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'Trump rushed from White House correspondents' dinner after suspected gunshots heard'

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 01:52

Surely he's not pulling this trick again?

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Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:31

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 12:29

She defended ICE for using and detaining 5 year old Liam Ramos.

I'm not surprised to hear that. Am sickened though.

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 12:29

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:24

She didn't interfere and nor did Alex. I suppose if an ICE agent shot dead a child you'd be fine with that too.

She defended ICE for using and detaining 5 year old Liam Ramos.

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:24

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

She didn't interfere and nor did Alex. I suppose if an ICE agent shot dead a child you'd be fine with that too.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:19

@LesbianNana
I think you have missed some names:

What about Melissa Hortman, a Democratic politician, and her husband killed at their home? Did the leftists do that?

What about Alex Pretti killed by ICE?
What about Renee Nicole Good killed by ICE?
What about Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz and others who died in ICE custody?

Are the leftists responsible for these deaths?

What about people like Charlie Kirk who believe the right to carry arms is more important than protecting innocent people from being shot?

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:19

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 11:34

To start with look at how many people here have no problem with murdering people they don’t agree with.

Except for the softball shootings, the BLM murders and the assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family at his home (2022), these are within the last year:

Four assassination attempts on Trump; assassinated Charlie Kirk; attempted assassination on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen during an organized softball game; Hispanic immigrant shot and killed by deranged leftist shooting up ICE facility; ICE agent shot in neck by anti-ICE rioter; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates 40 billion dollars in damage and 20 murders during George Floyd “Summer of Love” riots; throwing home-made bombs at peaceful protesters; vandalizing people’s cars and fire-bombing Tesla dealerships; nurse assaulted elderly man wearing MAGA hat; man intentionally ran over and murdered a teenager wearing a MAGA hat; people dropped concrete blocks off freeway overpass onto cop cars during anti-ICE riots; bricks thrown at police; Left poll worker attacked person wearing MAGA hat; Fox News van firebombed; leftist drove 9 hours to set a church on fire that was holding Charlie Kirk vigil; drive by shooting of an abc studio after they took Kimmel off the air; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates; police arrested a man with hundreds of explosives outside a church shortly before an annual Mass marking the start of the Supreme Court’s new term.

The list is exhaustive but I won’t keep going, you get the hint.

Everything is an existential threat, everything is the end of the world or the end of democracy, everyone is a nazi, everyone is a fascist.

@LesbianNana
I think you have missed some names:

What about Melissa Hortman, a Democratic politician, and her husband killed at their home? Did the leftists do that?

What about Alex Pretti killed by ICE?
What about Renee Nicole Good killed by ICE?
What about Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz and others who died in ICE custody?

Are the leftists responsible for these deaths?

What about people like Charlie Kirk who believe the right to carry arms is more important than protecting innocent people from being shot?

montysmaw · 26/04/2026 12:15

Batties · 26/04/2026 02:58

I cannot stand him Donald Trump and I cannot wait to see the back of him. But political assassination is appalling. It is anti democratic and sets a dangerous precedent that harms all of us, regardless of where we stand. we cannot resort to lawlessness when it suits us because we then lose the legal foundation that protects everyone. Only a fool would think otherwise.

Get back to me on legalities when the middle east escalates to all out war.
The man is deranged and a danger to the whole world. There is apparently no "legal" way to remove him.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:15

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

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It looks like requiring all asylum seekers to reside in detention centers where 90%+ or cases will be quickly dismissed and they will be sent back home.

Trump is too soft on this.

I take a dim view of leftist activists interfering in ICE enforcement activities, and I don’t think we should have backed off because of the ‘optics’ because that only emboldens these leftists.

