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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Grand.

I wonder what the shooter’s politics are.

Liberal: commie assassin

Conservative or other: oh, just mentally ill.

E: shot looked like it came from the left. I wonder if the shooter was outside the rally area at a distance. Anybody else hit?

[–] AbidanYre 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A conservative shooting at Biden would end up giving the keynote at CPAC.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it was Cheney. He’ll make trump apologize.

[–] very_well_lost 14 points 4 months ago

Nah, we know Cheney can shoot a man in the head without missing.

[–] billiam0202 5 points 4 months ago

"We Are All Terrorists"

[–] Chr0nos1 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I saw a video where they panned to the right, and it looked like a hydraulic line on a nearby lift was hit.

[–] Chr0nos1 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] David_Eight 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This all looks staged to me.

Hit in the ear that's away from the camera.

Falls to the ground obscured from view so someone can do up his makeup.

Bullet just happened to ricochet and hit a hose line for the hydraulic system of some lift to show it's a "real" bullet.

Then Trump gets up raising his first triumphantly.

You couldn't write a better scene for Trump if you tried.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. A real shooting would have had secret service taking him away. Within minutes, he’d be out of the area.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I feel like people would be panicking and trying to leave the area too, or being evacuated by staff. They all just kinda sit there though. And then they start cheering and chanting "USA, USA" when Trump gets back up, which is not the typical reaction I'd expect in the middle of an active shooter situation. At very least, the whole situation is bizarre.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 9 points 4 months ago

Hydraulic lift was the most innocent bystander of all.