They grabbed an American citizen at Home Depot because she was recording with her phone.

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49. It may be irrelevant that

Home Depot was founded and run by RWers.

Like Ken Langone:

Langone is a major donor to the Republican Party.[2] He describes himself as a "loyal, enthusiastic Republican"[14] and opposes single-payer healthcare, free college tuition, and guaranteed minimum income, deeming these policies to be a form of "socialism."
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Langone heavily donated to efforts to defeat Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.[17] He led an effort by a group of wealthy Republican donors to draft Chris Christie to run; when he declined, Langone backed Mitt Romney.[17] He criticized the Affordable Care Act championed by Obama,[19] although he was also critical of Republican congressional leadership for triggering a government shutdown in an effort to block the ACA.[14] In 2014, Langone likened populist appeals to raise taxes on the rich in the United States to Hitler's rhetoric in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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There could conceivably be some coordination with the White House.