Trump Injured During PA Rally Amidst Sounds of Gunshots

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Donald Trump was whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.

Video footage showed Trump being escorted to a vehicle by Secret Service agents.

This is a breaking news story. We’ll bring you the latest developments as we get them.

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Video footage showed what looked like blood on the former president’s left ear.

The crowd at the rally were heard screaming and ducking to the ground amid confusion over where what sounded like gunshots was coming from.

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Republican congressman Dan Meuser was in the front row in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was reported to have heard eight to 10 shots and that multiple people in the crowd were hit.

 

[Webster]

Breaking: Possible shots fired at Trump rally, Trump rushed away by Secret Service | CBS News

 

[Webster]

 

[Webster]

(WTTG, Fox 5 Washington) Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.

 

[Reddington]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but this looks like it was staged.

1. It was a flesh wound. Trump was grazed, it looked worse than it was. Who aims for the ear?

2. No one in the crowd panicked. Even as heavily armed secret service rush onto the stage, people are still sitting in their seats like it's supposed to happen.

3. Even Trump wasn't at all concerned by the fact that there is a shooter aiming at him. He even takes the time to give the media plenty of "good" pictures that Trump can then use to strengthen his agenda.

4. Secret Service may have rushed the stage, but they weren't too eager to quickly rush him off of it. Yes, they surrounded him, but in every scenario I've seen, they will rush the stage and haul ass off of it with the protectee (if the person is still mobile).

This is exactly the PR felon Trump needs to weasel his way back into office.

 

[Webster]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but this looks like it was staged.

1. It was a flesh wound. Trump was grazed, it looked worse than it was. Who aims for the ear?

2. No one in the crowd panicked. Even as heavily armed secret service rush onto the stage, people are still sitting in their seats like it's supposed to happen.

3. Even Trump wasn't at all concerned by the fact that there is a shooter aiming at him. He even takes the time to give the media plenty of "good" pictures that Trump can then use to strengthen his agenda.

4. Secret Service may have rushed the stage, but they weren't too eager to quickly rush him off of it. Yes, they surrounded him, but in every scenario I've seen, they will rush the stage and haul ass off of it with the protectee (if the person is still mobile).

This is exactly the PR felon Trump needs to weasel his way back into office.

I had to do a double take thinking @+paradox (who is a conspiracy theorist, for the record) said the above.... *adds quickly* I'm not to add anything here, Red; I've seen similar comments across social media and frankly, it makes me sick.

 

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[Dead2009]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but this looks like it was staged.

Shoulda stopped there. This was a bad take.

 

[Dead2009]

Im watching it now on MSNBC, there are definitely people screaming, not ones "just sitting there like nothing happened".

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) DNA testing under way to identify suspect
Law enforcement officials say they believe they know who carried out the shooting at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, but will not be releasing his name until there’s an official confirmation.

Authorities are doing DNA testing to confirm his identity because the suspect did not have ID. “It’s a matter of doing biometric confirmations,” FBI special agent in charge Kevin Rojek said. “There was no identification on the individual, for example, so we’re looking at photographs right now and we’re trying to run his DNA and get biometric confirmation.”

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FBI names 'subject involved' in Trump shooting
The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the “subject involved” in the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, the agency said in a statement on Sunday, according to Reuters and Associated Press.

 

[Dead2009]

They should have never IDed him to the public because lunatics are gonna treat him like a martyr.

 

[Webster]

Just hours after an assassination attempt on fmr. President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) — who was present — shares what he witnessed. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reacts to members of the Republican Party casting blame on President Biden and Democrats. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) discuss the developing situation and what it means for the nation.

 

[Bluezone777]

They should have never IDed him to the public because lunatics are gonna treat him like a martyr.

They probably won't because he didn't succeed in his attempt. He will be forever associated with failure and be forgotten in time.

 

[Dead2009]

They probably won't because he didn't succeed in his attempt. He will be forever associated with failure and be forgotten in time.

Unfortunately they did, and of course he ended up being "one of those that was on the FBI radar".

