He's not coming back later tonight with an update...Who is he trying to kid1
Trump just survided an assassination attempt
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He's not coming back later tonight with an update...Who is he trying to kid1
Perfectly, elegantly and exquisitely constitutional and legal according to the Trumpian SCOTUS.
Plenty of time between now and Nov 6th to officially act and act and act again with absolute immunity to remove existential threats to American security and democracy as the now SCOTUS endorsed Imperial Presidency deems, wishes and/or blithely unconcernedly utters while being driven in a golf cart to the next tee deck.
Excellent statement by the President there.
Strongly condemning political violence.
What a difference from the way Trump has handled that sort of thing in the past.
Probably not, I don't expect more details to come out quickly and he isn't a case reporter.
Something really dramatic would have to happen for him to need to come back out tonight.
If this had been a Biden-ordered hit - completely legal under the new Supreme Court Decision - Trump would be dead.
You wouldn't have had one rando on a roof, it would have been a proper assassination squad.
So far in this thread, the known "liberals" here can't help their true colours from coming out.
Rather than condemning violence against a former president and political opponent, they are arrogantly blaming the victim by saying it was staged.
They have been so worried about democracy being threatened as a potential outcome of the upcoming election, that they can't accept their own hypocrisy having witnessed an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. A contradiction to the democracy they apparently believe in.
You want proof for how twisted and deranged these leftist members are?...Just read the comments from them on this thread.
Rather than condemning violence against a former president and political opponent, they are arrogantly blaming the victim by saying it was staged.
They have been so worried about democracy being threatened as a potential outcome of the upcoming election, that they can't accept their own hypocrisy having witnessed an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. A contradiction to the democracy they apparently believe in.
You want proof for how twisted and deranged these leftist members are?...Just read the comments from them on this thread.
Of course I do.
But since people are going to say it was Biden-arranged, I would like to point out how unlikely that is just from the facts we know.
Just like the "oh, it was staged" nonsense.
As I said when I hopped on - it is going to be bullshit and misinformation and wild conspiracizing for quite a while with this.
It would be nice if we just got statements about the unacceptability of political violence from everyone but that isn't going to happen in this thread and it isn't going to happen out there.
(I haven't been looking but I assume the GOP won't wait 24 hours to start politicizing the shit out of this given mitchell's sample flood of tweets.)
(I haven't been looking but I assume the GOP won't wait 24 hours to start politicizing the shit out of this given mitchell's sample flood of tweets.)
I don't think anyone is saying it WAS staged, but it's always a possibility. That isn't victim blaming, it's politics.
"I Was Shot": Trump Responds After Assassination Attempt; Shooter Dead; Secret Service Reportedly Ignored Warnings
SATURDAY, JUL 13, 2024 - 06:30 PM
Summary (footage below):
Update (2126ET): President Trump has responded on Truth Social, writing: "I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening."
Trump has been released from the hospital:
According to The Federalist's Sean Davis,
Donald Trump appears to have been shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The former President could be seen grabbing his neck and then falling to the ground as the sound of shots rang out.
Longer clip with closer vantage (shooting at 21 seconds):
Nine shots were heard, including three before Trump grabbed his ear.
Some reported seeing the military chase someone on the left hand side of the bleachers. The Times is also reporting that secret service is kicking out the press and has declared the venue a crime scene.
Trump's ear was visibly wounded.
According to Secret Service spoksman, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump "is safe" after "an incident occurred" at the Pennsylvania rally.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said that Trump is "fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility," adding that Trump "thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act."
"Everyone join me in praying for our President Trump and everyone at that rally. I hope everyone is ok," GOP Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) posted on X.
One Trump supporter told the BBC that he and others saw the shooter before the assassination attempt, alerted police and the secret service, and was ignored...
Yes, 'loud pops' ... 'loud noises,' really just an annoying sound is what we think they're trying to convey.
SATURDAY, JUL 13, 2024 - 06:30 PM
Summary (footage below):
- Trump has responded, saying on Truth Social "I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear."
- Secret Service says one spectator was killed and two were critically injured.
- Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear by a would-be assassin at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
- Trump could be seen grabbing his ear and falling to the ground, before standing up and walking off stage.
- Approximately nine shots rang out.
- A member of the crowd, as well as the shooter, are dead following the assassination attempt.
- One Trump supporter says he alerted Secret Service before the shooting and was ignored.
