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Im desperate to find out what "statements of a political nature" entails.
CNN reporters on the scene observed one of the flyers, which said “NYU is a mob front” and “had various allegations of wrongdoings against the school.”
Press conference states that the flyers he threw around were a lot of conspiracy theory nonsense and that NY educational institutes are fronts for the mob.
I'm gonna guess a pro-Israel or pro-Palestine remark, and the guy chose a place he knew lots of press were gonna be.
(edit: Mediaite is reporting he was calling NYU a mob front and was throwing out flyers.)
The article doesn't make it clear- did he die, or was he extinguished quickly enough?
Press conference is saying he survived and is hospitalized.
Hospitalized and in critical condition
Why wouldn’t it be about Trump?
He's an avatar for the mental illness they personally suffer with.
Well, right-wing protests tend to involve guns and not self-immolation, and it's not likely for anyone not-right wing to protest Trump finally facing some consequences for his crime, so a statement on the middle east seemed most probable to me.
Psychosis isn't limited to Trump. ;)
Oh I know, I just mean why would someone assume Palestine is the issue when it’s outside of Trump’s trial? Hardly a key Trump issue. I assumed it was a protest in support of Trump until I saw your comment on this post
Yeah, of all the things to set yourself on fire over "NYU is a front for the mob" is not the first thing I'd think of...
Looks like it was mostly unrelated to Trump, he likely chose to do it outside the courthouse because there were more people and news cameras paying attention there.