Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after shots fired at his Pennsylvania rally : worldnews

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Statement by the Secret Service:

An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.

Statement by the Trump campaign:

President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.

Live Coverage: ABC CBS NBC FOX

Sources: shooter is dead, one attendee is dead, blood on bleachers, blood on t-shirts, medical helicopters on the scene

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 151 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well I think we can all be certain there won't be any huge downwind effects from this 😐

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 112 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yup they're going to try to rally around this. His stupid little fist thing he was doing while the secret service was around him is scary. It's plays right into the fascist playbook and his narrative as a victim/brave knight enduring arrows for his common people. I'm sad to say this, but it probably would've been better for democracy if they had succeeded. I think he would be easier to handle as a martyr than this tough guy act he's going to assume after this 😩

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It may bring MAGA nuts a few steps closer to the violence they're eager for an excuse to unleash. If they believe they're under immediate attack they will feel entitled to attack back. That said, I'm not sure how much difference this will make in the end. Eventually they'll get violent anyway because they're fascists.

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[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

And he’ll overplay his hand, freak everyone else out which drives voter turnout and he loses. Hopefully.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Maybe he’s going to be pro-gun control now.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That's what happened with Reagan.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 108 points 4 months ago (4 children)

God dammit, they had to fucking miss

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Part of me wishes they didn't, part of me wonders who would use his martyrdom to do even worse.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That last part is the terrifying bit, honestly. Trump is an egomaniac with the attention span of a toddler. He's an unguided projectile of spite and vanity.

Imagine someone competent filling his shoes with the unprecedented powers that were recently granted by the supreme court and the rabid MAGA fanbase behind them.

The potential for lasting damage goes (even further) off the scale. I shudder to think what that might actually look like.

Honestly, in the event Biden loses, the best hope the US has is Trump's general incompetence.

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A head that size is a sniper’s wet dream.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (15 children)

I'm a flaming liberal, but I'm honestly revolted that, as I write this, your comment has a bunch of upvotes and no downvotes.

[–] CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago (38 children)

This man wants to do things that will make me and many people i love dead or suffering. How do you not understand how we could feel this way?

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Remember that Biden is immune thanks to the SCOTUS.

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[–] resin85@lemmy.ca 52 points 4 months ago

Seems appropriate to drop this here:

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-reichstag-fire

On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this. The resulting act, commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished a number of constitutional protections and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 43 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Man, this is gonna make things a lot more interesting in the US

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

I can't take anything more interesting

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

I’m hoping for the best. For the United States, that is.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There are moments in history that completely change the course of events for decades to come. We just witnessed literal inches between two possibly extremely different futures. Very strange feeling.

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[–] Swuden@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Big W for the Trump campaign…

[–] trk@aussie.zone 23 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Well, that's America buggered.

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[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I was freaking scared when I saw lots of people in my country was cheering Trump's ralley. It's not even the old people, they were in their 20s-30s. If Trump succeeds, I don't see it going well in my country as well.. How do I survive in a fascist country? Sad.

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[+] Don_Dickle@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago

He is like a fucking hundred so yeah that makes sense

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

The speed at which he was turned into a hero and merchandise was made is a testament to the efficiency and responsiveness of capitalism.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 14 points 4 months ago

Your man here’s going to go (even more) mental when he gets back in.

[–] mycorrhiza@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

libs: this man will be the next hitler

also libs: I stand with trump after this appalling act

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[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Does it sound like a suppressed .22 to anyone else?

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

C-SPAN video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5123735/shots-fired-trump-rally

[–] forgotmylastusername@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago

How the flap of a butterfly wing can change history.

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