Donald Trump speech shooting: Gunshots heard at president’s rally – latest news
Donald Trump speech shooting: Gunshots heard at president’s rally – latest news
Donald Trump has said “God alone” saved his life from an assassination attempt, as he called Americans to unite against political violence.
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.
Guess some of those 2nd Ammendment guys might be "trying to do something about it" eh Donnie?
This is what you get when you preach hate 24/7. This isn't a gameshow.
reap what you sow
Half the comments here are proving that people on the right aren’t the only ones who can indulge in stupid conspiracy theories.
It’s depressing as fuck.
Q-Anon level thinking that somehow Trump is a mastermind of this. The dude who can't hide stolen files properly, can't lie on his taxes properly, and loses money on a casino, somehow has the ability to rig a false flag assassination attempt.
Are NeoLibs that so far into the Kool-Aid that Dipshit Trump is also a grandmaster 5D chess player of this, while not being able to string words together? It's not like he's even been a good actor.
It's fun to indulge in, and it doesn't change the fact that shit is about to hit the fan, regardless of whether the shooter was someone with a legitimate desire or a paid gunman. Trump was just given and used a golden ticket to both rally republicans to vote for him, and to incite his diehard followers into another insurrection.
A "false flag assassination attempt" is not as hard to rig if you know it won't be properly investigated.
Neoliberals are pro-trump, plan 2025 calls for going after people with student loans
What I find sad is that either option is equally plausible. That's how low we have sunk.
On this topic as a whole, it's also proving people on the left are in favor of gun violence...
I was thinking the same thing
How do you know their political leanings?
What's worse is that the MAGA crowd has Trump and some other figures intentionally playing conspiracies up and adding weight to them. The guys on the left don't even have the excuse of Biden and company bullshitting.
Braindead comment.
But why would you even think that people on the left are different from people on the right? This is why I'm not into politics myself. Because it all builds on some fake idea that one side is right about everything, even good people, while the other is wrong about everything, and probably are bad people as well.
In reality, both sides are very similar and have much more incommon with eachother than they have with the politicians they are trying to support.
My understanding is that on average there are differences in psychology between conservative and progressive people. For example, conservative people tend to be okay with unfairness, since from their point of view society is a hierarchy and of course the people at the top are better off.
Anyway, given that conservative and progressive people have a different vision of an ideal society and also different ideas about how to get there, it is reasonable to expect them at act differently. We know that most politically motivated violence is from the right.
Just quid pro quo.
Mr Trump could be seen ducking for cover behind the lectern.
I like attempted assassination victims that don't duck for cover.
It'll take more than that to stop a Bull Moose!
I say we elect that one guy behind him who barely reacts at all
Honestly, they're all so dead inside up there that I'm amazed any of them even flinched.
I wonder how much we're going to hear about the poor person who got shot in the head right behind him, or if they're just incidental margin notes in history, overshadowed by the big WWE media theater that is Trump. Reports are saying at least two crowd members have died.
edit: the family of the victim has given an update that Trump hasn't even attempted to reach out to them. And also, the guy was an avid nutcase, nazi and racist. The world won't be worse-off, we can sleep easy.
I just hope they were crucial to Project 2025
Well things are about to get a whole lot worse. That raised fist is going to be printed on all the right-wing crazy stuff and they will use this to justify violence against anyone opposing Trump.
With the supreme court ruling regarding official acts we have already reached the point where democracy is on its last breaths.
This is the time for escalation that people can't ignore in favor of bickering over if the non fascist is old.
if only it was that easy
I suppose we need even more guns.
If he was wearing armor made of guns he wouldn’t be bleeding.
Practical solution for a practical problem
Christ. Now I'm envisioning his future campaign speeches. "They try to shoot me down, I am an immortal."
immoral
Campaign? Doesn't really need to even campaign anymore after this. Maybe he will mention it at a state of the confedarcy talk or something. These are such shitty times.
we’ll never hear the end of it.
We will hear it for another 10 years when he finally has his hamburger heart attack.
Sweet, shoot again
Immortan.
Immotan-gelo.
So? This happens in Schools all the time?
You raise a good point. I am far, far less heartbroken by this than Sandy Hook and Uvalde. Republicans made this all possible.
Well this is gonna raise his chances of winning by a large amount
People keep repeating this, but without convincing justification.
