Shot fired at Trump?

[YDB95]

So you think it was a republican trying to shoot Trump's ear off?

Lol.

I have no idea who it was. If I had to guess, no, I doubt he identified as a Republican. But he probably voted for them 99% of the time, if he voted at all.

Hillary: “He’s an illegitimate president.”

And that is encouraging an assassination attempt how, exactly?

 

[ll74]

With our political environment, we knew this was likely to happen.

Very happy he survived.

Are we better than this as a nation? No.

And yet we still have fucking tribal idiots fighting over this.

Being a moderate heavily involved in politics is painful.

 

[Lazaran]

So you think it was a republican trying to shoot Trump's ear off?

Lol.

As dumb as ever.



The right has been trying to spark a civil / race war forever, and nothing would do that quicker than the assassination of Trump.



My money would currently be on Putin, Iran, or just some wacko.

Then again, Trump has made so many enemies throughout his pathetic life, that who knows.

 

[ChloeTzang]

All this "there is no excuse for political violence" is so ridiculous. What is the point of the armed forces, the police, prisons etc. if not to enforce the rule of the very rich, through brute force and violence, over the rest of us? Politics in a class society is violence, either subtle or unsubtle.

Exactemento. And THAT is the intent of the 2nd Amendment. So the People can also apply violence against the Government where necessary. Makes sure it is a two way street.

So in this instance, if the Democrats assassinated Trump, we could, if we felt strongly enough about it, apply corrective violence against the Democrats.

 

[Saint_Ann]

With our political environment, we knew this was likely to happen.

Very happy he survived.

Are we better than this as a nation? No.

Humans are predatory animals. Our brains fool us into thinking we are something else.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

It's a thing in commonality. I try to be open minded about sexual preferences and you both seem to be riding the same train

I could be wrong, but I enjoy people finding happiness together. Maybe reach out and ask about their preference on insults.

It's strange how your latent homosexual fantasies flourish when you're confronted with how much of a dipshit you are. It's okay to come out, tubby.

 

[ChloeTzang]

With our political environment, we knew this was likely to happen.

Very happy he survived.

Are we better than this as a nation? No.

Yes yes and, sadly, yes

 

[ll74]

It's strange how your latent homosexual fantasies flourish when you're confronted with how much of a dipshit you are. It's okay to come out, tubby.

Another commonality. You two fixate on things that are neither said nor important.

Seriously..update your dating profile.

 

[jaF0]

Jesse Powell-Stroud ???

 

[RobDownSouth]

History will now remember Donald J. Trump as both the first president to regularly wear makeup as well as the first president to have his ear pierced.

 

[YDB95]

Exactemento. And THAT is the intent of the 2nd Amendment. So the People can also apply violence against the Government where necessary. Makes sure it is a two way street.

So in this instance, if the Democrats assassinated Trump, we could, if we felt strongly enough about it, apply corrective violence against the Democrats.

Does that mean you supported open season on anti-government right-wing zealots after the Oklahoma City bombing? (I didn't, if you need to ask.)

 

[Lazaran]

With our political environment, we knew this was likely to happen.

Thank Trump for a lot of that ^.

Very happy he survived.

Same. No ACTUAL member of the Democratic Party would have wanted the alternative to happen - for obvious and slightly less obvious reasons

Are we better than this as a nation? No.

Thank Trump for a lot of that ^.

 

[Pad_Foot]

A lppwllyjGood guys with hundreds of hours of training…

No issue there.

 

[ChloeTzang]

This has to be one of the wildest photos in US history. Zoom in right above President Trump’s shoulder and you’ll see a bullet flying in the air to the right of President Trump’s head following an attempted assassination.

President Trump did a sudden head movement that rotated his head clockwise, this means that the bullet entry point would have hit the back of his skull and killed him instantly had he not. The expression "Holy Fucking Shit" was invented for moments like this.

 

[ShandyLeer]

As dumb as ever.



The right has been trying to spark a civil / race war forever, and nothing would do that quicker than the assassination of Trump.



My money would currently be on Putin, Iran, or just some wacko.

Then again, Trump has made so many enemies throughout his pathetic life, that who knows.

I’d shift some of that bet onto the “some wacko” candidate, and maybe a bit less on the Putin/Iran option if I were you.

