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Looks like someone took some shots at prez candidate Donald Trump at a rally in PA. From the videos I've seen, it looks like he did get grazed.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 160 points 5 months ago

Mr Trump could be seen ducking for cover behind the lectern.

I like attempted assassination victims that don't duck for cover.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 months ago

It'll take more than that to stop a Bull Moose!

[-] z500@startrek.website 28 points 5 months ago

I say we elect that one guy behind him who barely reacts at all

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Honestly, they're all so dead inside up there that I'm amazed any of them even flinched.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I wonder how much we're going to hear about the poor person who got shot in the head right behind him, or if they're just incidental margin notes in history, overshadowed by the big WWE media theater that is Trump. Reports are saying at least two crowd members have died.

edit: the family of the victim has given an update that Trump hasn't even attempted to reach out to them. And also, the guy was an avid nutcase, nazi and racist. The world won't be worse-off, we can sleep easy.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Oh Trump will absolutely bring them up at every single rally to froth up the crowd. Because he may be the martyr they care about the most, but the martyrs who actually died will be great ammunition (I can't think of a more appropriate word, sorry) to rile up the crowd.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

That is assuming there is another rally, and today's incident wasn't just the catalyst for a Jan 6 sequel. Knowing his supporters, I'm not holding my breath, unfortunately.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Considering the number of people here claiming this was Trump staging a false flag, I am absolutely certain there are a similarly large number of people on the right saying this was Biden trying to assassinate Trump and something must be done. So I hope not.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Republicans have blamed Joe Biden for the attempted assassination tonight, accusing the president of whipping up opposition to Donald Trump.

JD Vance, who is one of the frontrunners to be Trump’s running mate, said: “Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.”

“That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination,” he added.

Mike Collins, a Republican congressman from Georgia, said: “The Republican District Attorney in Butler County, PA, should immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”

He also tweeted that Mr Biden “sent the orders”.

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Prosecuting the president for stochastic terrorism? That's a precedent they really don't want to set with Trump as their candidate.

That they are pushing it is evidence they don't think they'll have to follow the rule of law if they win.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

That they are pushing it is evidence they don’t think they’ll have to follow the rule of law if they win.

They won't. The Supreme Court already determined that.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

All I'm hearing is that they think Biden told the truth and used the power the Heritage Foundation SCOTUS explicitly gave him, and now they're inexplicably butthurt about it.

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thats fine, isn't Biden permitted to assassinate people while in office with immunity?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Unfortunately, the number is likely going to be a lot higher.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the people here are (or at least me) are being joking/sarcastic about the false flag conspiracy. For us Lemmings, there's no emotional stake in these events, whereas his supporters will be angered over anyone even attempting to kill their fascist idol...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I’m pretty sure a lot of the people here are (or at least me) are being joking/sarcastic about the false flag conspiracy.

I'm not sure of that at all, especially when emotions are running high.

I'm not absolutely discounting the possibility they they somehow found some schlub to die in a fake assassination attempt, but I'm also not going to come up with conspiracy theories until there's been some time to go over evidence and analyze the situation.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I'm also not going to come up with conspiracy theories until there's been some time to go over evidence and analyze the situation.

Respect for that. It's a reasonable and rational response to today's series of events, despite the temptations of role-playing as a conspiracy theorist to escape from having to think about the hypothetical consequences of said events.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I just hope they were crucial to Project 2025

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

They chose to go to a rally to support a man who wants to be a "dictator on day one" they made their choice.

[-] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

Wasn't one an eight year old?

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I think you're thinking of a school shooting.

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