All I see is, people who were already energized to solidly vote trump, are now really really solidly already going to really vote for him now. I just don't see how this will get someone to vote trump, who was either going to vote dem or not vote.
People just say things.
This fucking shooter could set behind democracy in the US for dozens of years. Land the shots and you martyr him, miss and you galvanize his support. Seriously the conservatives were starting to shift away from the far right after Epstein documents and Project 2025. Now deep state wackos will NEVER go away and resort to crazier armed shit. Seeing people comment that the shooter 'was so close' is insane and makes them no better than political extremists.
There's also a ton of very religious rhetoric being used about Trump now. He's literally becoming the Messiah and a true religious hero fighting whatever evil is out there. God is saving him from bullets and what not. There's going to be some interesting sermons in evangelical churches around the country these next few weeks. Yikes.
if bolsonaro is any indication, this is just turning him into a martyr.
really terrible job by whoever tried it.
All the martyrdom, none of the benefits of him actually dying.
Biden testing his Presidential Immunity.
Just a little off the top
Gotta start somewhere.
Official Act™
Just a warning shot
Ex-prez, please.
Looks like one of the bullets actually got him in the ear, as he grabs is ear right away. I thought it was from him getting tackled down by the secret service.
So the shooter was almost a good shot. So close.
According to TMZ a secret service agent said the bullet hit his teleprompter and glass shrapnel hit his ear.
https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-rally-president-election/
Take it like Teddy you wimp.
This is what wins him the election.
This is what wins him the
electioninsurrection.FTFY. He called on his rabid supporters to "fight." I think we all know what that means.
Several secret service agents surrounded him as he put his hand up and appeared to shout “fight” to his supporters who began cheering.
Yep. Many innocent people will die because of this.
I'm more worried about the nutzos trying to "defend trump".
Oh and First Past the Post voting artificially limiting our options putting us into this situation.
One of the videos you can hear "shooter down" before he gets up. Elderly, near death experience, and monumental arrogance would help explain his reaction pretty well!
Shooting him isn't the way - but I can see why someone was scared enough to think it was. Just remember kids, voting for Biden isn't just voting against trumpler - it's saying you would literally prefer someone who is probably senile overhim. It's a solid insult, and you should go out there on polling day to make sure he hears it.
You're delusional if you think a killed Trump would have been good. He'd get replaced by a more evil and intelligent republican which would then definitely win the election.
C-span footage: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5123735/shots-fired-trump-rally
- Soap box
- Ballot box
- Jury box
- Bullet box
- ??? <- you are here
Macaroni and cheese box
You know it was Rudy
Couldn’t be, he’s too busy selling handies behind the Wendy’s dumpster.
Just looks like tourists enjoying a day out to me.
The fact that mods are actually doing their jobs in this thread restores some of my faith in Lemmy.
Would the world be a better place without Trump? Probably. Is this the way? No.
Thoughts and prayers.
I see blood but I don't see a wound. Are they really going to try and pass that the perfect hole there is a bullet hole? Wouldn't a gun shot wound there take a bigger portion of the ear?
Paramedic here. All parts of the head are very vascular, and so any head injury at all bleeds fantastically. If the top of his ear got clipped, that would be enough to produce that much blood.
Depends on the hit. There's not much blood so it might just be a graze.
Probably bounced off his thick skull.
Depends on the round. A lot of factors come into play on gunshot wounds, including velocity, mass, resistance, angle. There is even some possibility that the round just barely missed, but the displacement of air is actually what broke skin.
There is even some possibility that the round just barely missed, but the displacement of air is actually what broke skin.
That is an urban legend. I've been missed by some pretty large caliber rounds in war and I've seen some pretty large caliber rounds barely miss people. No damage is done. You have to make contact with the round (or vice versa) for it to do damage.
Orange Man Gogh
Nice
Fake news. He will make up anything for attention.
Where was Nikki Haley? She was in charge of security!
Almost
Come on man, you're making me laugh at someone getting shot. XD
How is it possible that no one behind him is hit?
At least one rally attendee was killed:
Butler County District attorney told the Associated Press (AP) that a shooter was dead and that a rally attendee had also been killed.
One interview with person at the rally, said there were 3 med-evac's
Reports are coming in that at least one person was.
The crowing will begin soon
Orange Man Gogh
It's a real shame...
Fake news
