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Trump may have a minor injury to his ear, but the stand-down/all clear has been given. archive
Former President Donald J. Trump was rushed off a stage by Secret Service agents at a rally in Butler, Pa., after several pops that sounded like gunshots.
Mr. Trump went to the ground and was immediately surrounded by agents, who then escorted him to a motorcade. The former president pumped his fist at the crowd as he was hustled off the stage.
When the pops began at 6:13 p.m., Mr. Trump appeared to grab his right ear, which appeared to be bleeding as he left the stage.
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MLK Jr. got shot. Anyone who makes a lot of enemies is more likely to have this happen. Trump certainly made a lot of them.
And while I’d love for them to take gun control seriously, it’s more likely they’ll argue that everyone at the rally having a gun would have prevented it somehow.
Damn, so close.
I’m not entirely surprised…
His first campaign was entirely cribbed from reagan too
Pic of blood on Trump’s face from APnews:
https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024
Defiant fist afterwards:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5
He looks like a saint now thanks to the shooter
From other fediverse coverage: https://beehaw.org/comment/3717663
If he’s uninjured then I have to assume this was staged.
Didn’t see this when I made my comment but yeah. Reeks of the reagan playbook
Trump’s pretty crazy but I don’t think he’s “plan to intentionally get grazed by a bullet” crazy.
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I don’t think it’s staged.
He’s f’ed up so many lives and brought racism back that it’s a surprise it took so long
He’s promised to be a dictator. But, he’s more than that
He’s Hitler 2.0 and he has also promised that immigrants will suffer too
This was done by an actual bullet. Other people present were also shot.
Fatally
Ask yourself. What motive does someone have to want trump dead?
Hint: a large number of someones have a large number of motives
If you are gonna fake something like this, you wouldn’t actually shoot a bullet, you’d use a blank and some tiny blood pack like they use in movies.
I think Nancy was the one who had a relationship with the shooter…
The whole thing just feels a little hinky to me, but I agree with you in doubting that trump planned it. That said, keep an ear out for lines from ronnie’s speeches
Yeah that’s the problem; this has probably clinched the election for him as he can play into martyrdom.
well at least we know he can bleed red…
I definitely don’t want him to be a martyr or be able to play like a martyr. But I won’t shed one tear when the moment happens.
Every one in the political sphere, including Biden, and the international sphere is giving him such support… I wonder if he’d do the same if it were Biden instead.
He’d probably do something similar on day 1 while at the same time starting to recuperate the action politically, and after a few days just go into full conspiracy or similar mode
The crowd just stood around bewildered throughout the whole thing. I mean, I do kinda get it, that weird pop sound in the video sounds too faint, unlike gunfire. Funny how he had time to mug for the camera after the “shooting”.
The last fucking thing we need is Donald Trump the living martyr.
Is this The Boys, IRL edition?
Questions of how a gun got past the metal detectors have me wondering if this was a Shinzo Abe scenario and someone hid a makeshift weapon or ghost gun somewhere that wouldn’t get checked in the security checks before they got in
At first I figured he’d done another Jan. 6th, ‘They’re not here to hurt me’ and waived off that security, but news is talking to someone there who said the crowd DID get screened. There is talk now that the shooter may have been outside a fenced in area. The shooter supposedly climbed onto a low nearby rooftop.
It is possible the shooter was outside the perimeter. Based on the videos I have see on CBS, and here: https://www.survivethenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1720916992_Potential-Trump-Shooter-Reportedly-Found-Dead-on-Shed-Roof-VIDEO-1024x576.jpg
The shooter appeared to be on a roof far away from the stands.
Edit: Confirmed that the shooter was outside the perimeter setup by secret service https://www.cbsnews.com/news/possible-shots-fired-at-trump-rally-in-butler-pennsylvania/