You’re welcome.

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ll74]

This has to be one of the wildest photos in US history. Zoom in right above President Trump’s shoulder and you’ll see a bullet flying in the air to the right of President Trump’s head following an attempted assassination.

President Trump did a sudden head movement that rotated his head clockwise, this means that the bullet entry point would have hit the back of his skull and killed him instantly had he not. The expression "Holy Fucking Shit" was invented for moments like this.

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Yes, it's not a real picture.

And you believe it is. And like CNN and USA Today pictures you showed earlier, you cannot show any source of the photo.

 

[AndersonsBiographer]

All this "there is no excuse for political violence" is so ridiculous. What is the point of the armed forces, the police, prisons etc. if not to enforce the rule of the very rich, through brute force and violence, over the rest of us? Politics in a class society is violence, either subtle or unsubtle.

The key to understanding politics is understanding that almost all of it is nothing more than masturbation. You start talking about the basis of the state or what political power flows from, and it takes people out of their fantasies, it's like asking a smut writer if the number and intensity of the orgasms portrayed are really realistic.

 

[YDB95]

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It's a tough job. If you think you can do it better than she can, you're welcome to apply.

 

[MajorRewrite]

So in this instance, if the Democrats assassinated Trump, we could, if we felt strongly enough about it, apply corrective violence against the Democrats.

Conspiracy loon.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Democrats tried to enable Trump's assassination.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the leader of then-Speaker Pelosi’s (D-CA) now-defunct January 6 Select Committee, introduced legislation in April 2024 targeting former President Donald Trump that would take away his Secret Service protection upon a conviction.

Trump was the victim of an assassination attempt during a Pennsylvania rally Saturday. After shooting began, Secret Service agents jumped on the president within seconds. The shooter and one bystander are reportedly dead.

“Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee—even a former President,” Thompson said when introducing the legislation. “It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality. Therefore, it is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law,” he continued, “so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment—and that those who are sentenced to prison will indeed serve the time required of them.”

Thompson is the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, the body tasked with protecting the safety of the American people.

Byron York, chief political correspondent with the Washington Examiner, pointed out that the underlying “obvious subtext” was that taking away Trump’s Secret Service would make it “easier for someone to kill Trump.” York wrote:

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson ran the January 6 committee, which mixed elements of show trial and reality series. Focused solely on Trump, of course. Now, Thompson wants to take away Trump’s Secret Service protection if Trump is convicted on any of the 88 felony charges levelled against him by elected Democratic prosecutors and a Biden Justice Department appointee. Obvious subtext here is that removing USSS would make it easier for someone to kill Trump, which is arguably the goal of Thompson’s bill, H.R. 8081: The DISGRACED Former Protectees Act.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Does that mean you supported open season on anti-government right-wing zealots after the Oklahoma City bombing? (I didn't, if you need to ask.)

Government is applied violence. The govt did it's job after the Oklahoma City bombing. Which has nothing to do with the point I was making. As you well know.

 

[Lazaran]

I’d shift some of that bet onto the “some wacko” candidate, and maybe a bit less on the Putin/Iran option if I were you.

You’re welcome.

Putin just tried to have a MAJOR German figure assassinated and is known to be actively engaged in other plots around the world.

Iran has sworn vengeance on Trump for assassinating Qasem Soleimani and has placed a bounty on Trump’s head.

A wacko could be acting alone for imagined reasons OR they could be sympathetic to either Russia or Iran due to online radicalization.



Hope that ^ helps.

 

[jaF0]

Somebody should remind a certain some one that even if Joe was behind this (which he was not) SCOTUS said it was OkeyDokey.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Conspiracy loon.

Nope. All the Democrat rhetoric inspired this. We have Democrat politician after politician invoking Trump as more of a threat than Hitler, and as a threat to Democracy. The list of examples is endless, and they all live in hope that some nutcase takes them at their word and does the job for them in a way that can be disavowed. As happened. I'm sure those Democrats are all Very Fine People, but this is the end result of their hate-filled rhetoric. You're all really lucky. Because if Trump had been assassinated at this point, it vey likely would have devolved rather quickly. There's enough of us think you are all so greedy for power that you can't take losing an election, and Trump's assassination might well have been the straw that broke the camels back, so to speak. Count your blessings.