On Thursday, 49 year old Ray Roseberry of Earl, North Carolina parked a pickup truck laden with explosives outside of the Library of Congress, only a four minute walk from the United States Capitol.
Roseberry claimed in a since-removed Facebook Live that there were enough explosives to decimate two and a half city blocks and demanded to speak to President Joe Biden.
Before negotiators convinced Roseberry to surrender, he'd repeated common conservative talking points, including the suggestion that the 2020 election was stolen.
Roseberry said in part:
"I just got chose for the job. Unlike you. This ain't about politics. I don't care if Donald Trump ever becomes president again. I think y'all Democrats need to step down. Y'all need to understand people don't want you there."
In a video posted on Tuesday, he vowed:
"Once this dickhead Biden's out of office and the Democrats sitting down there in the f**king jailhouse, our president's gonna be Donald Trump, and this is no limit on his pardons."
Roseberry also lamented the loss of healthcare coverage for him and his wife.
A search of his social media revealed he'd "liked" multiple conservative Facebook pages, including that of Donald Trump and Fox News. He'd also frequently promoted conservative talking points on his social media, having shared a video in support of Donald Trump Jr. just the day before, claiming that America "will take care of the talaban [sic] after we take care of ours".
But in reporting on the incident, the conservative Fox News network claimed there was "no word on a possible motive."
Incredible -- Fox News just reported "no word on a possible motive" for DC bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry, even though Roseberry posted video rants in which he echoed right-wing Trump and Fox News talking pointspic.twitter.com/warM2ulPCS— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1629429701
Fox host Jackie Ibanez told viewers:
"Law enforcement did not find a bomb in the vehicle, but say they collected possible bomb making materials. So far, no word on a possible motive."
People found Fox's glossing-over of the topic absurd.
FAUX News trying hard to twist the narrative/flip the script as they do best when it comes to Domestic Terrorism. \n\nLook at January 6th & the Downtown Nashville Bombing.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— The Talented Mr. Silva \u264d\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee (@The Talented Mr. Silva \u264d\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee) 1629470685
Fox News reports "no word on a possible motive" on DC bomb incident today.\n\nThis is, of course, aside from the couple of hours of livestreamed grievances direct from the suspect that were, in fact, a sad jumble of common Fox News narratives.https://twitter.com/sarahgraysaid/status/1428554059712245766\u00a0\u2026— Justin Hendrix (@Justin Hendrix) 1629429105
He outlined his motives pretty clearly.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— DanaTmo (@DanaTmo) 1629482162
This network is so effing frustrating.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— Frank Galpin (@Frank Galpin) 1629465928
The Sedition Party's media @FoxNews knows what's up and will do whatever is necessary for power.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— As things fall apart, remember how we got here. (@As things fall apart, remember how we got here.) 1629430056
Fox News reported, \u201cNo word on a possible motive,\u201d when Floyd Roseberry had live-streamed his pro-Trump rant for hours on Facebook. Fox was his motive. He echoed their talking points. If you believed their misinformation, you\u2019d want to blow up D.C. too.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09 (@Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09) 1629479159
Sadly, people weren't surprised.
Make sense since they are actually in part responsible. Of course they want to change the narrative! It\u2019s literally all they do! Lie!https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— man w/o face (@man w/o face) 1629474427
And the whitewashing began immediately\u2026 typicalhttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— Nimrata\u2019s Covfefe breath\u2026 (@Nimrata\u2019s Covfefe breath\u2026) 1629480395
This is not remotely surprising.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1428557825404510211\u00a0\u2026— Steve Singiser (@Steve Singiser) 1629430129
Roseberry remains in custody.
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