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A quarter of Americans think that the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was staged (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/news@lemmings.world
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[–] 75 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Regardless if it was staged or not, no one cares that it happened. That's gotta sting the orange one's ego.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Which is point against the conspiracy theorists, since he hasn't gotten any benefit from it.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    His ego and the yes men who surround him probably told him that people would care. That's not really a point to either side.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    There is also the case to be made that they're really incompetent, yes.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I mean, did you already forget about 6th January 2021? That was a failure too.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    A failure, yes, but not staged.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Sorry but what? The capitol attack was organised by Trump and his cronies. There was nothing organic about it.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    He told them to show up and he told them to attack the capitol. It wasn't organic, but planned out in the open. Staging something requires being secretive.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago*

    If I may quote you, your original argument was

    Which is point against the conspiracy theorists, since he hasn't gotten any benefit from it.

    The point wasn't that it was secret or not. You claimed that the fact that the assassination attempt failed to bring him sympathy points was a point against it.

    I provided the insurrection in 2021 as counter point of another thing they planned but didn't get any benefit from.

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