BBC has a guy saying they saw the shooter on the roof of a house nearby: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3Af88c1daf-9e5f-4329-b540-8766997ff778#post
I love how this is a “heinous act” even though the dipshit in charge of 25 basically said theyd kill the left if they were against them
Turns out, calling out for violence over and over again or continuously calling for the blood of your opponents, threatening with imprisonment and a literal dictatorship, will be answered with violence. I am sooooooo shocked!
Get fucked. Hope the next marksman is luckier.
You can’t arbitrate with fascism? Who knew? History. History knows.
Okay, this settles it: Biden is gonna be the nominee. Nobody else on the Dem side is gonna want to be the sacrificial lamb going up against Trump after today.
Has me wondering if this was an attempt to start a race war, like a bunch of past mass shootings, attempts to knock out power by shooting transformers, etc.
FYI: The article is paywalled
Also, there is no indication anywhere in this article what the shooters political leanings may have been. I’m not saying you are wrong. I just don’t see that information here anywhere.
“The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., as the suspected shooter at former president Donald Trump’s rally. The FBI, which called the attack an assassination attempt, said it was trying to determine his motive and asked the public to come forward with anything they know about Crooks. The shooter was killed. Crooks was a registered Republican, according to the state’s voter status records.”
It requires registration, not payment. And it clearly says he is a registered republican.
My bad, I do see that it is referenced further down. I didn’t scroll that far initially. Deleted my initial comment.
Who knows. Someone that would take it upon themselves to do something like this could have all kinds of flawed thought processes, as well as mental illness.
I mean, the Republicans have a habit of constantly casting each other out for various forms of apostasy, real or imagined, and declaring the apostate a “RINO”. With the way they talk about non-Republicans, that unperson is then a lower lifeform not worthy of empathy…if that’s the kind of thing that led to this, it wouldn’t be that surprising, I guess. I mean, look at how they view Liz Cheney. Liz. Cheney.
Biden’s official statement:
He’s in a video conference now.
"I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.
I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.
Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it."
You know what’s sad about this?
If the roles were reversed, Trump would be offering the shooter a posthumous pardon and probably a medal. And no, I’m not joking. Trump would never be seen giving someone else the respect he demands from others.
Which is why Trump hasn’t answered Bidens call…
Exactly right.
I want Dark Brandon in the next debate “Let me say it again, in your good ear this time…”
Oh god please let this happen
They get the fucker?
Nah, only grazed his ear.
CNN is quoting local authorites saying the shooter +1 attendee are both dead.
So, no.😞
There’s an extended video that shows a lift spewing hydraulic fluid with one more gunshot. I’m guessing homie moved and the secret service donated a bit more lead.
I saw that, was that not a water mister to keep the crowd cool?
You can see the lift falling as it sprays. That would be a badass way to cool down, tho:
Shooter is reported dead.
🤦🏿♂️
I’m confused how the shooter who was said to be a sniper on a rooftop several hundred yards away AND a bystander dies at the same time?
A secret service sniper responding to the shots?…
Holy shit, he had blood on his ear? If that’s true, he was about a foot away from assassination. That’s wild.
He put his hand up to his ear before he went down and you can see blood on his face when Secret Service took him away. Whoever it was missed him by that much.
And yet, nobody in the crowd behind him was hit? That’s… really hard to believe.
One audience member is dead.
There was blood in the crowd supposedly. Maybe a ricocheted bullet but it’ll be a while until we have reliable info
I’m entitled to use whatever username I want. Good thing I can get another account in 30 seconds.
Removed and banned for impersonation.
Oh, we’ll never have reliable info. The right-wing noise machine are already spinning up their conspiracies.
…The article was posted on NBC at 6:27, then posted here at 6:28. LESS than 30 minutes later 6:57 you declare, “we’ll never have reliable info”.
maybe don’t listen to the “noise machine”.
I commented this earlier but I would not be surprised if the people behind him are deceptively far away and only look close at this camera angle.
Don’t jump to conclusions. Unfortunately, it’s often times worse than it seems.
In the video you can see him lifting the hand to the ear after the first bang
It looks like a chunk of his ear is blown off. Fucking insane!
Not like he ever listened to anyone anyway.
Holy shit lol
Best photo I could find, caution, blood.
A cropped version of this photo is in the article
I don’t see any chunk missing.
