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TRUMP SHOT -- ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

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  1. Os Trigonum

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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...nvestigation/#link-HRSUZBAZCFD77JATKHSDOTSH54

    26 min ago
    Trump was “spiritual” about shooting, says person who spoke to former president
    By Josh Dawsey
    Political investigations and enterprise reporter

    A person who spoke to Trump in the last 12 hours said he was almost “spiritual” about the situation — “and that’s totally not normal for him.”

    “He thinks he was handed a gift from God. He can’t believe it,” the person said.

    The person said that Trump is telling his team that they need to do “unity” at the convention.

    The convention now becomes more about his courage and his resilience, the person said. “They want speakers to dial it down, not dial it up.”
     
  2. HTM

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    A message of moderation is a shrewd political move from Trump/his campaign.

    He already has his rabid base with rhetoric he’s been hammering the last 9 years.

    He won’t get any new voters with doubling down on that. He can get some new voters with a message of moderation.

    He seems like has been moderating to some degree the last few months. He didn’t hammer Biden all too terribly in that debate. He came off as surprisingly restrained and measured.
     
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  3. Invisible Fan

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    Lemme guess...

    With both arms, he'll hold gold plated tablets etched with Project 2025 when he finally comes down from Cedars Sinai.
     
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    The kid was apparently bullied relentlessly..
     
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    Why?
    Did he post an unpopular opinion on this board?
     
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    Not the same person, but same type.

     
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    https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024

    Not long before shots rang out, rally goers noticed a man climbing to the top of a roof of a nearby building and warned local law enforcement, according to two law enforcement officials.

    One officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder and Crooks quickly took a shot toward former President Donald Trump, and that’s when the U.S. Secret Service counter snipers shot him, said the officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.


    https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-ne...ub-was-rejected-for-being-comically-bad-shot/

    The Pennsylvania man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump during a rally on Saturday tried out for his high school’s rifle team, but he was rejected for being a “terrible” shot and making “off-color” jokes.

    A few years before the assassination attempt, Crooks tried out for the rifle team at Bethel Park High School, two former classmates told The Post.

    The team at Bethel Park shoots Anschutz single-shot rifles with peep sights and .22-caliber ammunition, Jameson Murphy and another former student explained.

    The shooting range at the school is 50 feet long by 21 feet wide, with seven ranges.

    Crooks once fired from the seventh lane — the closest lane to the right wall — and hit the left wall, completely missing every target on the back wall. He missed his target by close to 20 feet, Murphy recalled.

    “He tried out…and was such a comically bad shot he was unable to make the team and left after the first day,” Murphy said.

    Crooks – who has been described as a loner who wore hunting outfits to class – ”couldn’t shoot at all. He was a terrible shot,” the second classmate added.

    Even the coach, they continued, had concerns about Crooks.

    “Our old coach was a stickler, he trained Navy marksmen, so he knew people. He knew when someone’s not the greatest person,” the ex-classmate explained.

    “We noticed a few things Thomas said and how he interacted with other people… He said some things that were kind of concerning,” the classmate said.

    “You know, obviously, we’re using guns in a school setting so you need to be very careful in that regard.”

    “He made some crass jokes that weren’t appropriate when there are firearms in the school setting,” they said, without elaborating on what exactly Crooks said


     
  9. ROXRAN

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    In all honesty he survived a gunshot like he was a movie character from FIGHT CLUB or 300 (spear to the face) that literally came millimeters from REAL damage .
    I think most of us would have some spiritual feeling after the fact, and if he can be a better person , I'm all for it
     
  10. ThatBoyNick

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    Yes god was there that blessfull day, handing out a gift, not for his innocent supporter who got his brains blown out, but you'know.
     
  11. Os Trigonum

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    that sounds like an accidental discharge rather than a bad shot. It may mean that he was extremely careless with firearms, and that is probably something the coach was concerned about as well
     
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    #FalseFlag
    #Cult45

    Send them Thots and Preyers.....their favorite people.

    Rocket River
    Sorry not sorry.
    I beleive this is fake.
     
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    Lmao ... cant even imagine how effed up your life is to get your brain scrambled that bad.

    Thoughts and prayers for you
     
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    High school rifle teams, ey? Okay.
     
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  16. cml750

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    Donald Trump Jr will be 50 in 2028 and able to to run. ;)
     
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    If he hasn't died of cocaine overdose
     
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    Hunter?
     
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  19. Space Ghost

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    Let's be fair. If someone tied up trump and kept him alive for a month, it would do the world a service. However that said, in no way do I condone violence or try to upend the will of the people, and that includes pressuring a sitting president not to run, on up to a full on party coup.
     
  20. FranchiseBlade

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    We were talking about Don Jr. Possible for Hunter as well, though he seems to be in rehab at the moment. Also, Hunter doesn't pretend to have an interest in politics.
     

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