So yeah, I’m more hard line than Trump on this. I also know he has a blind spot for certain industries that hire illegal migrants, like agriculture and the hospitality industries, and will overlook their obscene use of illegal labor. It is infuriating (none of this means I’ll suddenly vote Dem tho)

MulberryBrandy · 26/04/2026 12:03

It is wrong to support random people taking it upon themselves to kill Trump. The poster that has caused a lot of fuss said that they would then support JD Vance. The man that thinks it is good to come to Europe and show his unwavering support for the far-right in Germany and Orban in Hungary.

Also, beware of JD's support for his "British sherpa" - James Orr, UK Head of Policy for Reform.

MulberryBrandy · 26/04/2026 11:57

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

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removed because could not read update.

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 11:50

You defended ICE killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

Eskarina1 · 26/04/2026 11:53

user1484056932 · 26/04/2026 11:19

“Not a violent person” but hopes someone succeeds in killing Trump soon, vile rhetoric from the tolerant left as always. I hate Starmer and Biden but don’t wish them dead.

Do you... do you think Starmer is a leftist?

I'm not a fan of either man but they are not on the extreme end of any spectrum.

For the record, I think Trump is a puppet and his death in an assassination attempt would be a global disaster. I also don't believe in feigning grief or concern for someone I believe is inflicting huge harm on the world for personal profit.

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 11:52

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 11:50

You defended ICE killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti

I remember that thread. Appalling responses from that poster.

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 11:50

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 07:32

Because leftists glorify political violence. Even on this thread you can see them.

I am actually more right-wing than Trump in most respects. So I feel threatened by them
too. They’d kill me without a second thought and brand themselves virtuous.

You defended ICE killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 11:49

AccordingToWhom · 26/04/2026 11:39

You think that's a good response? The answer could be that his opponents aren't as violent.

True, good point. Yet let's be realistic - the cancerous rhetoric spread by Trump since he's come to power and which has divided the US has fuelled the violence towards him and his fellow right-wing extremists.

Also, you could easily list as many violent acts his administration has committed against US citizens in the last year, starting with Alex Pretti.

FWIW, I'm in the "I don't want him or anyone else assassinated" camp. But let's not pretend Trump hasn't brought this on himself or staged it to get his ballroom built.

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:44

Fragile ego attends dinner to celebrate sworn enemy, the press, where he had previously been royally and publically humiliated by Barack Obama... I'm not usually into conspiracies, but you have to admit it all seems a bit convenient.

YourGiddyGreyHelper · 26/04/2026 11:42

InterestedDad37 · 26/04/2026 11:02

I'm really not a violent person. I live my life in a peaceful manner, and try to help those around me do so too. Much of my youth was spent on 'peace protests' (CND etc) and I've never thought violence was the answer to anything.
But for Trump, I make an exception. I hope that sooner, rather than later, someone succeeds in killing him. He is an absolute danger to world peace. The same goes for Putin.

I really sympathise with how you feel but even with Trump we should not make an exception. Political killing is wrong.
Would I have approved if Hitler had been assassinated? Yes because he was responsible for ongoing genocide.

CurlewKate · 26/04/2026 11:42

I don’t actually want Trump to be shot although I would not mourn him. But I do find the way Righties seem to ignore the way he has glorified the death of individuals and groups very odd. And hypocritical.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 11:41

InterestedDad37 · 26/04/2026 11:35

Believe me, it has to be quite the exception for me to think this way. It has surprised me also. But yes, I hope someone kills him.
(Biden and Starmer aren't obvious threats to world peace. Trump and Putin are.)

Edited

If the profile of the person already up is correct then perhaps he is not too removed in background from people who post this online.

People get radicalised pretty easily by violence online.

AccordingToWhom · 26/04/2026 11:39

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 11:36

I think the only response to that is why do you think that level of violence never happened when Biden was in the White House?

You think that's a good response? The answer could be that his opponents aren't as violent.

AccordingToWhom · 26/04/2026 11:37

montysmaw · 26/04/2026 02:28

For god sake, are there no competent assassins these days?

Ffs

'Trump rushed from White House correspondents' dinner after suspected gunshots heard'
Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 11:36

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 11:34

To start with look at how many people here have no problem with murdering people they don’t agree with.

