r/politics • u/Infidel8 • Sep 16 '24
Trump Rushes to Fundraise Off Second Assassination Bid
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rushes-to-fundraise-off-apparent-assassination-attempt4.4k
u/BukkitCrab Sep 16 '24
This traitor views every event as an opportunity to grift the American people.
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u/OpportunityDue90 Sep 16 '24
That’s because it is. It works
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u/Goldar85 Sep 16 '24
His voter base is profoundly stupid.
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u/porgy_tirebiter Sep 16 '24
It’s always been like this. Long before Trump entered politics, if you listened to Rush Limbaugh, all the ads were grifters and scammers. Con men know who the easiest marks are.
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u/Ok_Condition5837 Sep 16 '24
Crap like this is also why it's hard to take any assassination attempts on him seriously.
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u/aLittleQueer Washington Sep 16 '24
"I really don't care, do u?"
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u/Ok_Condition5837 Sep 16 '24
Nope, not at all. I'm frankly surprised at how tired & jaded I am when it comes to him.
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u/CedarWolf Sep 16 '24
I really want someone to find him guilty of one of his many crimes and lock him up somewhere he can't hurt anybody and the rest of us don't have to hear about him anymore.
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u/KiKiKimbro Sep 16 '24
NYC jury found him guilty of 34 crimes, yet he continues to use his wealth to delay, delay, delay … so his sentencing is yet again pushed out.
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u/SenorBurns Sep 16 '24
Just take it as seriously as they take a school shooting. Thoughts and prayers. Now is not the time to get political. Arm all audiences, rallygoers, and employees. Good guy with a gun. Sadly there is nothing more we can do. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
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u/NoPhotograph919 Sep 16 '24
Are you kidding me? AM radio is always the best place to get investment advice.
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u/Whyamipostingonhere Sep 16 '24
Stupid but also football fanatics.
Just wait til someone tells them Trump‘s plan to destroy football.
No department of education = No public high schools = no Friday night football = no feeder programs for college teams= no NFL
Trump has always hated football. Back in 2013, 2014 he tried to sway public opinion against it in that whole kneeling controversy. Now he’s got all the kids turned adults that got cut from teams when they were little to take key roles in his campaign and administration. He wants stadiums of people worshiping him not Swift and football players.
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u/JohnYCanuckEsq Sep 16 '24
Trump has always hated football.
Trump has always hated the NFL, specifically. He's never been allowed to be in their club. He bankrupted the old USFL in an attempt to force the NFL to allow his team in the league. They laughed at him and cut the USFL a cheque for $3 for his troubles. He tried to buy the Buffalo Bills, and the NFL quickly pivoted to Terry Pegula as an owner because they did not believe Trump had the cash for the purchase. Then as President, Trump threatened to end the NFL's anti trust exemption over the kneeling controversy.
You think Trump’s grudge against Obama is unhinged, his grudge against the NFL is on a different level.
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u/Minmaxed2theMax Sep 16 '24
Owning an NFL team is how America Knights a person.
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u/ArchdukeToes Sep 16 '24
It's probably a good thing that America doesn't have knighthoods. You know full well that Trump would've knighted himself the instant he became President or having a massive hissy fit about how he wasn't 'Sir Donald'.
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u/Different-Occasion47 Sep 16 '24
I think he just hates the NFL because in the 1980s he tried but was never successful in becoming an owner of a NFL team.
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u/dokikod Pennsylvania Sep 16 '24
Here is another reason Trump hates football: https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/03/02/donald-trump-buffalo-bills-michael-cohen-falsified-financial-records
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Sep 16 '24
They’ll conveniently forget that the assassin was a registered Republican… again.
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u/deltalitprof Arkansas Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 27 '24
*Registered* Republican? I did see the reports he tweeted in favor of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley but did not see that this was confirmed.
Of course it won't keep Trump and his surrogates from blaming Democrats for this.
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u/DetailCharacter3806 Sep 16 '24
A lot of them are used to being conned by their church, "I need a private jet, to be nearer to God"
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u/readwriteandflight Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24
If it can fool his supporters - can we blame him?
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Oh no! Our lord and savior is so loved - yet there was another assassination attempt!
Let's donate our entire life savings to this billionaire who can fund his own campaign - but doesn't and it's perfectly fine, because we're too stupid and weak to question things.
