But don't say it out loud

Damn this is how I found out. Extra sad now, thanks.

And Dr Ruth. That lady was such a charming little horn dog.

And Dr. Ruth! 😪

it sounds like he was in a dark place for the last decade or so; if that's true, at least now he's no longer suffering.

There's still time for the DNC to swap Biden out for a more electable candidate and energize their own base again, for what it's worth, though at this point I think the DNC wants to lose so they can secure more funding.

Woohoohoohoohoohoo.

Do or do not, there is no try
Yoda

Yeah... Surviving that basically won him the election.

Its disappointing. Good someone had the balls to actually try and show he is serious when he says the 2A is there to prevent fascism. Sad he failed.

That it does probably means that Americans deserve whatever lows their country will fall to.

So real

Killing him potentially turns their party against themselves as they fight each other for the power vacuum it creates

Doing it before he picks a VP furthers that unity divide

There's a reason the Allies kept trying to assassinate Hitler during WW2, and it wasn't because they thought it was a bad plan to end the war.

Not saying I agree or disagree with you. Just sayin' how it happened last time.

After thinking about this REALLY REALLY HARD…offing him will do nothing to stop the creep of [fascism]

Who would step in to replace Trump? Trump has worked hard to discredit anybody who could potentially challenge him. Strongmen often groom a son to take over for them, but only after they've been in power for many years. Trump might want Junior to take over, but I doubt even Trump's hand-picked yes-men would accept Junior at this point.

Instead you'd almost certainly get a power vacuum with various Republican factions trying to take over.

You cut one head off and 3 more will pop up

And those 3 would start snapping at each-other trying to become the dominant head. And, as long as they're distracted snapping at each-other, they're not going to be focusing on us.

IMO, Trump is also the only thing holding this right-wing coalition together. As soon as he's gone the factions are going to turn on each-other. The bad thing is that they've already shown that they're going to get violent when they feel their grip on power is slipping. I'm sure this assassination attempt is going to lead to right-wing violence, and if it had succeeded it would have been a lot more violence.

The most dangerous thing about Trump is that he's he's got almost half the US behind him. There are probably more cruel Republicans, and probably some who would be more effective at implementing their cruel policies. But, not many who would be able to get so much support and keep the coalition together.

The Republican base is getting smaller each year as old people die. It's not a popular platform with the younger voters. If the US can avoid a Trump win this year, the MAGA version of the Republican party will probably fall apart. Then it will be back to the regular corporatocracy that the US has been dealing with for decades. If he does win... well I'm glad I don't live in the US.

Disappoint in not enough to describe my feelings.

I feel like I'm blocked under a huge building about to collapse at any moment and a huge piece of the support pillar just came off...

...that's how i feel right now.

That’s a bit drama-queenish.

We had a good thing before Trump ran for president and won.

Once he’s gone things will go back to normal over time.

Trump got shot at. Trump fine (hence the meme), shooter dead, couple bystanders dead.

No, there was an assasination attempt on Donald Trumpet.

Wouldn't it have been hilarious if that's what happened after the fact?

Just realized she passed away yesterday, I only heard about Gene Simmons.

Edit: RICHARD Simmons. Gene is the guy from KISS.

Don't you mean less wind?

Yes, and the Republicans who miss when their party wasn’t loony tunes.

People often talk about going back in time to kill baby Hitler. By all measures Trump would like to be a new Hitler and his most fervent supporters see him as that. Is it surprising people would support such an action to stop him?

Not only is it terrible, it's an actual threat to democracy.

I don't know how anyone is surprised though. When you use words like "Nazi" and "existential threat" and "threat to our democracy" it can't be a shock when someone tries to become a historic hero for taking out the supposed next Hitler, and people who buy into that propaganda language are going to cheer them on and want more of it. They're frothing at the mouth, imagining they're on the right side of history.

I get what the Dems are trying to do with pushing that language, but it really is playing with fire. It was a 50/50 chance that they could get him ineligible to run, alive or dead, and they've lost each bet.

Some guy tried to shoot Trump. Tried. However, bystander died and FBI killed the shooter.

Nearly.

Let's also face it, if there's a candidate that's so divisive that someone looks at the massive security apparatus for people like him and still think it's worth trying to assassinate him, that would be grounds - at least for me - to re-evaluate whether the candidate is the right guy.

Biden doesn’t look like Palpatine at all

is Democracy really just a choice between an evil and a good? the USA needs way more politcal parties than just two.

Paradox of tolerance: Trump will end democracy and even more lives.

I don't even know the news how can I feel mixed

We aren't running out of humans, and we don't live in a democracy...

Edit: a bystander Trump supporter was killed

FTFY. They were attending a Trump rally. They weren't just a bystander. They were complicit.

Sorry but most politicians don't care about democracy either, just enriching themselves and close friends

I don't have to have feelings about something to value it.