Stop the Presses!
Biden’s age is no longer the major news fodder!
I interrupt my normally whimsical Sunday posting for something of a big deal…..Trump shot at a rally on Saturday…..
The shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania Saturday is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials tell the AP. Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. The suspected gunman and a rally attendee are dead, and two attendees were reportedly injured, authorities say. “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.
Two officials who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity said the shooter was not an attendee at the rally and was killed by Secret Service agents. Trump was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers during his last rally before the Republican National Convention opens Monday when the gunfire began. As Trump was talking, a popping sound was heard. Trump said, “Oh,” and put his right hand up to his right ear as people in the stands behind him appeared to be shocked. Two more pops could be quickly heard and he crouched down.
Updated….
Donald Trump was indeed hit by a bullet Saturday when gunshots rang out during his rally in Pennsylvania. The president himself wrote about the incident hours later on Truth Social, reports the Washington Post.
- “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” he wrote. “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”
- Trump offered his condolences to the family of the unidentified rally attendee who was killed. (Two other attendees were injured.) He also thanked the Secret Service and police for their quick response.
- “It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country,” wrote Trump.
His son Donald Trump Jr. issued a statement Saturday night: “I just spoke to my father on the phone and he is in great spirits,” he said, per the New York Post. “He will never stop fighting to save America, no matter what the radical left throws at him.” The shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, reports the New York Times. No details have surfaced about the gunman, who was killed by Secret Service agents.
Multiple reports following the apparent assassination attempt at a Trump rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, indicate that the shooter may have been on a nearby roof. The incident left one rally attendee dead, two others critically injured, and Donald Trump shot in the ear.
- A man who was listening to the rally from a spot outside the venue says he saw a suspicious man cross from one side of a nearby roof to the other. He didn’t see a gun, but still informed police, and a few minutes later, shots rang out. The man tells the Wall Street Journal he then saw officers on the roof, apparently standing over the shooter’s body. It was only when he got home that he found out from his wife Trump had been shot.
- Another witness tells the BBC a similar story, claiming he was listening from outside the venue when he saw a man with a rifle “bear-crawling up the roof of the building beside us.” He also told police what he saw, shortly before the gunfire broke out, and he says he saw Secret Service agents shoot the gunman.
- Sources tell the New York Post the shooter was on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at the rally venue, the Butler Farm Show grounds. Those sources say a counter-sniper team opened fire from a different roof, killing the shooter.
- CNN has video that appears to show the suspect on a roof near the venue.
I admit I am not a big fan of Trump but this is not the way to handle him and his candidacy.
In the back of my mind I was wondering when this type of thing would happen.
Does anyone remember George Wallace? (Probably not) He was a third party candidate back in the Dark Ages, 1972….
On May 15, 1972, he was shot four times by Arthur Bremer while campaigning at the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel, Maryland, at a time when he was receiving high ratings in national opinion polls. Bremer was seen at a Wallace rally in Wheaton, Maryland, earlier that day and two days earlier at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Wallace was hit in the abdomen and chest, and one of the bullets lodged in Wallace’s spinal column, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life.
Will this incident change the tune of the pro-gun violence GOP?
After all their fearless leader has been targeted.
Please, any thoughts?
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I have been watching all this on the BBC for the past 50 minutes. I think it will do nothing about gun control, and if anything people will buy more guns. As for Trump, this could be his ‘golden moment’, after which he is guaranteed to win in November.
Best wishes, Pete.
I agree and they will blame Dems for some reason….although the shooter was a Repub….he will milk it I am sure. chuq
if I gave any credence to Conspiracy Theories I’d say how well timed this was for someone who may be losing ground in the elections, and where better to happen than a State that Trump has denigrated recently. However, after reading that the assassin has been identified and that he was a Republican i must wonder instead whether Trump has managed to make himself unpopular in his own party now? I can only hope that this is the case and that November will prove this to be true and perhaps this ploy of being the victim yet again will not gain ground. Hugs
He os a con man so he will use this like he uses his conviction and spin it to a win if he can. chuq
Yeah, I was worried something like this was bound to happen. No doubt it will be played up as to the “violent” side of Liberals, which we all know the “violence” is percolating on the Far Right and ready to explode when/if Trump loses. I took particular note as the on-going repeats of the video clips of the shooting itself went throughout the evening… there was a bearded rural-looking MAGA guy (no MAGA hat oddly, but fitting the MAGA stereotypical look) who was standing in the crowd and facing the camera/press area, raising his flip-off finger and you could tell he was screaming and mouthing “Fuck you!” repeatedly, as if he were assigning this attempted assassination to the “Liberals” behind the camera… and his expression was almost maniacal. Somehow I found that as symbolically the same as the idiot with the rifle.
This ain’t over.