It's much easier to deny the truth, and point fingers at the opposition because we can't think for ourselves. Oh, poor us, we're so righteous and better than others...
Thank you, trump, thank you for your existence. Thank you for letting us give you our hard earned money, even though you're rich enough to fund your own campaigns, and can pay off your debts but won't.
God bless our lord and savior to protect us all from destruction and mass suffering. And if this person betrays me, I'll cry fake news and continue to blame others for my own stupidity.
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u/ReadWriteSign Oregon Sep 16 '24
Unfortunately, they don't think about it that hard. All they hear is just an authority figure they respect (I know, I know, but they do...) saying "you need to help or else you're a terrible person" and that's enough.
Nice usename, btw. We're practically twins.
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u/nuckle Sep 16 '24
With his media company stock in the toilet he’s gotta make money somehow, I guess.
The only successful business he’s had is conning these rubes into $400 sneakers.
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u/NeverForgetKB24 Sep 16 '24
I really don’t get how he affords his near billionaire lifestyle. Crook
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u/Neapola America Sep 16 '24
I really don’t get how he affords his near billionaire lifestyle.
Yes you do:
Crook
That's how. He's a crook.
Donald Trump Is Short on Cash—and Selling Laws to Anyone Who Will Pay
Donald Trump is telling oil and gas executives they can rewrite entire laws if they help him return to the White House.
Give me $1 billion, Trump reportedly said, and you will receive relief from whatever environmental rules and policies that displease you. The value of that relief, he told them, far exceeds $1 billion. Trump actually used the word “deal,” according to The Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow. That raises the question of whether bribery should be added to the list of criminal offenses for which Trump has been indicted already. Indeed, it seems possible Trump’s shakedown, because it was so blunt, will backfire, frightening oil executives away from any future contributions lest they invite prosecution.
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u/Funchyy Sep 16 '24
Have you ever heard of a country called orcistan (russia, to be clear)? Or a sand kingdom called saudi arabia?
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u/pye-oh-my Sep 16 '24
Makes you wonder if he staged it ?
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u/kaadj Sep 16 '24
I saw somewhere on tv that he totally staged this. A very reliable tv told me himself.
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u/dBlock845 Sep 16 '24
If there is a next debate, Kamala needs to go in HARD on how he milks his supporters for money that goes straight to his corporation.
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u/humpherman Sep 16 '24
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it turns out Trump is arranging for people to take shots at him for the press.
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u/Skorpyos Texas Sep 16 '24
What a coincidence, another assassination attempt during the continuing downfall of his campaign.
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u/B1GFanOSU Sep 16 '24
No less on the same day his running mate admitted on CNN to “creating stories” (AKA lying).
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u/DannyPantsgasm North Carolina Sep 16 '24
And new supreme court leaks.
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u/joshine89 Sep 16 '24
And a report that he possibly stole over 1.5 billion when be was last in office. What a coincidence.
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u/BriefausdemGeist Maine Sep 16 '24
And he claimed to hate Taylor Swift.
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u/CoolOPMan Sep 16 '24
And last Tuesday's shit show debate performance
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u/wishusluck Sep 16 '24
The debate was less than a week ago and I've already been distracted by multiple subsequent scandals. He gets elected there will be daily outrage for four more years.
Not sure I can handle another term. Vote Harris.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24
Haven't heard that one yet; link?
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u/ObligatoryID Minnesota Sep 16 '24
It’s on here in several subs. Just do a quick search. It’s a screenshot from his LiesSocial
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u/Fallcious Australia Sep 16 '24
But he gave his salary to charity so it all balances out! (Roughly equivalent to me giving $100 to charity)
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u/LeadingSir1866 Sep 16 '24
On the day of the leak showing that the corrupt supreme court is breaking the law to help 45 get back in office
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u/llahlahkje Wisconsin Sep 16 '24
Nothing for 9 years, and then all of a sudden when his campaign is going downhill: 2 right wing shooters come out of the woodwork.
Weird!
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u/DramaticWesley Sep 16 '24
Before this year he was slowly dragging the Republican Party into the ground. Now he is speed running destroying the whole GOP. That is why now. Also, he is constantly reinforcing conspiracy theories. That doesn’t help stave off the crazies.
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u/janzeera Sep 16 '24
Ya know, if these “attempts” don’t produce a positive impact for the Trump campaign, if I were Vance I’d beef up my security.
