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Post by The Inspector on Jul 13, 2024 18:19:46 GMT -5
Trump rushed offstage at Pennsylvania rally by Secret Service after loud popping noises heard Trump reached for his ear when the noises happened. He appeared to have blood on his ear and cheek as he left the stage. Attendees at the rally began screaming as agents pushed Trump to the ground.
Trump was removed from the site by Secret Service, with his fist raised, after the noises. Steven Cheung, Trump's spokesperson, confirmed in a statement that the former president is "fine" but was seeing doctors at an area medical facility. Two other people may have been hurt. They have said nothing about the gun person. I am really worried about his state of mind?
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Post by Drifter on Jul 13, 2024 22:34:34 GMT -5
He wasn't hit by a bullet like he posted on truth social. He was hit by shards of glass from a bullet hitting his teleprompter, which the secret service confirmed.
Yep, raised hit fist and yelled, "fight, fight, fight. You want to calm this nation down, you sure don't tell people to fight! Then a couple of bozo's in his crowd are giving the finger and yelling f-you at the cameras.
You have republicans already blaming Biden for calling for his assignation. Calling on the Butler, PA DA to arrest Biden for it. Just can't make this sh*t up.
The shooter is dead on the roof he was shooting from. A bullet above his eye that exited the rear of his head. One person dead, 2 other seriously injured.
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Post by The Inspector on Jul 14, 2024 10:34:15 GMT -5
The FBI said it is treating the incident as an assassination attempt on Trump and it is an "active and ongoing investigation".
The suspect was shot dead at the scene by a US Secret Service sniper, said the agency's spokesperson, Anthony Guglielmi.
He added that the one bystander killed in the shooting, and the two others critically injured, were all male. Their identities have not been released.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that Crooks had been armed with "an AR-style rifle" and had fired from a building a few hundred metres from the venue.
Special Agent Kevin Rojek said Crooks had not been carrying ID and that investigators used DNA to identify him.
They have yet to identify a motive for the assassination attempt, he added.
State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican, according to US media reports.
He is also reported to have donated $15 to a liberal campaign group in 2021. When Crooks was 17 he made a $15 donation to ActBlue, a political action committee that raises money for left-leaning and Democratic politicians, according to a 2021 Federal Election Commission filing. The donation was earmarked for the Progressive Turnout Project, a national group that rallies Democrats to vote.
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Post by The Inspector on Jul 14, 2024 14:06:49 GMT -5
To me, it looks like an unhappy kid out to have some fun or (getting famous) with an easy to get gun, every US kid can get.
I am sure people will try to put some deep meaning to this, but with all these high power guns just sitting around, one unhappy kid is all it takes.
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Post by formerlyme on Jul 14, 2024 17:17:23 GMT -5
Here's a well-thought-out perspective on what went down last night:
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Post by The Inspector on Jul 14, 2024 17:42:29 GMT -5
The irony is not lost on me, that the party that push everyone to have AR-style rifles and other guns, is the party that just about lost its leader to AR-style rifle, in an attempted mass killing.
trump and the GOP flatter themselves, that trump was the target, when the shooter was just a mass killer, and trump just gave him a convenient crowd.
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Post by The Inspector on Jul 14, 2024 18:37:35 GMT -5
FBI investigating Trump rally shooting as potential domestic terrorism
"Our counterterrorism division and our criminal divisions are working jointly together to determine the motive," said Wells.
the shooter used an "AR-style 556 rifle" that was bought legally.
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Post by 2old on Jul 19, 2024 16:31:36 GMT -5
Too much just doesn't add up! Secret Service saw the guy with the gun but didn't neutralize him until he started firing the gun.
Just announced the kid was quiet, not much on social media, worked at a nursing home... and had three overseas encrypted bank accounts. Trump was missing for something like 11 days before the rally. Rehearsal? Secret Service? Didn't they parade him around while he was quarantined with COVID? Didn't they threaten to keep FBI agents out of Mar-A-Lago when they had the warrant for documents? Hasn't Trump put the Secret Service up in lush hotels he owns, fed them steaks and seafood and who knows how much he has "tipped" them.
I'm usually not a conspiracy theorist. Yet, there is just too much missing in this story. Oh! Trump rode around in his golf cart playing golf with no bandage. He exited his plane with no bandage. No physician's report on the ear damage. Was he even hit? No blood until he fell behind the podium. Is that when he popped the fake blood cartridge?
Dozens of MAGA at the convention wearing gauze pads to mimic Trump and they wouldn't wear masks to protect themselves and others during COVID. Sheesh!
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Post by dragonlady on Jul 19, 2024 17:47:02 GMT -5
I'll admit to a degree of skepticism about the validity of the so-called assassination attempt - from day 1.
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Post by birdgal on Aug 2, 2024 11:50:19 GMT -5
Me too.
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Post by 2old on Aug 4, 2024 3:15:59 GMT -5
And, now, we are hearing this was the first outside venue where the Secret Service had snipers posted around the perimeter. Why only now? Things we will probably never know....
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