A feeling of psychological discomfort during an event like Donald Trump's assassination attempt can lead some to look for answers. But how comforting are such explanations in the long term?
Within minutes of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump , unsubstantiated claims about the incident started to flood social media. Theories ranged from the Secret Service overlooking security gaps to the attack being ordered by President Joe Biden. Some pointed to comments made by Biden the previous week about putting "Trump in a bullseye", which Biden says referred to their election battle.
Marques added that people don't like uncertainty or feeling powerless, so believing that events are being orchestrated by an "out-group" helps people maintain a sense of order in the face of perceived threats. For instance, some may find it comforting to believe the attempted assassination of Trump was a Democratic Party plot, or that the shooter was somehow linked to the Democrats through donations he made as a teenager.
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