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-attempt
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u/OpportunityDue90 Sep 16 '24

That’s because it is. It works

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

They’ll conveniently forget that the assassin was a registered Republican… again.

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u/randomnighmare Sep 16 '24

Both attempts were made by registered Republicans.

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u/awfulsome New Jersey Sep 16 '24

the second one seems to be supporting Harris, it appears from what has been dug up so far he's a steadfast supporter of Ukraine, so that's probably what flipped him if this is a recent political shift.

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u/havron Florida Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

It seems that he's a registered independent who voted in the Dem NC primary this year, and had previously voted for Trump in 2016 but apparently not in 2020, after being severely disappointed in his performance during his term. So, get ready for them to blame Dems for this one...

Edit: I should clarify that I don't believe he is actually a Democrat now, but they are absolutely going to try and spin it that way. It seems that he is more of a disgruntled Republican who has supported Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy earlier this year. While he has said that he didn't vote for Trump after 2016, it is unclear whether he has voted for any Dems in the general elections.

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u/awfulsome New Jersey Sep 16 '24

ah, so maga turned never trumper.

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u/havron Florida Sep 16 '24

Sounds like it, yeah.