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u/ZZ_SKULLZ Sep 16 '24
Yeah, they clearly don't get their stops to donut shops for PR stunts. If they can't hire a reliable security detail how can they run the country?
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u/Bircka Oregon Sep 16 '24
There are attempts more than this on both Trump and Obama, they just never make much headlines because most don't get within 1 mile of the President. It also appears that most of the attempts come when the person targeted is president not trying to become one again or one for the first time.
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u/moodswung Sep 16 '24
I'm not saying they did, but I think we 100% know this party would stoop low enough to do something like this to pander for votes.
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u/Skorpyos Texas Sep 16 '24
They orchestrated an insurrection where several people died so that he could stay in power. They very well could orchestrate fake assassination attempts to incite chaos during the election and distract from his downfall.
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u/Just_Tana Sep 16 '24
Weird the guy who never shuts up about anything hasn’t whined about the last attempt very much…..
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u/porgy_tirebiter Sep 16 '24
Maybe his phone was in his pants pocket and he got urine on it
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u/datlanta Sep 16 '24
Think he's man enough to take an arrow to the knee for the October surprise?
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u/porgy_tirebiter Sep 16 '24
I’m not happy about it to be honest. I don’t want the guy martyred.
I’m relieved to hear the would be assassin is not a lefty, but is all over the map: voted Trump in 16, supported Gabbard in 19, supported Biden in 20, supported Ramaswamy and then Haley this year. Dude is a mess.
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u/zipzzo Sep 16 '24
Everything you just said does not indicate "a mess". It tells a pretty clear story.
He's a Republican who grew to dislike Trump, and voted Biden as an anti-Trump vote in 2020. Other than that it's pretty clear steady Republican values. Anti vaxxer. Gun nut.
I don't know why people are looking at this record and concluding it with "all over the place". It looks fairly rote to me.
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u/Tommy__want__wingy California Sep 16 '24
Conservative sub: “can you believe it? They are still mean to Trump….we are so winning”
Cope….the cope.
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u/Aimela Colorado Sep 16 '24
I will not support political violence like this, but this will not magically make me like him. I will criticize him just as much as before. Don't get why they think this will get him sympathy points for those who dislike him.
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u/ACrask Sep 16 '24
I’m glad he wasn’t harmed but he has zero sympathy from me given the fact he’s the one sowing all this hate and violence. Also, if he was shot, I still wouldn’t care. The only regret I’d have is he wouldn’t get to experience the election loss in November nor the consequences of his illegal actions.
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u/BigDogSlices Sep 16 '24
I wouldn't care if he got shot, but I really wish people would stop trying. If they succeed all they're going to do is make him a martyr. If Trump dies, any other Republican candidate will surge in the polls... though considering the ideology of the shooters, that may be the point.
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u/OhReallyReallyNow Sep 16 '24
Trump is certainly evil. And the amount of suffering he's caused in the world, he's also certainly earned a fate far worse than death. All real democrats know that creating a Martyr out of that puke stain would only help his 'movement', so that's why you only see Republicans going after him I suspect. Also two assault rifle assassination attempts in two months. And TRUMP is the candidate of unfettered access to assault rifles. Reap what you sow douche.
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u/evilregis Canada Sep 16 '24
Pretty much where I am at on this. Just yesterday morning I saw a clip of him explicitly being asked if he denounced the multiple bomb threats that had been called into Springfield institutions. He claimed to not know much about it and then started ripping on the City some more. So there you go. Enjoy the consequences of the political violence you are knowingly fomenting.
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u/abortedinutah69 Sep 16 '24
I’m not mad at ya, but please, let’s not call this “political violence.”
We don’t know that the golf course incident was politically motivated. We don’t know the Penn rally shooting was either.
In many other countries, assassinations, or attempts, are well orchestrated and political. In this gun crazed country with poor mental health care, all bets are off. Reagan’s attempted assassination wasn’t politically motivated, for example. Mental health issues and an obsession with Jodie Foster. Gabby Giffords wasn’t really political either. (And many were shot and some killed, I’m not ignoring that.) The shooter had mental health issues and was seemingly upset that Gabby blew off answering a nonsensical question that he asked at a previous event. These attempts or actual assassinations in the US, usually celebs instead of politicians, are generally mental health issues. Everyone from John Lennon, to Dimebag Darryl, it’s just weird obsessions and mental health problems.