 

[Dead2009]

I was watching all of the news this morning and they kinda have a point. They keep telling the American people that Trump is a threat to Democracy not realizing that you will have nutjobs that are going to want to take him out.

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) 9:09pm Summary
--The suspected shooter, named as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, is dead.
--Trump was injured in the shooting, and two other rally attendees were also shot and survived. One man, Corey Comperatore, 50, died in the shooting, and has been hailed as a hero from trying to protect his daughters from the bullets.
--Details from the suspected shooter’s former high school classmates, the nursing home where he worked, and others mostly described him as smart and quiet, with a clean record, someone who wore camouflage and other hunting clothes to class, but lived in an area where that did not stand out. Early details shed little light on why Crooks might have wanted to carry out an attack on Trump or his supporters. Public records showed he was a registered Republican, though he had once donated $15 to a progressive Pac.
--Early attempts to identify social media posts or other writings that would explain the shooting were not successful. FBI officials said on Sunday afternoon that they did not “currently have an identified motive” and that “at present, we have not identified an ideology associated with the subject”.
--Law enforcement officials identified the gun used in the attack as an AR-style rifle that was legally purchased by the shooter’s father. His family has not spoken publicly but is cooperating with the investigation, officials said.
--Donald Trump and Joe Biden spoke on the phone after the assault, and both of them have said the conversation was a good one and spoke respectfully of each other.
--Trump arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday night for the Republican national convention this week, which the candidate pledged would continue as scheduled.
--Joe Biden gave an address to the nation, calling for unity and a rejection of political violence. His campaign was reportedly planning to tone down verbal attacks and television attack ads against Trump in the wake of the shooting, while still continuing to tout Biden’s political message about why voters should elect him in November.

What we don't yet know...
--The suspected shooter’s motivation for the attack.
--What went wrong in the security for the event that allowed the suspect to apparently access a rooftop close enough to the rally stage to give him a clear shot at Trump. The actions of Secret Service officials and local law enforcement are currently under intense scrutiny.
--How the attack on Trump will affect, or whether it might simply end, Democrats’ heated debate over whether Joe Biden should withdraw from the 2024 presidential race to allow a younger Democrat to take place.
--How the attack, as well as Trump’s defiant response to being shot, at will resonate with voters in November, particularly in Pennsylvania, a key swing state in the presidential race and the location of the shooting.

 

[Webster]

They probably won't because he didn't succeed in his attempt. He will be forever associated with failure and be forgotten in time.

Unfortunately they did, and of course he ended up being "one of those that was on the FBI radar".

(NewsChannel 9 WSVR Syracuse) Authorities search for motive in Trump assassination attempt

 

[ROHAN]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but this looks like it was staged.

1. It was a flesh wound. Trump was grazed, it looked worse than it was. Who aims for the ear?

2. No one in the crowd panicked. Even as heavily armed secret service rush onto the stage, people are still sitting in their seats like it's supposed to happen.

3. Even Trump wasn't at all concerned by the fact that there is a shooter aiming at him. He even takes the time to give the media plenty of "good" pictures that Trump can then use to strengthen his agenda.

4. Secret Service may have rushed the stage, but they weren't too eager to quickly rush him off of it. Yes, they surrounded him, but in every scenario I've seen, they will rush the stage and haul ass off of it with the protectee (if the person is still mobile).

This is exactly the PR felon Trump needs to weasel his way back into office.

Brain Dead take.

1. He aimed for the head. Trump was lucky to move at the last moment hence the ear wound. He barely survived.

2. The shooter probably used a silenced weapon. People did not know what they were hearing were silenced gunshots.

3. Macho Far Right Trump does not like to show weakness. This is exactly how he would react, especially considering he was not severely injured.

4. The Secret Service were unprepared. Against a lone shooter a defensive formation is best till more support arrives.


It is very risky PR. Who would risk getting shot in the head for this?

 

[Dead2009]

No you could hear the gunshots in other videos.

 

[Webster]

2. The shooter probably used a silenced weapon. People did not know what they were hearing were silenced gunshots.

There's no such thing as "silenced gunshots". Sound suppressed? Yes.
Silenced? Nope.