Shots fired at trump PA rally

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  1. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    Don't forget Nancy Pelosi's husband (not a shooting, but still political violence)
     
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  2. diablodelsol

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    Absolutely.

    I’ve unfollowed…muted and blocked quite a few lefty Twitter accounts that were pushing that shit from the get go.
     
  3. roadkit

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    You know what? If someone had smoked Hitler at a Rally in 1933, would you have the same reaction? Wake the fvck up.
     
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  4. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    Pretty much. If you support an authoritarian agenda and threaten political violence against your political opponents, then too fvcking bad.
     
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  5. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    Apparently the shooter was ANTIFA, so props to him for standing up for his principles.
     
  6. roadkit

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    And in response, the MAGA talking point is: "This is Biden's fault." This is why Trump is going to win.
     
  7. wantmlsphilly

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    They tried killing all of Republican congress at softball practice.
     
  8. the5timechamp

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    yes, the Paul Pelosi incident.. I do recall a rotund orange person making jokes about it at a rally to thunderous applause
     
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  9. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    So just FYI: Secret Service protection for a President is considerably more robust than for a former President. All things considered, they did a pretty good job, IMHO.
     
  10. Smurfquake

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    The shooter was probably QAnon, who saw the latest revelations about Trump and Epstein and decided he needed to take action to protect the children from a known pedophile.
     
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  11. diablodelsol

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    Donald…this is what you get when you choose your secret service detail members based on loyalty to you rather than competency. This was a massive ******** up. You’re lucky you didn’t get pink misted today.
     
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  12. wantmlsphilly

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    They never said what the guy actually was and supposedly he knew him. That was swept under the rug pretty quick.
     
  13. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    And no doubt they will find child porn on the dead shooter's phone.
     
  14. Cris 09

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    It was Lukaku.
     
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  15. KCbus

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    Yeah, you and I have different ideas of what a "pretty good job" is for the Secret Service.
     
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  16. Deadtigers

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    My wife says it's like the ooze in Ghostbusters two.
     
  17. PJ234

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    So does England win tomorrow?
     
  18. Sounders78

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    It came out in the trial. From the BBC:


    From the Guardian:

     
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  19. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    My point is that for the POTUS, they might have 4 CS teams posted at the venue. For a former President, it might be 2.

    Regardless, anyone in the SS will tell you that if an assassin is willing to die, there is not much they can do about it. I don't think this CoD warrior was planning on taking a dirt nap, but you buy your ticket, you take your chances.
     
  20. Deadtigers

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    Yeah and Gabby Gifford never happened. They do this shit all the time. One trans shooter and they want to talk about trans people and their issues like all those white boys killing people never happened or there is no pattern there.
     
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  21. wantmlsphilly

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    From what I just read it was Russiagate He wanted her to admit it wasn't real and sign a paper as recorded her in her house, then release it on the internet. It she didn't he was going to knee cap her. The irony is later on it was discovered it wasn't true.
     
  22. Kazuma

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    I've got thoughts, some I'm keeping to myself.

    Anyway, too soon to speculate election wise (How did President George Wallace do? Exactly), but it's hard for me to be sympathetic given that he's celebrated violence when his opponents suffered it. Case in point, Paul Pelosi.

    That said, I didn't even hear about it until after the Detroit City game.
     
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  23. the5timechamp

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    early reactions just further galvanize his supporters.. theyre definitely maximizing the thumbs up photo op, the idea that he survived because god is on his side, and that the left will do anything to steal the election… so normal..
    The identity and ideology of the shooter as well as Trumps immediate statement/rant are the next big moments coming up…

    shooter appeared to be wearing a “demolition ranch” t-shirt which is a weapons youtube page.. u could say he wore it to blend in with the rally folks so.. its a matter of patience and not allowing speculation to rule the day
     
  24. M

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    At least you’re no longer peddling the false conspiracy theory that Paul Pelosi knew the attacker.

    Also worth noting that Trump didn’t condemn the attack but suggested it may have been staged.
     
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  25. Sounders78

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    Shooter was a 20 yr old male from Pennsylvania.
     

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