He wasn’t shot. Pure publicity stunt. Same shit as WrestleMania.
Nobody in the crowd was hit with anything, so I don’t think he was shot. If anything, the secret service takedown probably did whatever it was. He’s never going to stfu about this. Wouldn’t be surprised if this was staged.
He was bleeding before secret service got to him. The video is literally linked for you by OP.
I saw it. Didn’t see any blood before he ducked, and his head was turned from the side he allegedly got hit in, so I’m not sure how you saw anything.
If only Trump had a gun, this wouldn’t have happen-
Oh wait… he’s a felon, so he can’t have a gun- but can run for president. This is America now.
He was surrounded by a lot of highly trained good guys with plenty of guns, the Secret Service, and even they couldn’t stop the bad guy, only respond to him.
(I’m paraphrasing from the second season premiere of The West Wing, but the writers were dead on 24 years ago.)
If they only had a teacher there with a gun, this wouldn’t have been a problem at all
When he yells “fight”, what does he mean to fight for? Fight against freedom? I wonder the same thing when it comes to Qbert and Empty-G. Fight? What are they fighting for, exactly? More tax cuts for billionaires? More special privileges for xtians?
I was told today that someone we know is going to vote for donnie - because “economy”. What. The. Actual. Fuck. They said that the economy was better under donnie. I just can’t even. And this is someone that will be a target under fascist rule.
Their potato chips and beer have gone up a lot in the past few years, therefore we were in the economic golden age under Trump. Life is pretty simple for some people.
Yeah, I see that all the time for people that don’t even have to think about being targets - read: xtian white cishet males that are cons…this was someone that would definitely be in the crosshairs of the Project 2025 types. Repeating Bullshit Mountain style propaganda about “the economy”.
The economy won’t mean shit if you are a political prisoner or made a second class citizen…or even worse.
You ever feel like you live in some sort of Murphy’s Law parallel universe, where the worst possible outcome of every major event happens?
How can I switch to the GOOD universe?
Well, which circle of hell are you currently on? We need to ascertain that before you can formally appeal.
Checks notes on Earth simulation categories
I mean, considering all the fucked up shit that happened before I was even born I’d estimate we were in the 10000000000th circle.
Turn off the Large Hadron Collider. All this shit started back when they turned it on 😉
But how does the LHC overlap with the Berenstain Bears and Fruit of the Loom cornucopia? ;)
That’s my house everyday
Yes, that is exactly how if feels.
I’m eager to hear the motivations of the shooter. It’s possible their motivations are highly irrational, and not what we assume.
The guy who shot Reagan was trying to impress Jodie Foster. It wouldn’t be unprecedented if it was motivated by something bizarre.
Damn this is worst case dude is going to be made a maytr for this bs.
Stop saying “he’ll be a martyr.”
This gets touted any time any consequence could come to him. Saying this makes it a lose lose situation. Either we let him get away and do whatever or “he’s a martyr.” No. He reaps whatever consequences come to him for his actions. It shouldn’t come as an assassination, but he has to have some consequence for what he does.
He’ll make himself into one if they’re not fast enough.
His base will embrace it. The question is will the center. I know I am not, as a centrist. But I only speak for myself.
I think you’ll find the polls tomorrow the same as the polls today.
If only he were a martyr from this, but he survived. You have to die to be a martyr.
That distinction won’t matter to him or his followers.
He got shot and he says “let me get my shoes” wtf? Didn’t he notice that somebody (supposedly) wanted him dead?
This should seal the deal on Biden dropping out of the race. His odds of winning already weren’t good, and now he’s completely lost control of the popular narrative.
The assassination attempt will be all everyone’s talking about until something extremely big replaces it. The only possible story that can shift people’s focus is Biden’s deeply patriotic decision to sacrifice his second term for the good of the country.
Devise a framework where negative ads are not allowed, and debates are civil and informative to the public. Find the best candidate the old fashioned way.
seriously, at this point the Democrats have got to do something bold. the combined trajectories of this election and the country are not promising.
Exactly. Trump threw out the playbook and won. Biden got by with old politics and won, but it’s not going to happen again. Not after today.
The Democrats need to finally establish a cohesive identity. Introduce someone who can tell you what voting Democrat will deliver for your family.
And maybe please involve James Carville in the process. He consistently has his finger on the pulse of economic issues, which are what actually matter right now for “swing voters.”
