Shots fired at Trump rally

LilCerberus · July 13, 2024, 05:28:00 PM

Trump grabbed his right ear before ducking & being lead off stage by secret service....

LilCerberus · July 13, 2024, 05:44:39 PM

LilCerberus · July 13, 2024, 06:32:31 PM

The shooter & one bystander are confirmed dead, & a possible second bystander.

chainsaw midget · July 13, 2024, 07:13:29 PM

Now I may be wrong, but I wouldn't put it past the guy to have faked this whole thing. His reactions don't seem real and don't fit his character at all. This is a guy that dove for cover when a balloon popped near him and here he's just casually getting down and then standing up and being all defiant. The Secret Service, if they were actually doing their job, shouldn't have let him stand back up for a photo op if somebody was really trying to kill him.

indianasmith · July 13, 2024, 07:17:04 PM

With three people dead, I doubt it was faked.
I am NO fan of President Trump and never will be, but I am glad he is OK.
Honestly, given how hot the rhetoric is on both sides, I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened to him or Biden sooner.
Maybe it's time we ALL rein it in a little bit.

Rev. Powell · July 13, 2024, 09:07:46 PM

Quote from: indianasmith on July 13, 2024, 07:17:04 PMWith three people dead, I doubt it was faked.
I am NO fan of President Trump and never will be, but I am glad he is OK.
Honestly, given how hot the rhetoric is on both sides, I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened to him or Biden sooner.
Maybe it's time we ALL rein it in a little bit.

Hear, hear. More violence is almost certain, sadly,

RCMerchant · July 13, 2024, 10:47:52 PM

Nah. This aint good. This s**t is getting far beyond crazy.

bob · July 14, 2024, 10:07:12 AM

I'm glad the shooter was taken out.

And now we know why former elected officials have a butt load of security protection with them at all times.

I never thought I'd see something like this.. but here we are

RCMerchant · July 14, 2024, 10:23:59 AM

^ I'm not surprised. I saw Reagan get shot on TV. And Squeeky Fromme's attempt at Ford in 1975 too. Always some nut who thinks a bullet is the answer.

LilCerberus · July 14, 2024, 10:36:00 AM

The shooter has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks.....
One unidentified bystander is dead, and two are in serious condition...

RCMerchant · July 14, 2024, 02:35:48 PM

I guess the guy who shot him was a loner who used to wear hunting gear to school. So his classmates bullied him a lot. The dude was off the deep end.

lester1/2jr · July 15, 2024, 02:35:37 PM

It's a 9/11 level federal screw up. not to equate trump with that, just that a guy was able to get so close despite all these billions of dollars worth of security.

and with people literally pointing him out to the police, for which there was clearly no protocol in place.

Archivist · July 16, 2024, 04:57:00 AM

Now it's revealed that the shooter was in the background of a commercial for Blackrock, the megalithic investment company that has billions of dollars in mutually competing places, operating as a global shadow bank. That's probably just coincidence, right?

Rev. Powell · July 16, 2024, 08:02:13 AM

Quote from: Archivist on July 16, 2024, 04:57:00 AMNow it's revealed that the shooter was in the background of a commercial for Blackrock, the megalithic investment company that has billions of dollars in mutually competing places, operating as a global shadow bank. That's probably just coincidence, right?

Yes, obviously its a coincidence.

WingedSerpent · July 16, 2024, 08:10:50 PM

I am no fan of Trump. I beleive he belongs in prison for his actions. And while I do not condone the action that had taken place, given what he's done I find myself not exactly feeling sympathetic towards him.

Its like someone who gets drunk at a zoo, climbs into an animal enclosure, and gets mauled. I'm sorry it happened, but the guy is not blamesless in the situation.