I read the shooter is a Repub…..and Trumpy will make this a show piece as he has with his conviction. chuq
Then there’s this idiocy.. only in America… and Red states…
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/13/us/video/ammo-vending-machines-southern-states-romo-digvid
Yeah I wrote about them last week….how long before we can get our AR-15 from a machine? chuq
“The gunman: The FBI identified him as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who lived in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles south of the rally location. He was killed at the scene by Secret Service agents. Public records show he was registered to vote as a Republican, but made a small donation to a Democratic-aligned group in 2021.”
Gawd… the mileage both sides will get out of this.
The news must be jerking off….the Biden saga was getting a bit stale…..chuq
Nothing but thoughts and prayers. The only thing worse than a dead martyr is a live one. We have a live one.
Yes we do and the drama will play out for days to come…..chuq
Golly, I just immediately saw the folks on the stage with Trump, NOT running for their lives, (some amused it seemed, just a tad, or it’s me..). No Jackie O’s in that crowd! phew! And the paint job, pretty good but I’ve seen better on Peter. I figured it was a small container that Trump squeezed just as the hardly frightening ‘bullets’ came. Some one quickly helped him smear it on his cheek. It’s getting so old, the killing of the shooters…is that 61 years worth? There must be some LIVE ones or it would look rigged. Most brazen assassins know what their doing, what was he drunk? NO ONE on stage got shot or ran or looked ‘stunned’. (I imagine they don’t actually go as far as to ‘cue’ the crowd beforehand, but it looked almost that way to me). I haven’t caught Bobby’s response yet, but it IS just like Jack and Bobby, who also didn’t die. (Don’t imagine that little tidbit will ever be on the truther news soon, or ever). he he
What bothers me the most is no one else says this stuff but nothing draws a reaction from the public anymore..no one at the laundramat was even mildly interested in the new this morning on the TV. Will the enhanced revolution at least be little more exciting? Everything’s fake, esp the people!
So Jon jon again, the clone’s complete I take it? I refuse to humiliate myself further after ‘telling’ and waiting for 8+ years! But rreally, cloning and coming out in your 60s?? Why? Or did he get programmed to rapidly age, say he was ‘born’ 8 yrs ago, now in his 60s. Did his wife get cloned too?
Anyway, waiting for the check, so I can finally get a gun. (Did you see the illegal rapist ready to pounce on me..I heard his steps slow and I was concealed and cornered where I sat at 4 am. His friend had to pull him away. Do illegals get acting lessons, too? I sooo wished I had a gun! They were waiting fo r me a block earlier and I took a different route. )
Which brings me to my NEW aquaitence, ‘Steve’… gee, you don’t think he was a plant do ya?
This IS slavery! And I have NO CHOICE but to deal with these planted characters. Who sees this anyway????
How am I doing with the masking stuff? Give me a reason.
I figured there would be a conspiracy around this incident…..I am watching and waiting for this to bvlow over. chuq
A tragedy whichever way one looks at it. The shooter is said to have been a registered Republican voter but in 2021 donated money to a left wing (Damocratic) campaign. So this will be interesting to watch. The thought that captures my thoughts is that had Trump moved his head half an inch or less to the right when bullet was on its way he eould be dead now. Shocking stuff
Shocking indeed….either the shooter was an amateur or he rushed the shot…..thanx for commenting…..have a great day. chuq
What bothers me is the multiple failures of the secret service and other security teams on site. How was the rooftop of a building just 150 yards from the podium accessible in the first place? 150 yards from an elevated position is an easy shot with a rifle with a scope even for someone who isn’t that good of a shot.
And what the hell were the anti-sniper teams doing? They couldn’t see a man on a roof with an AR-15 aiming at the podium?
And then after the shots were fired they agents on the podium swarm around him, yes, but they leave his head and shoulders completely exposed. And then let him stand up with his head exposed again long enough for him to do that fist in the air gesture?
I live about an hour or so from Milwaukee and I have friends down there who are near the site of the RNC convention, some of whom own businesses in the area where the RNC is taking place. It’s nuts down there right now. Drones and helicopters overhead, government vehicles everywhere, guys in full tactical gear everywhere. The whole area is locked down tight already. Friends of mine who own a brewpub near the site are bugging out. They’re locking it down and going elsewhere for the duration
But after the convention… Shameless plug – Layman Brewing. Their beer is great but their food is amazing. Classic corner bar with some of the best food in town. They just got voted as having the best french fries in Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Journal. If you’re unlucky enough you could walk out with a humorous engraved wooden drinks coaster from an alleged humorist who calls himself grouchyfarmer for some reason. Probably to hide his real identity because his family would be ashamed of some of the lame jokes he comes up with.
All actions are under review or so they claim…..Layman I will keep that in mind in case I am is Wisconsin after all most of my father’s people live in Janesville. chuq
I think most Republicans might answer, “God Himself cannot take away our guns.”
Probably so chuq
Perhaps, but I do find it interesting that these “champions” for gun rights often ban all firearms at their own events, even ones where political figures do not attend. I’ve been to NRA conventions where I was told firearms were prohibited and I got funneled through a checkpoint on the way in where even pocket knives were being confiscated.