Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:39 pm

Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd

apnews.com wrote:BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.

Trump was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when bangs started ringing through the crowd. Trump could be seen reaching with his right hand toward his neck. There appeared to be blood on his face.

He quickly ducked behind the riser as agents from his protective detail rushed the stage and screams rang out from the crowd. The bangs continued as agents tended to him on stage.

The crowd cheered as he got back up and pumped his fist.

His motorcade has left the venue. His condition was not immediately known.

Police began vacating the fairgrounds shortly after Trump left the stage.

The U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies did not immediately respond to messages.

Leaving Mass in Rehoboth Beach, President Joe Biden simply responded, “No,” when asked if he’d been briefed about the incident.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:41 pm

I mean, it's heavily NRA. So it's likely that was just their version of applause.

edit: just saw more on this. apparently he did sustain some injuries. but i'm guessing it was from throwing himself to the ground or something. all i know is he just got his vote getting photo.

Expect to see that on t-shirts, mugs, billboards and what not over the next few months.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:43 pm

Police began vacating the fairgrounds shortly after Trump left the stage.

Um, what?

If it's thought that someone tried to assassinate a former president, wouldn't they detain everyone??

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:43 pm

This is really weird. They let photographers run up. Nobody else is hit?

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:47 pm

If this is a legitimate assassination attempt, whatever moron did it just got Trump re-elected.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:48 pm

Yeah, it's over if it was really an assassination attempt. This would seal the deal, I would think.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:49 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:41 pm edit: just saw more on this. apparently he did sustain some injuries. but i'm guessing it was from throwing himself to the ground or something.

I don't think so; if you watch the video, you see Trump immediately clutch his ear prior to going to the ground:

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:53 pm

Hard to say what really happened there. As much as I hate TFG I don't want him martyred.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:01 pm

We’re now just a little closer to a true civil war thanks to the wannabe John Wilkes Booth.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:53 pm Hard to say what really happened there. As much as I hate TFG I don't want him martyred.

He is a cult leader, the cult dies with him - there will be no 'martyr' effect.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm

This is not what I wanted to see. And I don't mean an assassin missing.

It's very strange though. Trump immediately grabs his ear like he got some sort of bullet/shrapnel wound and comes up bleeding. He manages a truly fantastic photo before being rushed off the stage.

If there really was a shooter, what the hell happened? Did he miss everything? Trump is surrounded by people, so certainly somebody would have been hit by one of those many shots.

I am so hoping this was some sort of stunt. We shall see.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:09 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm
Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:53 pm Hard to say what really happened there. As much as I hate TFG I don't want him martyred.
He is a cult leader, the cult dies with him - there will be no 'martyr' effect.

There's not a chance in hell that would be true.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:12 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm
Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:53 pm Hard to say what really happened there. As much as I hate TFG I don't want him martyred.
He is a cult leader, the cult dies with him - there will be no 'martyr' effect.

There would be political violence that I don't want to begin to imagine.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:13 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Unagi wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm
Kraken wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:53 pm Hard to say what really happened there. As much as I hate TFG I don't want him martyred.
He is a cult leader, the cult dies with him - there will be no 'martyr' effect.
There would be political violence that I don't want to begin to imagine.

This is what I’m thinking. It feels like the MAGA base just got exactly what they were hoping for, an excuse for violence.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:21 pm

McNutt wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:07 pm This is not what I wanted to see. And I don't mean an assassin missing.

It's very strange though. Trump immediately grabs his ear like he got some sort of bullet/shrapnel wound and comes up bleeding. He manages a truly fantastic photo before being rushed off the stage.

If there really was a shooter, what the hell happened? Did he miss everything? Trump is surrounded by people, so certainly somebody would have been hit by one of those many shots.

I am so hoping this was some sort of stunt. We shall see.

This was my thought as well that someone behind him would have been hit.

And this is just awesome. Shit just continues to get better and better.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:22 pm

There's a twitter video of someone being dragged off by police.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:27 pm

"Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don't know."
-Donald Trump lamenting there was no way to stop an elected HRC

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm

WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:21 pm This was my thought as well that someone behind him would have been hit.

There may have been. They reported blood in the bleachers.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:29 pm

gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm blood in the bleachers

Coming to Shudder this fall.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:31 pm

What a great country we are. Welp we're goin down the shitter a little faster now kids.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:32 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:29 pm
gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm blood in the bleachers
Coming to Shudder this fall.

I bet Hallmark could make a love story out of it.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:33 pm

gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm
WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:21 pm This was my thought as well that someone behind him would have been hit.
There may have been. They reported blood in the bleachers.

