six-minute video<\/a> on his YouTube channel explaining that he had never met the shooter and sells his merchandise like shirts and hoodies to anyone that wants one, just like any other merchandiser would.<\/p>\n\u201cAs a lot of you guys know, and we were shocked and confused to find this out, the shooter who tried to assassinate Trump was wearing merch from my channel\u2014wearing a Demolition Ranch t-shirt,\u201d Carriker said in the video. \u201cThat sucked to see that. That was rough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carriker was quick to point out, however, that Demolition Ranch and his other YouTube channels do not address politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cAcross all my videos, we really don\u2019t talk about politics at all,\u201d he said. \u201cWe keep politics out of it. For one, it\u2019s not my bread and butter. But also, I don\u2019t feel the need to impose my political views or beliefs on other people. However, we were obviously kind of thrust into the conversation after last weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carriker also said that his channel has never promoted violence of any kind, and moving forward it never will.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter what side you\u2019re on politically, none of us want violence,\u201d he said. \u201cThis channel was never meant to incite violence or hate. It never has, it isn\u2019t and it never will be a channel that does that. I don\u2019t want any violence or hate anywhere around me. I have a wife and little kids. I want them to be safe and secure forever.\u201d<\/p>\nWould-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks in a Demolition Ranch shirt just prior to his attempt to kill former President Donald Trump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAdditionally, Carriker said that the channel, like many others, sells all kinds of logo\u2019d merchandise to anyone who orders and pays for it online.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also own a t-shirt company, and my friends work there and we print them here in Texas and ship them all over the world,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen my shirts in every continent. I got a picture two weeks ago of a guy wearing my shirt in Antarctica.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t vet the people who buy our shirts, obviously. It would be impossible to, just like Nike doesn\u2019t vet who buys there shoes. I wish I could. I would love to keep people like that from being associated with that article of clothing. I wish he couldn\u2019t get a shirt. But it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the end, it seems it was just a damn bad piece of luck that the shooter grabbed a Demolition Ranch shirt and put it on the day he headed out to do the unthinkable. I hope that the media to-do over it doesn\u2019t have any negative affect on Carriker or his channel.<\/p>\n
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