- Trump's team reportedly asked for 'beefed up protection' and was rebuffed over and over by Biden DHS.
Update (2126ET): President Trump has responded on Truth Social, writing: "I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening."
Trump has been released from the hospital:
#BREAKING: Donald Trump has released from hospital after this evenings shooting leaving two dead including the shooter pic.twitter.com/9jHKnIIotM
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 14, 2024
The would-be assassin is allegedly pictured here:
The secret service, which reportedly ignored a warning about the shooter climbing a building (see below), has issued the following statement:
Update (1918ET): Trump was grazed by a bullet and two people are dead, including the shooter, according to the Butler Country District Attorney.
According to The Federalist's Sean Davis,
New audio has emerged from moments after the shooting.
* * *NEW AUDIO: "Let me get my shoes"pic.twitter.com/ohotdqCVKP
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) July 13, 2024
Donald Trump appears to have been shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The former President could be seen grabbing his neck and then falling to the ground as the sound of shots rang out.
Longer clip with closer vantage (shooting at 21 seconds):
Trump was seen standing back up with blood on his face, and was led off stage by the Secret Service, who could be heard shouting "get down" during the incident.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 13, 2024
"I saw blood on his ear," one rallygoer, Ron Moose, told the NYT.
Nine shots were heard, including three before Trump grabbed his ear.
Some reported seeing the military chase someone on the left hand side of the bleachers. The Times is also reporting that secret service is kicking out the press and has declared the venue a crime scene.
Trump's ear was visibly wounded.
According to Secret Service spoksman, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump "is safe" after "an incident occurred" at the Pennsylvania rally.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said that Trump is "fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility," adding that Trump "thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act."
"Everyone join me in praying for our President Trump and everyone at that rally. I hope everyone is ok," GOP Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) posted on X.
One Trump supporter told the BBC that he and others saw the shooter before the assassination attempt, alerted police and the secret service, and was ignored...
The incident comes days after Joe Biden and top Democrat donor Reid Hoffman make assassination comments.
Joe Biden: “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”
That just happened.
— House Judiciary GOP(@JudiciaryGOP) July 13, 2024
Democrats are bummed...
And of course, the Washington Post goes with "Trump Rushed Offstage From Rally After Loud Pops."
Yes, 'loud pops' ... 'loud noises,' really just an annoying sound is what we think they're trying to convey.
And then there's CNN...
Elon Musk, who recently donated to Trump, says he hopes for his 'rapid recovery.'
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The heading of the title is:
Does "Shooting" not apply to bullets from a gun? ROTFLMAO!!
As usual the righties just desperately try to distort the facts!!
This needs to be kept in mind.
The odds of violence by Trump supporters has just gone up significantly and unfortunately, Trump and the others who support him are not the kind who are likely to try and tamp down the violence.
I would love to be proven wrong here, but everyone should be very worried.
I was going to predict that no responsible Dem "will do a Paul Pelosi" and mock Trump. But fox world will do a tucker Carlson, find some obscure irrelevant person leaning left and then blow it up as "the left" and argue how the entire left is in favor of this. On cue, our friend firehose Mitch has done so already. Had to reach down and find an obscure Canadian.
Not a single dem has argued for "second amendment" solutions.
Not a single dem has argued for "second amendment" solutions.
Of course.
But if the Trump crew thinks if they can use this to stop Democrats from criticizing Trump's policies, or better yet, turn endless news cycles into investigations of how Dems are responsible, they are going to go for it.
So far at least, while no one on their side is tamping anything down, they don't seem to be calling for violence yet.
So that's good.
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So late to the party. I was catching 5 lbs bass during the attempt. As a side note - yesterday was my best bass fishing day in my fishing career. Never caught so many and such monsters before in my life. If I was a in a tournament- I would have won. I will always remember where I was when this happened since this is a historic event. Both trump and my bass. LOL
So - Maybe it was addressed but why is a republican shooting Trump?
So - Maybe it was addressed but why is a republican shooting Trump?
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The assassination attempt is the kind of stochastic terrorism that's been a feature of MAGA.
Under Biden stochastic terrorism had declined but with the possibility of rump's return we've seen nazis and white supremacists marching again and now a return to stochastic terrorism.
Donald Trump, stochastic terrorist
He demonizes his foes—and that makes them possible targets of violence.
www.motherjones.com