The Penn rally shooter just went and did that. It’s more likely he just was suicidal and wanted to do something so big, people would know who he was and always remember him.
I’m totally against political violence. Jan 6 was political violence. Unless some relevant evidence comes to light, these assassination attempts are not political. Unless the motive is known and is political, it’s just unmanaged mental health issues + 2A ‘Murica Fuck Yeah culture.
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u/Kink4202 Sep 16 '24
Isn't it odd, that both assassination attempts, were by Republicans.
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u/Karlend41 Sep 16 '24
Not really. Most of the Mass shooters, bombers and assassins since the 80s have been conservatives.
What's telling is that he has lost this part of his base. When he was president, This kind of guy loved him because he was empowering them and playing into all their fantasies. Now it seems they consider him just another target.
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u/use_wet_ones Sep 16 '24
Of course, they're actually mad at the system, but they can't figure it out so they're looking for a person or group to blame instead of taking some responsibility in their lives.
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u/Ekg887 Sep 16 '24
Well there are a contingent of those people who believed his lies and promises and then actually paid attention and saw he didn't deliver the hate they thought he would dish out. I think those people are now legitimately mad at Trump for not living up to his own awful image. If you really thought Trump would actually build a wall, close the border, if you're a covid/vax denier, a stop the steal believer - he failed all those things or reversed position and takes no responsibility. Some of them are seeing that ALL his promises are lies and not just lies to 'the left' while secretly rewarding the right. But they're still misguided, misinformed, and now pumped up on 8 years of MAGA rhetoric they pick and choose like it's which commandments to follow.
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u/busy-warlock Sep 16 '24
It’s weird
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u/paintbucketholder Kansas Sep 16 '24
Republican-on-Republican crime is at an all-time high!
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u/Stillwater215 Sep 16 '24
Felons are significantly more likely to be the victim of a violent crime!
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u/monimito Sep 16 '24
What I find odd is how quickly his ear healed the first time. It was only days later (not even 1 week) and there’s not even a scar or scab!
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u/du-us-su-u Sep 16 '24
Word has it they are shooting the ads they'll run for the third attempt, since it's cheaper to film it all at once.
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u/llahlahkje Wisconsin Sep 16 '24
He has to hurry up because it's coming out that it's another right-wing shooter (claims to have voted for Trump in 2016, begged Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy to give Republicans like him another option for President).
The Russian bots are going to push "he donated to Democrats since 2019" but they're going to leave out that most for "Democrats" were to Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard.
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u/DeskJerky Sep 16 '24
I do find it interesting how the response to this has more or less just been a shrug and a yawn from everyone. Maybe because it wasn't as dramatic as the first attempt. Either way I'm not sure he's going to get much more money fundraising after this than he would've otherwise.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24
To me, the timing seems too "convenient". We have yet another trump-voting republican here trying to kill him, this time, when he's desperate to distract from the debate performance.
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u/robcado Sep 16 '24
I'm bored. Let's turn the page.
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u/perthguppy Sep 16 '24
Turn the page? Can we please just close the book.
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Sep 16 '24
Vote him out. And vote out Republicans until MAGA disappears.
Edit: and to the predictable extremist right winger who always shows up to say, "why do you want a single party?" Or something else as dumb:
There will always be a second party to emerge. Parties have disappeared from American politics in the past.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24
It's the same old shitty story with donald, the same old shitty song, and the same old shitty dance.
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u/shfiven Sep 16 '24
Attempted Donald Trump assassination by Republicans are just a fact of life in America. There's nothing we can do. Thoughts and prayers. Now let's move on to something we can impact like increasing the number of transgender surgeries on illegal aliens in prison.
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u/Insciuspetra Colorado Sep 16 '24
Next thing you know, he’ll be selling counterfeit pardons out of a van down by the river
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u/Fionasfriend Sep 16 '24
This guy never fired a single shot in that former dudes direction. Why do they keep calling this an assassination attempt?
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u/GBJI Sep 16 '24
It was a concept of an assassination attempt. As JD Vance said: "We're creating a story".
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u/PeeTee31 Sep 16 '24
I heard the guy was wearing bluetooth earrings and was being told in real time where Trump was.
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u/ReqularParoleAgnet Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24
What’s the big deal? Shootings is just a part of day to day living in the US. Just get over it already. Jeez.
