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Best take I've seen so far in regards to Trump's assassination attempt. (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2024 OP
long but true RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2024 #1
GOP terrorist vs GOP terrorist ... BlueWavePsych Jul 2024 #39
She forgot to mention when Biden's bus was tailgated. That was a murder attempt BSDemon Jul 2024 #2
Neither Biden nor Harris were on the bus, but there was an organized attempt to harass campaign staffers in Texas Pinback Jul 2024 #15
oh hell, yeah. She said it ALL. Quiet Em Jul 2024 #3
I'd have more sympathy if he behaved like a normal shooting victim. forgotmylogin Jul 2024 #33
All this Horse with no Name Jul 2024 #4
Kick dalton99a Jul 2024 #5
@Danasinspired if on TicToc go and start following MagickMuffin Jul 2024 #6
That is a great rant. Jeebo Jul 2024 #7
There was a song (on Capt Kangaroo) ... Seinan Sensei Jul 2024 #50
Damn she's good! Spread this one far and wide!!! onetexan Jul 2024 #8
Awesome. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2024 #9
And there it is. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #10
Mike Collins said Biden ordered it? aka-chmeee Jul 2024 #11
I'm sure one of the MAGA nuts in Congress C Moon Jul 2024 #12
Almost guaranteed to happen. wnylib Jul 2024 #32
Yes, Biden has immunity. Beck23 Jul 2024 #18
I thought SCOTUS reserved that determination to themselves misanthrope Jul 2024 #20
Good point!! vapor2 Jul 2024 #47
Wretched captioning Shoonra Jul 2024 #13
Most likely it's AI generated. I think the original is a tiktok that she posted to Twitter. littlemissmartypants Jul 2024 #23
I have zero empathy or sympathy for fascists trying to destroy this country. SamKnause Jul 2024 #14
1+ keithbvadu2 Jul 2024 #16
What goes around comes around Beck23 Jul 2024 #17
Trump is the epitome of evil XanaDUer2 Jul 2024 #27
The shooter was dead before the fist pump. Qutzupalotl Jul 2024 #19
That does not exclude a second possible shooter waiting for a second chance. So, her analysis was not really far off. xocetaceans Jul 2024 #26
could be another shooter Kali Jul 2024 #35
Exactly Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #42
The SS thought it was safe enough to move him Qutzupalotl Jul 2024 #43
More like this! nt oasis Jul 2024 #21
This should be an ad! nt Quixote1818 Jul 2024 #22
An excellent summary of why I have a hard time feeling sorry for Trump. Martin68 Jul 2024 #24
Those would be my words if I were 247 percent cooler and well-spoken! chouchou Jul 2024 #25
Great vid SpankMe Jul 2024 #28
Thank you. K&R c-rational Jul 2024 #29
KnR. Excellent post. n/t iluvtennis Jul 2024 #30
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Jul 2024 #31
Excellent nilram Jul 2024 #34
is this on you tube? Kali Jul 2024 #36
Ah yes, if only the Republicans weren't insane, and their candidate wasn't a narcissistic hate monger. patphil Jul 2024 #37
Looking at the wound, I've cut myself about that bad shaving bhikkhu Jul 2024 #38
Man stirs up hornets' nest, gets stung. mellow Jul 2024 #40
PREACH. And 2nd amendment people Nimble_Idea Jul 2024 #41
Wow.. I finally was able to hear it Cha Jul 2024 #44
Truth! Evolve Dammit Jul 2024 #45
By far, the best yet LilElf70 Jul 2024 #46
"Mediocre men marinating in victimhood" 3catwoman3 Jul 2024 #48
That says it all Easterncedar Jul 2024 #49
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #51
Damn, what's wrong with the volume ? Had to turn mine all the way up. eppur_se_muova Dec 31 #52

Pinback

(12,961 posts)
15. Neither Biden nor Harris were on the bus, but there was an organized attempt to harass campaign staffers in Texas
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:30 PM
Jul 2024


Details:
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/armed-trump-fans-biden-bus/

And of course Trump claimed that his supporters protected the bus!
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/02/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-his-supporters-were-pro/

The video below has a detailed report on this and other incidents. I have a queasy feeling that they’ll be trying worse this time around.

forgotmylogin

(7,723 posts)
33. I'd have more sympathy if he behaved like a normal shooting victim.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:22 PM
Jul 2024

If they'd rushed him out of there and he'd gone quickly and seemed concerned, but the moment his adrenaline kicked in he was poised for the "tough guy gets shot but survives" photo op.

He and the MAGAts are going to blame this on "democrat rhetoric" but that's projection as Democrats aren't sending out ads with cross-hairs over people's faces and talking about "the coup will be bloodless...if they allow it" type of shit.

Jeebo

(2,370 posts)
7. That is a great rant.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:23 PM
Jul 2024

Who is she? She is really clever, entertaining, articulate, personable, and SANE. (Merely sane used to be a low bar, but given the level of political discourse in the past few years, sane now has become a high bar.) She should run for something. I would sure vote for her.

