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‘Clearly a shape-shifter’: Conservatives refuse to believe Maine shooter could be U.S. soldier—push bizarre conspiracies instead

Daily Dot

By Mikael Thalen

October 26, 203

Conservatives are already spreading conspiracy theories about the Maine shooting on Wednesday that saw 18 people killed.

In posts across social media, prominent right-wing figures are suggesting that the individual who carried out the shooting and the individual deemed a person of interest, 40-year-old shooting instructor Robert Card, are not the same.

Scott Adams, a right-wing internet personality and the creator of the comic strip Dilbert, suggested in a post on Thursday that the public was being misled about the tragedy.

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