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Carol Hayden's avatar

If anyone ends up at this article later, TPM said someone finally spoke to the guy being led away. He was a Christian Evangelist who was protesting Trump's hypocrisy. He wanted Trump to see his protest sign so he tried to get next to the cameras that he thought Trump paid attention to. He says he's dumbfounded that he is viral as a MAGA trying to attack the press.

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Peter Yim's avatar

I generally keep my distance from partisan outlets - but I am posting here out of curiosity. Why is it that the "assassination attempt" seems to have faded from memory - despite the problematic explanation of that event? In particular - the invisibility of the wound and also the obviously fabricated audio of the event: https://peteryim.substack.com/p/the-impossibility-of-the-assassination

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Lisa Churinskas-Hulit's avatar

Funny how he hates the NYT, when all they seem to do is normalize him to appear unbiased at the cost of real journalism. I guess they don't write about how wonderful he is, and that's reason enough to hate them.

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Megan Macomber's avatar

Never been to a Trump rally. But Trump's question instantly made me conjure up every one of my colonoscopies. I'm dead solid certain they were "more fun" than any Trump rally.

And no, I don't want to find out for sure.

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kasteel1's avatar

oy gevalt!

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Skunk Formerly Known As Stoner's avatar

Among the many appalling behaviors on display here were those of the other rally-goers near to the arrest who were cheering it on like they were watching a WWE wrestling match. It wasn’t clear whether they were rooting for the cops or for the perpetrator. Maybe just for violence.

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Opalescent Riddles's avatar

<<Before Trump retired for his holiday weekend, last Friday, he had an event in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.>>

Where's a good flood when you need it?

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Nancy's avatar

Wow, good thing the NYT has spent all that time sucking up to Trump, sure is paying off…

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Colbert Thorenson's avatar

and how sad would the pickled anus be if there weren't any reports at his Nuremberg reunion rallies?

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Kerry Bart-Raber's avatar

We did much Batter ?

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Littorally Speaking's avatar

Always amazes me how hacks like Swan and Haberman can be so far up Shitler’s ass in the name of “access journalism” when he all but literally paints a bullseye on their back; they must get paid *really* f’ing well, because it’s at least as hazardous as sending them to an actual war zone.

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Manic Pixel Dream Girl's avatar

I’m still having trouble believing that that “assassination attempt” wasn’t staged. Yeah, a guy died so maybe the stunt went wrong but it was still timed too perfectly to benefit this moron to be a random act. His ear is fine, he does not seem the slightest bit rattled and the fallout has been minimal. The whole thing is just weird.

Has Trump made me neurotic enough to believe in conspiracy theories? Maybe. But just because I’m paranoid, etc.

And if it was staged, he has not lost one moment of sleep that some guy died. MAGA are all disposable to him. He’s said as much.

Can you imagine what dark night of terrors passes for his mind? Like, what’s it like in there? Dark and echoey for sure, the screams of the damned bouncing off of ketchup-smeared walls. No sleep per se, just bouts of sleep mode like a kindle bouncing around in a backpack. That’s why he looks like that. The less said about his cult members the better. And this is still running for president, and the media continues to cover him like it’s normal. The lunacy just defies description at this point.

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insert_something_creative's avatar

His refusal to release any medical information is another sign to me the whole thing was bullshit (along with the fact there is zero wound/scarring). No one is allowed to ask questions, no information at all is being put out there. It's like it never happened, which is suspicious in and of itself.

It's unfortunate someone actually died, but I absolutely would not put it past PAB to stage his own assassination attempt and then use the whole "touched by God" bullshit with his braindead evangelical base.

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Manic Pixel Dream Girl's avatar

I absolutely would not put it past him either! It would be completely on brand. It just all seems so perfectly contrived to benefit him in every way.

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Peter Yim's avatar

There is no doubt that the event was staged. Exhibit A - of course - is the invisibility of a wound in the candidate's ear. However, there are numerous other absurdities. For example - the audio recording is not consistent with the sound of supersonice bullets - a very loud cracking noise - essentially a mini-sonic boom. The sonic boom/cracking of such bullets is well known within military circles. More here: https://peteryim.substack.com/p/the-impossibility-of-the-assassination

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Manic Pixel Dream Girl's avatar

The whole thing is just really suspicious. It’s completely disappeared from the public narrative and surely the attempted assassination of a former president, even this hateful, useless piece of shit, warrants more scrutiny? It’s so very very strange.

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Peter Yim's avatar

In my view - the "public narrative" is fictitious in it entirety - created out of whole cloth by corporate media and corporate controlled social media.

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Stephen St John's avatar

I can relate. I read articles like this, and once again I'm dumbfounded that this monster has a chance of becoming president again. What the hell is wrong with people?!?!

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I Stedman's avatar

God has lousy aim. Remember when He sent Hurricane Katrina to smite New York City for tolerating homosexuality? Yeah, it hit New Orleans, but hey.

Recall that God sent the shooter, too...

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Zap's avatar

“Is there anywhere that’s more fun to be than a Trump rally?” Root canal.

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Anzu's avatar

At least when the root canal is over, the pain is gone.

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Darth Trad's avatar

'I was going up to him... with tears in my eyes... Sir, I said, sir... don't taze me'

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Shire Jansen's avatar

Recalling the testimony from J6 where he wanted to let the known illegally armed into his rally (despite SS and laws) because 'they aren't here to hurt me'... meaning everyone else was fair game to him. So why the uproar over the SS not having a person on every roof now? Reduced security was at his own direction. Such a shame and it's all a sham. Vote 💙

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