MAGA is bursting with conspiracy theories regarding the motivation for a shooting at a Mormon Church on Sunday.
At the time of writing, law enforcement has confirmed few details about the attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a suburb of Flint, Michigan. Officials report that at least one person has been killed and multiple others injured, the building is currently on fire, and that the shooter was killed during a shootout with police.
“Hate against Christians is widespread in places like Michigan because the entire state is being taken over by Muslims who refuse to assimilate,” far-right influencer and noted 9/11 Truther Laura Loomer wrote of a state where less than 3% of the population identify as adherents of Islam, citing zero evidence the shooter was Muslim.
Watching the attack on Christians today in Michigan, I will say it is only going to get worse. The Democrats in Michigan are running a Muslim for Senate in 2026 named Abdul El Sayed @AbdulElSayed. He is openly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood and refused to condemn Sharia Law… pic.twitter.com/bzhbyemYyf
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 28, 2025
“Beware Michigan!” she added. “Only you can stop the Islamic invasion of your state before it becomes uninhabitable for Christians and Jews.”
Incendiary statements weren’t just coming from the outer fringes of Donald Trump’s circle. A Truth Social post from Trump himself decrying “yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America,” was shared just hours after the tragedy.
The “targeted attack on Christians” refrain was echoed by a number of accounts—including avid pro-Trump poster Gunther Eagleman, far-right filmmaker Robbie Starbuck, and conservative podcaster Bennie Johnson.
New aerial footage shows the Grand Blanc, Michigan church engulfed in flames after a gunman opened fire and set it ablaze.Christianity is under attack. pic.twitter.com/AexMpnCQFt
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 28, 2025
“I live up here in Michigan and it’s never gotten up to where we are before now, this is starting to become a nationwide crisis,” one person wrote in the comments under Johnson’s post. “If it turns out to be some crazy liberal and honestly I’d be shocked if it didn’t someone has to deal with them, militarily. These are terrorist cells.”
Others, meanwhile, were quick to point the finger at the LGBTQ+ community, or the Democratic Party, or both. “Mere Weeks after Charlie Kirk’s assassin—Tyler Robinson, raised in a Mormon home—gunned him down, attackers now target a Mormon Church in Michigan, leaving multiple shot,” one self-styled “Mom Fighting Marxists for Every American’s Right to Read” wrote.
This is a Mormon Church.Coincidence?Mere Weeks after Charlie Kirk’s assassin—Tyler Robinson, raised in a Mormon home—gunned him down, attackers now target a Mormon church in Michigan, leaving multiple shot. 😱 Deep ties to the Trans Cult? Or something darker at play,… https://t.co/0PIKCU6kv1
— Marilyn Muller (@1in5advocacy) September 28, 2025
“Deep ties to the Trans Cult? Or something darker at play, Democrats?” they added.
One more account offered little by way of speculation as to the identity or possible motives of the shooter, only going to some pains to insist there was no possibility whatsoever the person responsible could have heralded from the right of the political spectrum.
“Patriots go to Church, they don’t shoot them up!” Natsari Nazarite, who identifies as “Prepper” and a “TradCon,” wrote. “This is a setup to frame MAGA conservatives. There is no way a conservative did this act of evil.”
FBI Director Kash Patel did not share any details about the shooter or the motive for the attack in a statement posted on X.
We are tracking reports of the horrific shooting and fire at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Michigan. @FBI agents are on the scene to assist local authorities.Violence in a place of worship is a cowardly and criminal act. Our prayers are with the victims and their families…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 28, 2025
“Violence in a place of worship is a cowardly and criminal act,” the statement said. “Our prayers are with the victims and their families during this terrible tragedy.”
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