Attempted assasination on President Trump

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/campaign-rally-pennsylvania/2024/07/13/id/1172391/

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19 Comments

minibyte@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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Habahnow@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

It's a weird American standard where all ex presidents are referred to as president. So the headline isn't wrong.

kboy101222@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

From my understanding, the title of president is permanent. The powers are (supposed to be) temporary

OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

Well I think we can all be certain there won't be any huge downwind effects from this 😐

makeasnek@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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queermunist@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 2y (18 replies)

If he's uninjured then I have to assume this was staged.

memfree@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Trump may have a slight injury to his ear.
For a less conspiratorial take, here's a NYTimes archive / live version :

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.

AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Here's the cspan footage where you can see it for yourself: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5123735/shots-fired-trump-rally

2484345508@lemy.lol · -5 pts · 2y (4 replies)
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AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

At least two confirmed dead:

Butler County District attorney told the Associated Press (AP) that a shooter was dead and that a rally attendee had also been killed.

2484345508@lemy.lol · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

You mean that innocent person. Surely the shooter isn't innocent...

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

Not staged. Two people dead and two critically injured, and Trump has a nicked ear.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Well that clears it up for me! There's just no way Trump would risk himself like that. This was real.

2484345508@lemy.lol · -1 pts · 2y
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Nogami@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Do the nut bag rights hate him that much already? Pretty safe to assume no Democrat would do that. They don’t attract those types.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (6 replies)

As we all know, 0% of Democrats own guns.

Nogami@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

They own them, but don’t use them on people for political reasons, that particular breed of stupid begins in red states.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Ah I see, 0% of Democrats have ever shot a single person.

Nogami@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh look. The shooter is a republican after all.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y

Yeah it's pretty funny - he donated to Democrats before too.

Radical centrism strikes again!

Cincinnatus@reddthat.com · -11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not true at all. I've got several Democrat family member that own lots of guns

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Hence the sarcasm.

Cincinnatus@reddthat.com · -10 pts · 2y

He was shot by a sniper from a rooftop. Not staged