Except for the softball shootings, the BLM murders and the assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family at his home (2022), these are within the last year:

Four assassination attempts on Trump; assassinated Charlie Kirk; attempted assassination on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen during an organized softball game; Hispanic immigrant shot and killed by deranged leftist shooting up ICE facility; ICE agent shot in neck by anti-ICE rioter; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates 40 billion dollars in damage and 20 murders during George Floyd “Summer of Love” riots; throwing home-made bombs at peaceful protesters; vandalizing people’s cars and fire-bombing Tesla dealerships; nurse assaulted elderly man wearing MAGA hat; man intentionally ran over and murdered a teenager wearing a MAGA hat; people dropped concrete blocks off freeway overpass onto cop cars during anti-ICE riots; bricks thrown at police; Left poll worker attacked person wearing MAGA hat; Fox News van firebombed; leftist drove 9 hours to set a church on fire that was holding Charlie Kirk vigil; drive by shooting of an abc studio after they took Kimmel off the air; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates; police arrested a man with hundreds of explosives outside a church shortly before an annual Mass marking the start of the Supreme Court’s new term.

The list is exhaustive but I won’t keep going, you get the hint.

Everything is an existential threat, everything is the end of the world or the end of democracy, everyone is a nazi, everyone is a fascist.

I think the only response to that is why do you think that level of violence never happened when Biden was in the White House?

InterestedDad37 · 26/04/2026 11:35

user1484056932 · 26/04/2026 11:19

“Not a violent person” but hopes someone succeeds in killing Trump soon, vile rhetoric from the tolerant left as always. I hate Starmer and Biden but don’t wish them dead.

Believe me, it has to be quite the exception for me to think this way. It has surprised me also. But yes, I hope someone kills him.
(Biden and Starmer aren't obvious threats to world peace. Trump and Putin are.)

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 11:34

ruethewhirl · 26/04/2026 10:32

Can you substantiate that claim?

To start with look at how many people here have no problem with murdering people they don’t agree with.

Except for the softball shootings, the BLM murders and the assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family at his home (2022), these are within the last year:

Four assassination attempts on Trump; assassinated Charlie Kirk; attempted assassination on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen during an organized softball game; Hispanic immigrant shot and killed by deranged leftist shooting up ICE facility; ICE agent shot in neck by anti-ICE rioter; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates 40 billion dollars in damage and 20 murders during George Floyd “Summer of Love” riots; throwing home-made bombs at peaceful protesters; vandalizing people’s cars and fire-bombing Tesla dealerships; nurse assaulted elderly man wearing MAGA hat; man intentionally ran over and murdered a teenager wearing a MAGA hat; people dropped concrete blocks off freeway overpass onto cop cars during anti-ICE riots; bricks thrown at police; Left poll worker attacked person wearing MAGA hat; Fox News van firebombed; leftist drove 9 hours to set a church on fire that was holding Charlie Kirk vigil; drive by shooting of an abc studio after they took Kimmel off the air; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates; police arrested a man with hundreds of explosives outside a church shortly before an annual Mass marking the start of the Supreme Court’s new term.

The list is exhaustive but I won’t keep going, you get the hint.

Everything is an existential threat, everything is the end of the world or the end of democracy, everyone is a nazi, everyone is a fascist.

MulberryBrandy · 26/04/2026 11:27

"a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back" Donald Trump

I think this is what is upsetting many right-minded people all over the world. But no we should not write about killing people. Please, the citizens of the US and Russia give your leaders a fair trial and lock them up.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 11:21

user1484056932 · 26/04/2026 11:19

“Not a violent person” but hopes someone succeeds in killing Trump soon, vile rhetoric from the tolerant left as always. I hate Starmer and Biden but don’t wish them dead.

I’m not sure why people ask why so many attempts when there are posts like that one and similar everywhere. Of course it’ll get people motivated to try.

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