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    The only way that would be relevant would be if there was a determination that the shooter was trying to do some kind of ad hoc false flag thing, as opposed to writing his own name into history. Everything we know at this point indicates that the latter is true, and the former is not.

    Whether Trump’s injury was the result of a fired projectile or a piece of shrapnel, the injury was caused by an assassination attempt.

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      Whether Trump’s injury was the result of a fired projectile or a piece of shrapnel, the injury was caused by an assassination attempt.

      We all know what really happened.

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        A trick he learned back in his WWE guest star days.

        (This is meant as a joke, please do not be upset. I mean no disrespect to WWE fans.)

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        You know, it’s funny because the moment I saw the picture where you could see a little blood, I thought to myself “did anyone make sure he didn’t have a ketchup packet in his pockets?”

        And sure enough, I’m never original…

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        Reddit 2.0… make fun of Biden… BANNED for LIFE! Make fun of Trump… LOL, He’s SO STUPID!!!

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          I like presidential candidates that don’t have 34 felony convictions. I also prefer them to not be convicted rapists. And if they could not sell our nuclear secrets to Russia and China, that’d be swell too.

          F U C K D O N A L D T R U M P

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            If you REALLY think Trump is a felony and rapist…I have news for you about American politics…

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              Yes I would like to see your list of presidents and presidential candidates with felony convictions. Thanks!

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            What does that mean? I’m talking about how easily people can express their hatred towards Republicans/Trump on sites like Lemmy and Reddit… but, they are NOT allowed to express those same feelings towards Biden and Democrats…

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            Says an account that does nothing but post crap about both.

            You guys remind me of my oldest brother who continually claims that my house growing up had a rule that “once you’re 18 you’re out” but moved out of my parents’ house at 23 years old.

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          Oh look, another conservative to never shut up on social media about how they can’t say anything on social media, while somehow managing to be the biggest asshole in the room everywhere they go.

          You weren’t missed by anyone before showing up here, just FYI.

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      ad hoc false flag

      Dont be in such a rush to rule this out lol. Ad hoc false flag should be Trump’s middle names

      He’s always been a real ad war hoc

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      It’s also relevant because one of Trump’s current campaign statements is that he “took a bullet for America” which may be another lie.

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        It would certainly neuter that (over)statement, but I honestly wouldn’t go as far as to call that one a “lie” without some indication that he knew that it wasn’t a bullet he was hit by. I don’t think that even a reasonable person wouldn’t come to the conclusion that “Shots were fired, at me, now my ear is bleeding all over my face” as “I was hit by a bullet.”

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        I disagree.

        The sheer number of lies he tells, what difference is one more? Especially an inconsequential one?

        We’re all fairly sure it wasn’t the bullet, but glass, or shrapnel or whatever, but that buries the lede.

        The point here is whether it was an assassination attempt or a false flag attempt (personally I think assassination) and that trumps own hateful rhetoric has created such a ridiculous scenario where this shit happens.

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          Because it’s always important to point out the hypocrisy of his fake patriotic bullshit. Every lie should be pointed out, to everyone who will listen.

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            But then you lose the bigger point that his rhetoric and horse shit has lead us here.

            You’re too zoomed in.

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      except if the shooter was just shooting into the crowd and hit like a railing or something then it wasn’t an “assassination attempt” it was a mass shooting.

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        Frankly, it could be a mass-shooting anyway, simply one that had a high-profile figure as one of the targets. Apparently he had explosives in his car and some sort of remote detonation mechanism, so it was clearly about more than just Trump alone.

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          so it was clearly about more than just Trump alone.

          Not necessarily. To my knowledge, we don’t know where any explosives would have been planted. He was seen wandering around the rally area a few hours before the rally. It’s possible at one point he thought he could plant some explosives near Trump’s podium or something so he gets taken out in the blast, and maybe abandoned that plan when he walked around and realized it wasn’t viable.

          IMO, there’s nothing indicating he had any intents other than taking out Trump by any means available to him. Anyone else was probably either collateral damage in his mind, or “deserved it” for being Trump supporters in the first place. He may have decided that trying to snipe him from that rooftop was his most viable option, but it looks like he woke up that morning with at least two separate plans on how to go about it.

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        The grenade failed to detonate. Although original reports indicated that the grenade was not live, it was later revealed that it was. After Arutyunian pulled the pin and threw the grenade, it hit a girl, cushioning its impact. The red handkerchief remained wrapped around the grenade, and it prevented the striker lever from releasing.

        No mention of it being “a training grenade [which] could not fire.” Source?