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TRUMP SHOOTER DOWN!!– Was Outside the
Venue on Trump’s Right Side Likely Well
Over 200 Yards Away – Sounded Like a
22 Long Rifle

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Posted By: JoElla Bee, 7/13/2024 7:45:47 PM

President Trump was shot on Saturday at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Firearms expert Larry Johnson confirmed to The Gateway Pundit: ** The shooter was likely outside the venue, ** The shooter was on the right side of Trump, ** This was not a pistol used by the shooter, ** Likely a 22 Long Rifle – likely semiautomatic, ** The 22 Long Rifle is effective up to 200 yards, ** It appears no one else was shot on the stage, ** The audience was looking to their right after the shots were fired. ** Bullet was in a deceleration range

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 7/13/2024 7:51:19 PM (No. 1755751)
.22LR from 200 yards and brain matter? Doubtful. .223 more likely. And of course shooter is dead, just like Joe Bonanno's killer. Very inside job, with implausible deniability.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: thefield 7/13/2024 7:52:03 PM (No. 1755752)
I am amazed who on the sniper protective team saw him and shoot him so quick.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: JunkYardDog 7/13/2024 7:53:39 PM (No. 1755754)
I'll bet its someone like James Hodgkinson, that Liberal nut who shot Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball game in 2017. Only someone on the Left could summon such hatred that they'd kill, just for politics. I think this just cemented the election for Trump.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: snakeoil 7/13/2024 7:54:08 PM (No. 1755755)
Awful. Hope President Trump quickly and completely recovers. Hope the reports of Trump supporters killed or injured are incorrect. The assassin died too quickly. Sad day for America.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 7/13/2024 7:56:43 PM (No. 1755757)
They are saying they believe it was an Antifa member!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mythman 7/13/2024 7:57:54 PM (No. 1755758)
"...It's time to put Donald Trump in a bullseye" Joseph Biden, July 8 2024.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: chagrined 7/13/2024 7:58:42 PM (No. 1755759)
They want chaos. What quicker way. . .
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Reply 8 - Posted by: 0658 7/13/2024 7:59:39 PM (No. 1755761)
Sundance has been predicting this event for months as democrats have no other option left. Biden and the democratic leadership are directly responsible for inciting their nutcase supporters.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 7/13/2024 7:59:58 PM (No. 1755762)
#6, my son just told me about that! Unbelievable!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: learner 7/13/2024 8:00:06 PM (No. 1755763)
Antifa? Eco terrorist? Mentally ill trans thingy? Manchurian candidate? etc. The list is long on potential perps.
20 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: Corndoggies 7/13/2024 8:01:45 PM (No. 1755764)
It’s been almost 2 hours. Can’t they wake the potatoe up for a comment?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 8:02:50 PM (No. 1755766)
The shooter was engaged by members of the U.S. Secret Service counterassault team and killed, according to two officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation publication. The heavily armed tactical team travels everywhere with the president and major party nominees and is meant to confront any active threats while other agents focus on safeguarding and evacuating the protectee. ~ Zeke Miller, AP Chief White House Correspondent BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.” The Secret Service said in a statement that “the former President is safe.” ~ Jill Colvin, Julie Carr Smyth, Eric Tucker and Michelle L. Price
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Vaquero45 7/13/2024 8:04:52 PM (No. 1755768)
WHO was the shooter? Let’s hear it. If it ws anybody remotely conservative, we’d already know.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Italiano 7/13/2024 8:06:10 PM (No. 1755769)
.22 LR at 200 yards? I’ll leave it to others to opine on that one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: marbles 7/13/2024 8:07:13 PM (No. 1755770)
What # 2 said.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Maggie2u 7/13/2024 8:08:47 PM (No. 1755771)
Remember how Sarah Palin was blamed when Giffords was shot? I blame James Carville for this. March 24th this year on Anderson Cooper's show he said...'that Biden needs to let someone do the 'wet work' and that he would do it.' Let's make sure the outrage is the same for him as it was for Palin.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Troutgreen 7/13/2024 8:09:49 PM (No. 1755772)
Don't believe anything you see or hear about this for the next day or so.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Maggie2u 7/13/2024 8:11:40 PM (No. 1755773)
poster #6, my son just told me the same thing. Time for Biden to go, he is also to blame for this for encouraging someone to shoot President Trump. Democrats are low life scum.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: amylu 7/13/2024 8:13:11 PM (No. 1755774)
