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[–] 588 points 2 years ago* (56 children)

Whatever damn fool did this has just made the situation about a million times worse. I don’t give a shit who did this, it was the worst move you could have made at the worst time you could have made it.

And those of you jumping to immediate conspiracy theories need to stop and think about how much we tend to make fun of Republicans for doing literally the exact same thing. Us spending the next 3 days circlejerking each other off our own bullshit conspiracy theories isn’t gonna help the situation, its just gonna make us all look like a bunch of hypocrites. Wait a few days, get whatever info they are willing to give us, and then try to figure out what happened. If it still looks fake or like a false flag or whatever the fuck after that point, whatever. but for gods sake use some critical thinking to get there instead of jumping to conclusions with no info.

For what its worth, I am extremely anti-trump, I am scared shitless of what will happen should he win a second term. But dear god, please think about the way you all are acting, when you act like the same kind of psychopaths you claim to stand against it is not a good look. please consider that before you post.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I could not agree more. Aren’t we supposed to be the ones who care about democracy, about humanity, and about logic and reason?

    Some innocent bystander died, and their family is going to sleep tonight without their loved one alive for the first time. Others are waiting anxiously in hospitals while their innocent loved ones are in critical condition. Fuck Trump, but no one deserves to have been killed or maimed for being at one of his rallies.

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    [–] 338 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Why are people screaming and afraid? Guns are a part of society in America. Unless… they’re dangerous…

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    [–] 290 points 2 years ago* (17 children)

    Maybe it was an official act of Biden, then it's not a crime. Nothing to see here, just as wanted by SCOTUS.

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    [–] 258 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Could history please have the decency not to re-enact how Hitler survived dozens of assassination attempts?

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    I don't think vote to obscurity can apply here. Trump will always have a platform because he is a living engagement machine and that drives the Internet mad. He wins he's the top story, he loses he's the top story, he gets convicted he's the top story. The man is immortal in the worst way possible and the world is basically f*cked.

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  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago

    This is the one possible scenario that could make things even worse. They can't replace the head of the snake, but they can sure as fuck pump that the head was shot and injured. They did the same with Hitler.

    History is repeating itself far to close for this to be comfortable.

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    He is a martyr now. And alive. That assassin just killed the country

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    [–] 159 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Fuck, things are likely going to start really escalating now.

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    [–] 136 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    This was the worst possible outcome. Unless someone intends on finishing the job it may as well be his election now.

    He'll spend the rest of the election telling people how strong he is, how Biden could not have survived and he'll use the attack to validate all his claims of Democrat corruption/Republican righteousness.

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    [–] 83 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (16 children)

    It seem like he was hit. Blood was on his right ear in one shot. Unclear if that's because he was hit there or if he touched it after touching something else bloody.

    He was escorted away on foot with secret service.

    Edit: reports that one bystander and the shooter are now dead.

    Claims the suspect was a man named Mark Violets. (This ID may be wrong no official sources covering this)

    Biden condemns the act.

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  • [–] [S] 111 points 2 years ago* (13 children)

    (I hate the source, F this guy) but here's him being ushered off the stage after... https://x.com/stillgray/status/1812250467071885730

    Edit: his base is going to be insanely fired up now. I'm genuinely scared about what's going to happen now. I can see it already "the deep state tried to stop him and God saved Trump!" ugh.

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    [–] 78 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Why were people Scared? Guns are SAFE! Guns are SO SAFE that they're trying to FORCE them into Schools! It would be INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP if the same people who RAN AWAY from the Guns want to FORCE OUR KIDS into that Situation EVERY DAY!

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    [–] 77 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    So 3 shots fired (rest were more rapid, so looked like SS responding), 2 people died, only trump get out of it without any major issue. A grazed ear implies that he survived by mere centimeters.

    Then when going to the car he is mouthing "fight, fight, fight". I'm sorry, but this is a very odd reaction for somebody that nearly died today.

    He was trying to get people rioting on J6 (but that while succeeded, fortunately got stopped), he tried people to riot when he had criminal trial (didn't work at all), and now in the heat of the moment, he thought that was perfect time to try it again?

    For sake of everyone I hope this will also be unsuccessful. I'm glad Democrats quickly condemned this (this is something we quite missed in 2017-2020 when similar events happened).

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    [–] 71 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Okay, I’ve gotten over my initial shock of this. Clearly this shouldn’t have happened but this is the same guy who said his VP should be hanged, and he himself has called for political violence against his enemies many, many times

    I am glad that decent politicians are condemning this attack, as they should. But I think it makes sense to put this incident in perspective, Trump has promoted and supported political violence himself many times before this, including on Jan 6th

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Without evidence so many of you calling it fake. I guess we're no smarter than the wackjobs

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    [–] 62 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Please let the shooter be a white dude. If he is any minority group they're gonna be the first to get the supreme Court treatment when he takes power, which seems inevitable now.

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The time traveler sent back to alter our timeline wasn't a very good shot.

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    This is the worst possible scenario.

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