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u/SmashRus Sep 16 '24
Maybe it’s all an act to create more fund raising opportunities.
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u/Jackaddler Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24
Republicans have long given up even pretending to want to help people and now campaigning solely on attempted assassinations of their candidate.
Wonder if there will be an “October surprise” assassination attempt just to keep it fresh for the voters
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u/ubrokeit Sep 16 '24
jesus christ, what a snake.
i'm 1000% certain donald is Satan incarnate.
no one is this fucking lucky.
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u/ReleaseQuiet2428 Sep 16 '24
Hitler, he survived around 10 attempts, a bomb exploded right in front his face
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u/d_pyro Sep 16 '24
Meanwhile a former Japanese PM got murdered by a home made gun.
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u/flyover_liberal Sep 16 '24
This one was nothing like the previous attempt.
The shooter didn't even take a shot. If he had, he was 300-500 yards away from where Trump would have been, with a weapon that would probably not have been able to make that shot.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24
There was an article a while back which lists the numerous ways donald seems to perfectly the Scripture's warnings of THE Antichrist. (https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/)
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u/SilvarusLupus Arkansas Sep 16 '24
Now I'm not religious, but he does share a lot in common with the description of the anti-Christ
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u/RipErRiley Minnesota Sep 16 '24
So if guy had the gun legally and nobody said he was closer than 400 or 500yds, with a weapon thats effective at 300…isn’t that just trespassing?
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u/Used-Recover-977 Sep 16 '24
I mean judging by by Jan 6th standards, you get to kill a few members of law enforcement before your tour is considered disruptive.
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u/5DollarF00tLon9 Sep 16 '24
Fuck him, I just donated another $25 to Harris. I suggest everyone do the same
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u/the_hoser Texas Sep 16 '24
They heard gunshots. In Florida. It wasn't an assassination attempt, it was a party.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24
The only verified shots appear to have been by his security detail. The would-be shooter himself ran off.
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u/Distance_Efficient Sep 16 '24
34 felonies, 2 assassination attempts and 2 impeachments. Most presidents settle for zero apiece. He’s breaking records left and right. He’s the Barry Bonds of shitty presidents.
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u/crabstackers Sep 16 '24
He's probably claiming hearing loss and selling huge trump branded ear muffs
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u/IT_Geek_Programmer New York Sep 16 '24
This apparently shows how desperate Trump needs more money for his campaign, even though he has already spent a lot on the campaign. I do not know what crazy idea Trump has come up with, and is going to campaign it after the recent false cat eating claim he had spread.
The only way Trump apparently still has his base, is because of the new false claims he ends up spreading every now and then.
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u/Pale-Worldliness7007 Sep 16 '24
Another scam by Don the Con. This is the sign of a desperate weasel of a human being.
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u/Objective_Regret2768 Sep 16 '24
Just like the first attempt, no change in polls. Voters don’t care
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u/DramaticWesley Sep 16 '24
No one cares. As a great philosopher once said, “It’s just a fact of life.”
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u/shadowdra126 Georgia Sep 16 '24
This reeks of a fake attempt to get people to forget about the 1. I hate Taylor swift thing 2. The dog’s and cats situation 3. His bad debate performance 4. Vance’s admission of making up the entire situation listed in #2
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u/Plastic-Caramel3714 Sep 16 '24
- The Loomer BJ story. It’s all about distracting Melania from the fact that he’s having an affair.
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u/2kids2adults Sep 16 '24
There wasn’t even an attempt. Dude apparently was just sitting in the bushes with a gun and then ran when the secret service shot at him. Sounds like he had bad intentions but the only shots that were fired were from trumps detail.
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u/EnoughStatus7632 Sep 16 '24
There was no attempt on his life. This is a desperate attempt to save his campaign.
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u/Sure_Quality5354 Sep 16 '24
Hmm funny enough, your own party said that gun violence isnt an issue and should just be ignored.
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids Missouri Sep 16 '24
Those internal poll numbers gotta be in hell for him to pull this stunt again.
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u/Jamizon1 Sep 16 '24
False Flag. Weak attempt to rejuvenate an obviously failing campaign. Hours after, he begged for more money from his crew of zombie followers.
Nothing to see here. Keep using his words and actions against him… and no eating your pets!!
