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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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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 235 points 4 months ago (51 children)

Guess some of those 2nd Ammendment guys might be "trying to do something about it" eh Donnie?

This is what you get when you preach hate 24/7. This isn't a gameshow.

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 176 points 4 months ago (32 children)

Half the comments here are proving that people on the right aren’t the only ones who can indulge in stupid conspiracy theories.

It’s depressing as fuck.

[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Q-Anon level thinking that somehow Trump is a mastermind of this. The dude who can't hide stolen files properly, can't lie on his taxes properly, and loses money on a casino, somehow has the ability to rig a false flag assassination attempt.

Are NeoLibs that so far into the Kool-Aid that Dipshit Trump is also a grandmaster 5D chess player of this, while not being able to string words together? It's not like he's even been a good actor.

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Trump isn't even the mastermind of his own bowel movements. If this was staged it was all planned by his Russian handlers.

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's fun to indulge in, and it doesn't change the fact that shit is about to hit the fan, regardless of whether the shooter was someone with a legitimate desire or a paid gunman. Trump was just given and used a golden ticket to both rally republicans to vote for him, and to incite his diehard followers into another insurrection.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What I find sad is that either option is equally plausible. That's how low we have sunk.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago (8 children)

It isn't though. There is maybe a 0.01% chance that this was a false flag.

I know what's happening is hard to swallow, and the ramifications are deeply troubling, but try not to succumb to baseless conspiracy theories.

There's plenty of motive. An attendee was killed. The shooter was killed by Secret Service. There's not really a reason to think this didn't actually happen, except for cognitive dissonance.

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[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 120 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Well things are about to get a whole lot worse. That raised fist is going to be printed on all the right-wing crazy stuff and they will use this to justify violence against anyone opposing Trump.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Jan 6 is going to look like pleasant stroll compared to what's coming after this...

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 116 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember that Biden is immune thanks to the SCOTUS.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He has a alibi, he's in Delaware. But as long as it was an official act, he could order it.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He wouldn't do it himself. He would order Seal Team 6 to do t. They wouldn't have missed, though.

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[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 103 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I suppose we need even more guns.

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 69 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This wouldn’t have happened if Trump had a gun on him smh

[–] AsslessChaps@lemmynsfw.com 52 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Isn’t he banned being a felon

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 33 points 4 months ago

He sure is.

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[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 88 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 109 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Somebody could shoot Trump on 5th Avenue and nobody important would care.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

Would absolutely not care about Trump. Would absolutely care about the incensed conservative mob with minimal brain cells, rage and guns starting shit

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 60 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Christ. Now I'm envisioning his future campaign speeches. "They try to shoot me down, I am an immortal."

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 16 points 4 months ago
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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 58 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So? This happens in Schools all the time?

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[–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This fucking shooter could set behind democracy in the US for dozens of years. Land the shots and you martyr him, miss and you galvanize his support. Seriously the conservatives were starting to shift away from the far right after Epstein documents and Project 2025. Now deep state wackos will NEVER go away and resort to crazier armed shit. Seeing people comment that the shooter 'was so close' is insane and makes them no better than political extremists.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

if bolsonaro is any indication, this is just turning him into a martyr.

really terrible job by whoever tried it.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

All the martyrdom, none of the benefits of him actually dying.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Biden testing his Presidential Immunity.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 30 points 4 months ago

Ex-prez, please.

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (8 children)
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[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Take it like Teddy you wimp.

[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago (11 children)

This is what wins him the election.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I like candidates that don't get shot at for being pieces of shit.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

One of the videos you can hear "shooter down" before he gets up. Elderly, near death experience, and monumental arrogance would help explain his reaction pretty well!

Shooting him isn't the way - but I can see why someone was scared enough to think it was. Just remember kids, voting for Biden isn't just voting against trumpler - it's saying you would literally prefer someone who is probably senile overhim. It's a solid insult, and you should go out there on polling day to make sure he hears it.

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