I especially like her name for the orange con man. She calls him Orangina Pervalicious Felonious Schlumper McPhee. I love that! (The closed captioning says she said Felonia, but I think she said Felonious.) I get Orangina, Pervalicious and Felonious, but I'm trying to figure out Schlumper and McPhee. Whatever, I love it! I call him the orange con man, one of the regular callers on Thom Hartmann's show calls him Agent Orange (I love that one too), one frequent poster here on DU calls him that orange thing, but Orangina Pervalicious Felonious Schlumper McPhee gets my award for the best one.

-- Ron

Seinan Sensei

(822 posts)
50. There was a song (on Capt Kangaroo) ...
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 08:57 AM
Jul 2024

… about a Scottish squirrel
Its repeating chorus included the squirrel’s name:
“Angus McFergus McTavish Dundee“

Wonder if Boston Small’s name for TSF harkens back to that?

C Moon

(12,679 posts)
12. I'm sure one of the MAGA nuts in Congress
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:22 PM
Jul 2024

is going to cry out for an investigation into whether President Biden was involved.

misanthrope

(8,374 posts)
20. I thought SCOTUS reserved that determination to themselves
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jul 2024

He might be one of the Orwellian animals who are "less equal."

Shoonra

(575 posts)
13. Wretched captioning
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:28 PM
Jul 2024

Whoever did the captioning on this bit of Twitter needs to go back to junior high. Really dumb mistakes in spellings and even choices of words.

Beck23

(327 posts)
17. What goes around comes around
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:41 PM
Jul 2024

That's a good definition of karma

Trump and his supporters have made death threats, doxxed people, and generally ruined lives of election officials, elected representatives, and anyone who dared testify against him in court.

Stormy Daniels is thinking if moving her family to Canada because of the death threats. What about the two election officials who had to move because of the threats?

XanaDUer2

(15,075 posts)
27. Trump is the epitome of evil
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:05 PM
Jul 2024

Many lives have been destroyed by him. Hes a violent traitor and sex offender. I have zero concern or sympathy for him.

Qutzupalotl

(15,192 posts)
19. The shooter was dead before the fist pump.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jul 2024

The SS knew he was no longer in imminent danger at that point.

Other than that, great rant.

xocetaceans

(4,019 posts)
26. That does not exclude a second possible shooter waiting for a second chance. So, her analysis was not really far off.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:04 PM
Jul 2024

It would have seemed more prudent for the Secret Service to have restrained Dirtbag Donnie from his desperate grasping at a campaign photo-op (lest it be a final, truly ugly one), to have treated the situation as completely unsecured, and then to have proceeded to a location which would have been known to be fully secured.

At the end of the day, Dirtbag Donnie might have learned how Mike Pence might have felt on Jan. 6. (That is doubtful, though. Trump is not strong on empathy.) After all, what was it that Trump said about Pence? Wasn't it "He deserves it [the hanging the crowds of Trumplodytes wanted to administer to Pence]" or something close to that? A rope or a bullet...there is not much of a difference after all is said and done. Both were assassination attempts, and Trump only cares about the one that involved him. Pence would have been just a politically expedient expendable on the way to an illegitimate second Trump term if Trump's insurrection had succeeded.

Farmer-Rick

(11,623 posts)
42. Exactly
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:09 PM
Jul 2024

You don't form a shield unless you think the (or a ) shooter is still active. It's difficult, slows escape and impedes access to medical care.

Qutzupalotl

(15,192 posts)
43. The SS thought it was safe enough to move him
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:49 PM
Jul 2024

or they would not have done it. The shield is SOP after a shooting out of an abundance of caution, since, as you say, there could have been another shooter. But they assessed the situation and determined it was safe enough to proceed.

It's not that strange that Trump would mug for the cameras. I also don't find it strange that the SS lets him do what he wants, up to a point, J6 being a notable exception. (Imagine telling Trump “no.”)

SpankMe

(3,363 posts)
28. Great vid
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:07 PM
Jul 2024

And while all the things were going on that she's talking about, the left was NOT reciprocating with its own violent rhetoric.

patphil

(7,351 posts)
37. Ah yes, if only the Republicans weren't insane, and their candidate wasn't a narcissistic hate monger.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:38 PM
Jul 2024

But then that's a fantasy. The truth is what it is, and it's so damn depressing.
Fear, anger, hatred, and violence rule in the crazy land of the Maga's..
And this is just one more expression of that crazy. We've got a long way to go.


bhikkhu

(10,763 posts)
38. Looking at the wound, I've cut myself about that bad shaving
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:42 PM
Jul 2024

But I'm guessing there will be no end to crying about it.

Compassion should be reserved for the dead and wounded in the crowd maybe, who just went to participate in a political event, which is pretty important to be able to do safely in a democracy. Those guys didn't deserve it.

Nimble_Idea

(2,494 posts)
41. PREACH. And 2nd amendment people
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:05 PM
Jul 2024

and killings in church....imagine their family values.

they have already lost any sympathy because they are gutter trash extremists.


eppur_se_muova

(38,199 posts)
52. Damn, what's wrong with the volume ? Had to turn mine all the way up.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:21 PM
Dec 31

Then when that odd "ga-lunk" sounded at the end, it was at top volume.

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