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I would take anything coming from Ron Johnson with a shedload of salt. One of the biggest partisan hacks in the Senate, second only to a few like Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnel.
Him trying to dramatize a one man investigation reeks of said partisan hackery. Remember these are the same people who bemoaned the January 6 investigation because so many Republicans declined to even be on the panel, he's running an investigation with no panel or subcommittee now? lol.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ron-johnson-second-shooter-assassination-attempt-conspiracy-theory-1235064639/
Senator Ron Johnson releases a preliminary report
he says SS did not coordinate with local law enforcement enough
he also says the AGR building sniper spotted Crooks was concerned sent photo etc, then went downstairs to tell the local police about him… which is when Crooks got on roof and started shooting
6:06-6:12pm—AGR sniper 1 goes to ground floor of the building to meet local lawenforcement patrol to alert them to Crooks presence.Approx. 6:11pm—Crooks begins shooting. Secret Service reportedly return fire and Crooks is killed.
Approx. 6:11pm—Crooks begins shooting. Secret Service reportedly return fire and Crooks is killed.
he left his post? he says 2 snipers upstairs
https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/4E6577F1-8AD2-4CB9-9FC7-5896C27A9647
still a big gap in knowledge around time of shooting
And? Did you read it?
I think you misunderstand.
The article is talking about "recent weeks", and explains that the increased protection was in place at the rally.
that article is from july 16th
I think the resources angle is a red herring… The Secret Service had increased the resources protecting Trump recently due to intelligence about a threat to Trump from Iranian sources.US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/iran-plot-assassinate-trump-secret-service/index.html
SS now rowing back on saying they never denied trump extra security https://fortune.com/2024/07/21/secret-service-reject-donald-trump-campaign-requests-tighter-security-kimberly-cheatle/
All this talk of lack of man power look at all this lot
Former "Candyman" you mean?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ronny-jackson-demoted-navy-white-house-physician/
Did you actually read it?
You are calling him Trump's physician when he even signs it… former physician.
If he is confirming that, why is it necessary to say in the prelude… "as reported and witnessed by the whole world…"
There's nothing in there confirming Trump's wound was from a bullet. He seems to have assumed the wound was from a bullet and treated the wound accordingly.
Trumps physician confirms he was wounded by gunshot.
There was no teleprompter in line between them and the two that were on the stage were clearly undamaged.
I came across footage them evacuating the shot firefighter to a military vehicle, now I can find it again.
thread below showing footage of the audience members getting shot. (not graphic).
it shows how the second volley was no longer in line with trump
Looks like the shooter used his own drone to scope the area shortly beforehand.
Are you anti semetic if you call out Israel murdering innocent civilians?
That animation is not showing the entire crowd in attendance. I'd have thought that was obvious The aerial view below is pretty clear.
Is he still considered a comedian? I'd have said he's a social commentator rather than a comedian. I think all his work now is commentating on social events from an opinionated analytical perspective rather than a comedic one.
Bill Burr called him out for what he is when he was on the podcast a couple months back. I see Maher has a contrarian more than anything else. I think he wants to be viewed as somewhat 'nouveau anti-establishment' but definitely not an activist. 'Opinionated, not activated' could be his by-line.
Whether Left or Right, I don't know there's much love for him anywhere, more that he's used by each side when his view targets the other side.
Maybe this is badly done, but no one seems to be in the line of sight but trump
Information beginning to emerge that he possibly wasn't politically motivated in one way or another
https://nypost.com/2024/07/18/us-news/thomas-crooks-researched-trump-and-biden-and-a-uk-royal/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-shooting-federal-investigation-2a90bdfd23ba9c3569cb9c29a459e87b
Seems to be a common occurrence these days. Quite a few of them are a lot closer to low level political commentators.
Less laughter and more applause. I remember Norm MacDonald describing the Trump era as good for awful comedians, less promising for good ones.
For a comedian he isn't actually funny, as in not at all.
Yes, dead man between shooter and Trump, injured in line of fire beyond Trump .
The telepromter.
Pretty sure the dead man was in the stand to Trump's left. Both Trump's head and the dead man's head were in a straight line to the shooter.
There was no glass panel in front of him, how does this myth keep being repeated?
they found the ladder I repeat they found the ladder https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-rnc-07-19-24#h_24c4d77206cb0387c83448bd0136bf5f
the guy was at the corner of the stand nearest to the shooter between him and trump, the wounded men were on the opposite stand.
Was it confirmed if it was a bullet that hit trump or a fragment from the perspect glass panel somewhere in front of him?
Can someone explain how one bullet grazed Trump, while another bullet killed that firefighter in the crowd who was no where in the line of sight. And why was he surrounded by cops and soldiers, and dragged off like a dog, plus it was a perfect kill shot to the head. Was this the secret service who took him out by mistake, as soon as he fell, shooter down shooter down was yelled.
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Will the Donald Trump thread and the Donald Trump assassination attempt thread be merged when the post rate becomes more manageable? We also have the Biden presidency thread and the Biden vs. Trump thread. It's a lot.
This thread is about the assassination attempt. It is not about Kamala Harris. If you wish to discuss the election use the relevant thread
