reply

Just another nutzoid, either a liberal dem, or inspired by them and their obnoxious rhetoric against President Trump.

#7 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-02-22 10:46 AM | Reply

By the end of the day stinky will be waddling around with a bandage on his other ear.

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 10:47 AM | Reply

Just another nutzoid, either a liberal dem, or inspired by them and their obnoxious rhetoric against President Trump.

#7 | Posted by MSgt

Really?

I thought it was a disillusioned MAGA wanting to hurt Trump for protecting pedophiles.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-22 10:55 AM | Reply

#7 | Posted by MSgt

You won't argue that Trump protects pedophiles, will you?

That would mean that you protect pedophiles.

A good reason for the 2nd Amendment.

To protect yourself from that MAGA neighbor who is now in a splinter faction.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-22 10:59 AM | Reply

- obnoxious rhetoric against President Trump.

Facts are obnoxious rhetoric when your Cult Leader President is a convicted criminal, rapist, and who's own DOJ testified to his crimes of trying to rig the Election of 2020.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 11:03 AM | Reply

You won't argue that Trump protects pedophiles, will you?

He won't argue anything, he can't, he's not capable of defending his posts.

He can only repost what he reads on facebook.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 01:43 PM | Reply

" #1 | POSTED BY LEE_THE_AGENT AT 2026-02-22 09:35 AM | FLAG: "

Speaking only for myself, I have never defended Babbitt. She FAFO.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-22 03:31 PM | Reply

One Shot for Ashli Babbitt!

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 03:32 PM | Reply

Austin Tucker Martin (21) of North Carolina was reported missing a few days ago by his family.

images.news18.com

i.dailymail.co.uk

AI snapshot:

"North Carolina's gun laws have become notably more permissive recently."

"North Carolina faces shortages of mental health professionals, especially in rural areas, limiting timely access to care for many residents. This shortage affects therapy, psychiatric services, and crisis intervention resources.

Public Mental Health System: The state operates a network of community mental health centers and state psychiatric hospitals. However, funding constraints and high demand have led to waitlists and limited inpatient bed availability."

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 04:51 PM | Reply

The victim was a Golf Course Artist... Austin T Martin of Cameron, North Carolina

"What we know about the man shot dead at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate"

Read more at: www.miamiherald.com

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 05:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

MAR-A-LAGO ARMED GUNMAN
FIXATED ON EPSTEIN FILES WEEK BEFORE SHOOTING

The armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Sunday had grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 05:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"At the same time, Austin was outspoken about his Christian faith and political views. We're told he regularly expressed support for Trump, telling colleagues as recently as late last year he believed Trump was a strong leader."

from link @ #17

So, he was prolly carrying an paint brush and a bottle of paint.

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 05:26 PM | Reply

and was also a vocal supporter of Trump ...

That's interesting.

The kid who was chosen to die for the fake assassination attempt on Trump was also a Trump supporter.

This GOP, especially the Trump administration, has been running PsyOps on Americans since 2016.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 05:33 PM | Reply

"grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump"

Wow.
That's literally a description of Charlie Kirk.

And please remember that the guy who took a shot in Butler, PA left messages that he was heeding Trump's call to shoot the pedophiles in our communities.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-22 05:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Apparently being a Trump Supporter is even more dangerous than we thought!

Especially for Trump... you know what they say, "Hell hath no fury like a Trumper scorned."

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 05:42 PM | Reply

**** Good-For-Nothing Billionaire Scott Bessent Condemns 'Venom' from Democrats Against Dummkopf Trumpf After Armed Man Killed at Mar-a-Lago: They Are Normalizing This Violence' ****

""They are normalizing this violence. It's gotta stop," Bessent whined during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures on Faux News.

He lied again to TV tumor Maria Bartiromo a moment later, "This venom from the left really has to stop. They normalize this violence."

Source: POS Scott Bessent

This sniveling merdivore wants Alberta to secede from Canada.

Secession movements are all non-violent, right?

Scott Bessent, a hypocritical homosexual oligarch, is allowed to marry a man and raise two children thanks to the Left and Democrats who passed such federal legislation allowing him and his husband to do that.

This silver spooned scumbag, like SCOTUS Justice Brett Kavanaugh, never worked a hard day in his life.

Both are the epitome of America's lazy gutter nobility, enjoying inter-generational access to the Ivy Leagues, capital, and social networks.

Venom?

Here's some venom for you, Scott Bessent!


#22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#22

Careful! He'll, "punch you in your Fn face!".

After he tidies up a bit.

#23 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-22 05:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Hi Corky

While you might use your fistic prowess on Scott "Piece of Utter Absolute ---" Bessent, I'll just scratch out his beady little eyes.

#24 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 06:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Scott "Piece of Utter Absolute ---" Bessent?

Heck, just shorten it to Scat Bessent.

#25 | Posted by cbob at 2026-02-22 06:12 PM | Reply

I-95, the "Iron River" of Amerikkka, makes it easy for gun-runners and would-be assassins to move around the country, like in this case.

The real target for these meshugenas to eliminate is the deplorable Ghislaine "G-Max" Maxwell.

That's what Dummkopf Trumpf and the Epstein Administration want.

From a karma and justice perspective, that would be apropos.

But Ghislaine Maxwell as a captive is an intelligence bonanza.

Too bad the wrong people are in charge.

So, Ghislaine Maxwell serves another purpose for the time being:


#26 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 06:26 PM | Reply

Just another nutzoid, either a liberal dem, or inspired by them and their obnoxious rhetoric against President Trump.

Good call, MAGAt.

#27 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 06:28 PM | Reply

Scott "Piece of Utter Absolute ---" Bessent?
Heck, just shorten it to Scat Bessent.

#25 | Posted by cbob at 2026-02-22 06:12 PM | Reply | Flag: Excellent use of "Occam's razor."

#28 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 06:29 PM | Reply

>TMZ has learned.
doubt

The trans ice ring guy was a maga for sure though, which is why the media felt it was OK to misgender him. I mean 'her'.
They would never misgender a leftist trans.

Oh, dr has de-linked the

Here's the gunperson's X:
xcancel.com

and the

New York Post
Transgender father Robert Dorgan ID'd as RI hockey shooter who gunned down

posts. Both of these were links, but now aren't. TFW you need to hide facts because agenda...

ANYWAY, show the kid's xcancel instead of taking tmz's word for it.

#29 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-22 06:35 PM | Reply

Another pathetic deflection from Daddysfist.

#30 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-22 06:37 PM | Reply

Here's clean link of top post:

archive.is

Raging against those "getting away with it" while 'supporting DJT' does not add up, does it?
I'll post the xcancel when I see it.
Why the s.m. scrub? Do any of you wonder about that, always the scrubbing and the narrative insertion...

here's an interesting compilation, looks alarming when they're all gathered together
archive.is
ht-tps://archive.is/GHCCd

gotta love the side-eyes monkey meme.

#31 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-22 06:45 PM | Reply

If Trump can't incite violence in order to declare martial law and cancel elections, he'll stage another attention seeking "assassination attempt" in order to do it.

I find it weird Trump hasn't unleashed ICE in Florida yet, especially considering there have been two "assassination attempts" on his life there.

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-22 06:51 PM | Reply

ICE has been in the Florida Keys decimating the labor pool and destroying the lobster industry.

Migrants who are experienced, expert fishermen stopped showing up for work because of ICE raids.

Source: english.elpais.com

#33 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 07:51 PM | Reply

The guy's parents, friends and family are all MAGA.

Now Mom is getting death threats and celebrations that her son is dead from her own political cohort.

#34 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-22 08:15 PM | Reply

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