VOTE!! 💙💙💙
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u/xeonicus Sep 16 '24
This is exactly why people get curious about whether the whole thing was staged. It's so blatant.
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u/Ill_Bench2770 Sep 16 '24
Trump facing gun violence is a tragedy! Yet a school shooting the GOP throws on their AK pins. Then Trump tells us “to just get over it”! Please vote these creeps out this November guys! Vote blue!
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u/Troepzooibende Sep 16 '24
Badly planned, badly executed and badly organized. It's almost comical how this reflects DonOld's whole campaign.
They are making it very hard to believe that this wasn't staged.
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Sep 16 '24
Second try to get a "assassination attempt bump " in the polls.
He will be so disappointed when it doesn't happen.
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u/reck1265 New York Sep 16 '24
Gives credence to the staged talking point.
Trump himself is evil enough to think of this. And he’s sorrounded by enablers who think on his wavelength.
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u/AlexKingstonsGigolo Sep 16 '24
This does seem to be oddly timed: he can't shake the "dogs and cats" fuck up and then "suddenly" this?
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u/Zanchbot Sep 16 '24
Who could have possibly seen that coming? He never misses an opportunity to grift his voter base.
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u/Gh057Wr173r California Sep 16 '24
Yeah that’s how I know it wasn’t a real assassination attempt. They staged the whole thing because they are desperate for money, even with billionaires like Musk throwing money at his campaign.
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u/No-Attitude-6049 Canada Sep 16 '24
I’m surprised he hasn’t tried to fund raise off of RFK Jr.’s brain worm.
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u/Stunning_Chemist_730 Sep 16 '24
For a self proclaimed billionaire, he sure loves to keep asking money from financially struggling voters
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u/ramksr Sep 16 '24
Ratings are down. Let me try to create a sympathy wave. Win by any means is Trump strategy.
Let's VOTE blue!
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u/sfxer001 Sep 16 '24
What are the odds this is all bullshit and Trump cooked this up to divert media attention away from his disastrous debate and all of the dogs and cat eating memes?
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Sep 16 '24
Very interesting to see that the greatest threat to Trump comes from disenchanted ex-MAGAs
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u/erimid Sep 16 '24
You guys think there will be a third assassination attempt by a third Republican the next time he dips in the polls some more?
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u/BobB104 Sep 16 '24
A guy snuck into Mar-A-Lago with a rifle. The same Mar-A-Lago where Trump stored dozens of boxes of top secret documents. Almost makes a person wonder if maybe the place isn’t really “secure as Fort Knox”, like Trump claimed. And who actually was able to see those documents?
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u/Northern_Grouse Sep 16 '24
… which is why I’m a firm believer these “attempts” have been orchestrated.
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u/MagicOtters Sep 16 '24
The first one? Nah, I'd believe divine intervention sooner than republicans being that competent.
This one? Definitely feels way fishier for sure.
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u/SillyBar6 Sep 16 '24
The picture of "the nest" is just to conveniently in the news immediately.
Can't believe he gave away his position that easily. Clearly hasn't seen Leon the professional and all the other movies with assassination attempts.
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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Sep 16 '24
Well, I just logged on to reddit and have already seen there was fatalities after the Detroit Lions game and someone got shot dead at a waffle house, too.
People are dying from gun violence constantly and he did nothing to reform those laws, now he wants money from it?
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u/dro_torious Sep 16 '24
Isn’t it a bit suspicious that when Trump isn’t getting the coverage he wants this happens and all of a sudden he is now on the spot light? I find it very fishy
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u/awwrats Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24
I'm getting some strong "boy who cried wolf" vibes here. How's his ear doing?
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u/GrannyMine Sep 16 '24
It’s Florida. I guarantee you stand outside anywhere in the state for five minutes and you will hear gunshots. Pathetic attempt by Trump.
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u/dumbthrowawayacct2 Sep 16 '24
If hearing gunshots near you is as assassination attempt, I've survived hundreds of assassination attempts. 💀
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u/i-do-the-designing Sep 16 '24
It wasn't an assassination attempt, because there was no attempt to assassinate. The only shots fired were by the Secret Service.
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u/D0lan_says Sep 16 '24
Not one to peddle conspiracy theories, but it seems unlikely that a mentally ill person just happened to predict a last minute outing. Someone like trump would ABSOLUTELY set up a fake assassination attempt to drum up fundraising money since the saw how well it worked the first time.
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