Somebody trying to shoot Trump again

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I think people are giggling and crowing over the fact that this was blatantly not an assassination attempt. Trump was never remotely in danger of dying.

Swap Trump for someone you agree with more (Harris, Obama etc) and can you honestly say you'd feel and think the same way? Really?

Sounds like he's a disenchanted Trump voter:

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-ryan-wesley-routh-florida/

Why no way? I suspect it would be only too easy to convince a follower with mental health issues to turn up with a gun. He may even have thought he was protecting Trump.

Wouldn't put it past Trump to see it as a necessary evil to boost his chances.

I was talking about what people who were laughing were thinking and feeling. And no, they wouldn't feel the same way about Harris and Obama, because no-one would remotely feel they were nutty enough to try to stage something like this. It says an awful lot about Trump that people find it credible that he would.

If Trump did stage this then it has spectacularly backfired. The shooter is still alive and can talk, he was not shot dead by the Secret Service.

Also, I think at this point this won't damage the Democrats in anyway whatsoever because everyone is joking about it.

Trump is slipping behind and his path to the White House is becoming increasingly unlikely. This just highlights gun violence which the Democrats can counter with.

This will be forgotten by next week. More legal troubles for Trump to come that will vastly overshadow this.

Maybe it's not Trump 'staging' this. I honestly wouldn't put it past the shadowy figures in the Biden/Harris administration to attempt to get him out of the running by arranging an assassination. They've tried by to get him indited on several charges, which is failing. American politics is as corrupt as hell.

I’m also of the school of thought that thinks the world would be a better place without him, and if that makes me a terrible person, than so be it.
I’ve just seen this. What the fuck is wrong with him?!?

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c06k07dn1zjo

Relieved because someone dies? Seriously? You would rather he dies than leave the American people to democratically elect who they want as president? Do you approach this thought process in life in general if you feel you're losing or can't get your own way? If he gets in, it's with a majority of people voting him in.

Im not sure you know what "literal" means.

The indictments didn't fail, he was convicted on 34 felony counts and is awaiting sentencing.

The remaining indictments are still running, not failing and more evidence is about to be unleashed into the public domain about Trump's role in Jan 6. This will be released before the election in the evidentiary hearing to be held in the Washington D.C case by Judge Chutkin.

A lot of his legal troubles pre date running for president. He's narrowly escaped jail many times since the 80s. This time it's catching up to him.

Trump's screwed and is going down fast. He doesn't need a shadowy organisation to do it, he's perfectly capable of being a felon all by himself.

Also more sexual assault victims are coming forward.

Because half the country would be looking for any hint of it. And he's not subtle enough. The man got caught paying off a porn star

Misinformation and conspiracy theories swirl in wake of Trump assassination attempt

Posts baselessly claim the shooting was staged to benefit Trump politically

As Secret Service members rushed a bleeding Trump off the stage, he paused to pump his fist in the air. An altered version of a widely-shared photo of Trump in this position shows him smiling, as social media users claimed that the event was staged. Other altered photos showed Secret Service members smiling.

Even without digitally altered photos, conspiracy theorists concocted evidence, pointing to an incident in November 2016 when Trump was rushed off the stage at a campaign rally to claim there was a lack of urgency during Saturday's attack. The Russian English-language publication Sputnik International amplified similar claims, writing that the Secret Service was "suspiciously slow."

The theories rose beyond internet trolls. A top political adviser to Democratic donor and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman wrote in an email to journalists that the shooting was "encouraged and maybe even staged." He later apologized for the comments.

Yes, talk about a party being against Democracy. In plain sight how the Dems have tried everything possible to destroy Trump. They also started this from day one when he was in power in 2016 backed up by the media.

😂😂😂

Don't worry, I'm sure he'll find a sympathetic crowd when he joins the J6 choir in an orange jumpsuit.

It doesn't have to be Trump who got his hands dirty. He has more than enough deranged followers.

"Everything possible"? You mean, like fighting a free election which he wouldn't accept he lost? Did they make him commit all those crimes? Were they responsible for his conduct on 6th January?

You know Trump's getting desperate when his fan base needs to try and persuade MN!

I must stop getting my hopes up. Clearly no competent shooters are available.

Again,if this was someone from the left not right,I don't think these ideas would be so freely floated. And it still seems obviously too reckless

Can someone tell me how a guy got an AK47 out of Hawaii and into California

Especially as he had been prosecuted previously for having guns

@LittleSeasideCottage Exactly, he's been dodgy for decades, but no one was too bothered when he was a Democrat and bezzie mates with the Clintons!

Everyone and their dog here knows that the careful timing of the indictments is politically motivated. If he wasn't running again, he'd probably be indicted next year.

It happens all the time in politics. I live in a staunchly Democratic area and have seen instances of this when one politician wants to get rid of a rival in the same party. All of a sudden, evidence of long-standing corruption becomes public. People must've known about it earlier; they hold onto the evidence until it's politically expedient. Politics is definitely a dirty business! Note that I'm not saying that he's not guilty and shouldn't be indicted.

Trump and his minions certainly thought it was funny when 86-year-old Paul Pelosi was almost killed by a MAGA supporter. Trump still makes fun of it now.

I'm not sure you understand how the DOJ operates. It's ever so slightly different than local politics. You might want to do a little research on federal grand juries.