Submitted 4 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to worldnews@aussie.zone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-14/shots-fired-at-trump-rally-in-pennsylvania/104095660
Donald Trump is rushed off stage after loud bangs are heard at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Images showed blood on Mr Trump's face and ear and snipers on the roof near the stage where Mr Trump was standing.
The post has video of the event and immediately aftermath (minimal gore etc)
There’s something a bit NQR about this, can’t quite put my finger on it. Shooter pops 7 shots into a crowd and doesn’t injure anyone else? Maybe I’m a cynic, but Mr Bone Spurs acts a little too cooly for someone who just got shot. And that fist shaking defiant pose? What secret service/security people would pause to let him do that?Looks more staged than a Christmas special lol.
It’s a developing story, but at least two are dead - the shooter and an attendee.
Honestly the same thoughts crossed my mind.
Right, and the Musk announcing afterward that he’s voting for him, this was 100% a staged assassination attempt.
Lots of people are saying this is a false flag
Like it’s that unbelievable that a guy who has promised to be a dictator, put women at risk of death, basically arrest political rivals unjustifiably and pardon criminals isn’t one of the earths most hated men
Would be a very risky shot to take as a false flag
One of those 2 is the shooter himself. Unclear if he shot himself or the Secret Service got him.
There’s a certain irony that Trump has become a victim of the political violence that he himself has stirred up.
While political violence is unacceptable, I can’t help but think there’s a bit of karma here.
While political violence is unacceptable
I would stop thinking that way, or you’re just asking yourself to be tread on by fascists. You think these fuckers would stop at any length, after they made this much progress? Democracy is over, even in the offchance biden wins the next election the supreme court will just decide it was illegitimate, if not sooner.
Ok well that was a bit of a detour but it’s naive to think that even if people took up arms that those who eventually step into power would be somehow benevolent. You only have to look at the history of Russia, Germany and many South East Asian countries as an example.
The only way to stop this kind of thing is a good guy with a gun so you need to arm everyone in the audience.
TMZ has reported that he was struck by glass from the teleprompter and not directly shot/grazed: tmz.com/…/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-r…
I doubt anyone else is coming back to read this other than you if you have notifications on, but Snopes, based on photographic evidence of intact teleprompters and other evidence, is willing to rule the teleprompter glass shard theory as "False".
They do note the recent statement from FBI director who said: "There's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear", so I guess it's still not clear it was definitely a bullet but yeah, teleprompter glass seems to be out.
All they needed was one good guy with yet another gun, but that was a trump event so there was not a single one 🥁🥁
ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Fuck, of course they had to miss