▲ 427 ▼ Donald Trump speech shooting: Gunshots heard at president’s rally – latest news (www.telegraph.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 293 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] Drusas@kbin.run 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's called a false flag attack. I could believe it, but I could also believe it was a sincere attack. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) Being serious about it for a moment, it's extremely unlikely that it's a false flag attack. It's fun to joke about the idea, but the reality is that it doesn't appear to be staged, and he's far too much of a coward to agree to have somebody shoot at him. Besides that, there's plenty of politically-unaffiliated groups or individuals who would probably want him gone just for how his last term contributed to the abortion bans, reunification of church and state (in some states), government corruption, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago there's also plenty of fence sitters and centrists who I sincerely believe would vote for him on tough guy vibes alone, despite him being a coward permalink fedilink source parent [–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Would he be told about this plan? It'd certainly be more convincing if he didn't know, and was set up by the RNC. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No one needs to actually shoot at him, he can just have a capsule of fake blood in his hand and smear it on himself at the right moment. It's so easy even he can do it. Could also have been a real shooter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Hes fully too much of a coward to be shot at. But you're assuming he was shot at. Ducked, hidden away from camera, then blood on him. No one is ducking a bullet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) Being serious about it for a moment, it's extremely unlikely that it's a false flag attack. It's fun to joke about the idea, but the reality is that it doesn't appear to be staged, and he's far too much of a coward to agree to have somebody shoot at him. Besides that, there's plenty of politically-unaffiliated groups or individuals who would probably want him gone just for how his last term contributed to the abortion bans, reunification of church and state (in some states), government corruption, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago there's also plenty of fence sitters and centrists who I sincerely believe would vote for him on tough guy vibes alone, despite him being a coward permalink fedilink source parent [–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Would he be told about this plan? It'd certainly be more convincing if he didn't know, and was set up by the RNC. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No one needs to actually shoot at him, he can just have a capsule of fake blood in his hand and smear it on himself at the right moment. It's so easy even he can do it. Could also have been a real shooter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Hes fully too much of a coward to be shot at. But you're assuming he was shot at. Ducked, hidden away from camera, then blood on him. No one is ducking a bullet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago there's also plenty of fence sitters and centrists who I sincerely believe would vote for him on tough guy vibes alone, despite him being a coward permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Would he be told about this plan? It'd certainly be more convincing if he didn't know, and was set up by the RNC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No one needs to actually shoot at him, he can just have a capsule of fake blood in his hand and smear it on himself at the right moment. It's so easy even he can do it. Could also have been a real shooter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Hes fully too much of a coward to be shot at. But you're assuming he was shot at. Ducked, hidden away from camera, then blood on him. No one is ducking a bullet permalink fedilink source parent