Shooter dead, rally attendee killed and Trump whisked off stage after gunshots ring out at rally

apnews.com wrote:WASHINGTON (AP) — Shooter dead and rally attendee killed at Trump event in Pennsylvania, Butler County District attorney tells AP.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:34 pm

Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:33 pm
gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm
WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:21 pm This was my thought as well that someone behind him would have been hit.
There may have been. They reported blood in the bleachers.
Shooter dead, rally attendee killed and Trump whisked off stage after gunshots ring out at rally

apnews.com wrote:WASHINGTON (AP) — Shooter dead and rally attendee killed at Trump event in Pennsylvania, Butler County District attorney tells AP.

Damn

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:40 pm

Elon Musk endorses Trump following Butler incident

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:43 pm

I don't think Elon is swinging any votes. Whoever this shooter is just fn doomed us all.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:43 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:43 pm I don't think Elon is swinging any votes. Whoever this shooter is just fn doomed us all.

Yep

Victoria Raverna · Post by **Victoria Raverna** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:47 pm

Does that mean Trump is going to support gun control?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:48 pm

Let’s see how long it takes for Trump to blame Biden personally for the shooting.

In any case, it’s all over. Trump has just won.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:49 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:48 pm Let’s see how long it takes for Trump to blame Biden personally for the shooting.

In any case, it’s all over. Trump has just won.

The r/conservative folks already are due to Biden saying he's a threat to democracy. It's all the deranged democrats and their rhetoric

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:05 pm

WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:34 pm
Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:33 pm
gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 pm
WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:21 pm This was my thought as well that someone behind him would have been hit.
There may have been. They reported blood in the bleachers.
Shooter dead, rally attendee killed and Trump whisked off stage after gunshots ring out at rally

apnews.com wrote:WASHINGTON (AP) — Shooter dead and rally attendee killed at Trump event in Pennsylvania, Butler County District attorney tells AP.

Damn

Dead men tell no tales.

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:12 pm

Nothing good about this. Nothing.

Also, if things weren't bad enough for Biden before this, juxtapose that picture of Trump with blood streaming down his face and his fist in the air with almost any recent picture of Biden . . . Trump is going to cruise to victory on the back of this stupid attempted assassination. What a cluster.

And the slow (or not so slow) march to authoritarianism continues.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:17 pm

I feel like at some point we should learn our lesson to not overreact to something that happens 4 months before an election.

There isn’t a person in this country that wasn’t already voting for Trump that is suddenly going to vote for Trump now. This isn’t a normal election where voters are going to ebb and flow.

Every single person that votes for Trump in November was 100% voting for him yesterday.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:28 pm

RunningMn9 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:17 pm I feel like at some point we should learn our lesson to not overreact to something that happens 4 months before an election.

There isn’t a person in this country that wasn’t already voting for Trump that is suddenly going to vote for Trump now. This isn’t a normal election where voters are going to ebb and flow.

Every single person that votes for Trump in November was 100% voting for him yesterday.

If it were literally any other candidate statement, action, or event, I’d agree with you.

An assassination attempt feels like an entirely different animal though. Galvanizes anyone who might possibly be persuadable.

Certainly feels like we’re fucked. Well, more than usual.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:30 pm

CNN saying the shooter was outside the venue. And multiple people were shot.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:31 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:28 pm
RunningMn9 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:17 pm I feel like at some point we should learn our lesson to not overreact to something that happens 4 months before an election.

There isn’t a person in this country that wasn’t already voting for Trump that is suddenly going to vote for Trump now. This isn’t a normal election where voters are going to ebb and flow.

Every single person that votes for Trump in November was 100% voting for him yesterday.
If it were literally any other candidate statement, action, or event, I’d agree with you.

An assassination attempt feels like an entirely different animal though. Galvanizes anyone who might possibly be persuadable.

Certainly feels like we’re fucked. Well, more than usual.

Not only that, but this will increase turnout. I feel like that is the real impact over persuading people.

And Election Day is going to be the goddamn purge.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:39 pm

I'm so cynical these days that I would 100% not be surprised to learn this was staged.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:41 pm

Also, pretty crazy how we have a thread dedicated to see if Biden will be on the ballot or not come November… and Trump was almost taken off today.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm

WYBaugh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:30 pm CNN saying the shooter was outside the venue. And multiple people were shot.

It's really early and rumors are usually wrong but I'm hearing that fed snipers took out one suspected shooter. Whether this is true, no idea and whether there was more than one suspect, no idea.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:39 pm I'm so cynical these days that I would 100% not be surprised to learn this was staged.

The pictures of him with his fist in the air and blood on his face are almost too good.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:43 pm

Trent Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:41 pm Also, pretty crazy how we have a thread dedicated to see if Biden will be on the ballot or not come November… and Trump was almost taken off today.

I'd imagine the news is going to finally stop talking about how old Biden is.