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human
[Purge Election Year] Why bring in Neo-Nazis to assassinate the running-up President?

My guess would be to have potential deniability should the operation fail, however doesnt equipping them with high-end gear and weapons as well as a clearly government issue vehicle and chopper "kind of" betray the shadow tactics they wanted to use?

Not only that, but the system itself is rigged to *specifically* allow any high-class citizens to be a target, including government bodies. Wouldnt that mean that technically the opposition may simple use the Purge Night to off anyone, without resorting to such convoluted tactics?
gpt
Government officials above Level 5, IIRC, are (1) exempt from the Purge and (2) provided with bodyguards.  Thus the workaround.  Remember, the Purge exists because it's *popular*, and it's popular because it targets people everyone hates - homeless people, fat people, people that Gawker wrote about recently, you know.  It's nonpartisan murder.  Popular support for the system would fall apart if political assassinations were part of it.

As for the gear: again, this is America.  America after 9/11, no less.  Everyone and their small-town police officer cousin has military grade hardware. Since nobody will be investigating the assassination, it's not a big deal.