We can be sure of two things: The sniper was not an amateur; and Divine Intervention surely saved Donald Trump's life today. Over and over, we have seen how our merciful God is protecting Pres. Trump. He has survived indictment after indictment. Accusers (Adam Schiff, etc.) who were so certain they were going to "nail Trump" this time have fallen by the wayside, and Trump is still standing, taller than ever. We should all thank the Lord for protecting Pres. Trump and ask Him to continue to keep him safe through all the dark days ahead. I'm convinced that Donald Trump is God's choice to be our next president. May it be so. Amen.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: DVC 7/13/2024 8:13:12 PM (No. 1755775)
I'm pretty sure most of this info is wrong. Yes, semiauto. My guess is someone fired back at the shooter. Seemed like one or two shots and then a flurry ....maybe return fire. And the person shot in the crowd was to Trump's right, makes me think the shot(s) came from Trump's left. In that direction there is an airport runway 135 yards or so, and what appears from sat pix to be an industrial park on the other side of the runway, about 200 yards away. My guess at this point is from the roof of the industrial park building.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: volksford 7/13/2024 8:15:11 PM (No. 1755776)
This is no surprise these bastids are desperate and they have more nuts than a damn fruitcake.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 8:16:30 PM (No. 1755779)
https://x.com/SharpFootball/status/1812265909727396107/ BBC interview of man who says he saw the shooter crawling on roof of building outside the venue. Questions why the few buildings weren’t secured.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 8:18:02 PM (No. 1755780)
Meant to say video of the BBC interview in #8
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Rama41 7/13/2024 8:18:37 PM (No. 1755781)
Bobby Kennedy Jr. had a very gracious comment condemning the attack. Attorney General Garland is probably not available for comment.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: chagrined 7/13/2024 8:22:32 PM (No. 1755782)
Everybody who wants this Country to survive, and our President Donald Trump to survive, needs to pray to the Almighty to make it so. Pray long, pray hard, pray like your life depends on it. We should've been doing this all along, but doubly so now. The godless commies will not relent. No amount of reasoning, pleading, or quarter will they give. They're at their last hope to keep themselves out of jail. They are worldly creatures, full of pride and themselves. The hereafter does not sway them.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Rumblehog 7/13/2024 8:23:13 PM (No. 1755783)
"Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump supporters 'training up in the hills' for election attack." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-maxine-waters-trump-supporters-training-up-in-the-hills-for-election-attack/ar-BB1lVPT4 'They're Not Welcome Anymore, Anywhere.' Maxine Waters Tells Supporters to Confront Trump Officials" https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-apos-not-welcome-anymore-114523010.html
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Reply 27 - Posted by: thefield 7/13/2024 8:24:21 PM (No. 1755784)
I dare that Judge in New York.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: franq 7/13/2024 8:26:42 PM (No. 1755786)
Yes, per above comment, why weren't all nearby rooftops secured???
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Reply 29 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 7/13/2024 8:29:31 PM (No. 1755787)
Watch the link posted by #22 while you still can. I had just seen it and came to post about it. This guy is an excellent eyewitness.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: JHHolliday 7/13/2024 8:30:26 PM (No. 1755788)
.22LR from 200 yards? I don't think so.
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Reply 31 - Posted by: Pinkpanther 7/13/2024 8:36:35 PM (No. 1755789)
Several people spotted him on the roof with a rifle and reported it to SS who did nothing.
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Reply 32 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 7/13/2024 8:41:54 PM (No. 1755793)
Pelosi and Obama issued statements before Biden did. That says Biden is not president.
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Reply 33 - Posted by: DVC 7/13/2024 8:42:21 PM (No. 1755794)
https://rumble.com/v56ulq9-unconfirmed-footage-of-dead-sniper-at-pennsylvania-trump-rally.html
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Reply 34 - Posted by: Italiano 7/13/2024 8:43:52 PM (No. 1755795)
How many seconds elapsed between the time the first shots were fired and the time we heard “Shooter’s down?” The shorter the interval, the more “interesting” it becomes.
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Reply 35 - Posted by: buckeye1 7/13/2024 8:44:52 PM (No. 1755798)
Thank you for protecting him
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Reply 36 - Posted by: DVC 7/13/2024 8:51:30 PM (No. 1755802)
I agree with others.. WATCH THE VIDEO posted by #22. Eyewitness to shooter, and his being quickly killed...."they blew his head off"
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Reply 37 - Posted by: JackBurton 7/13/2024 8:56:11 PM (No. 1755804)
Two things: 1) we obviously have some trolls here and ' 2) First time I've seen a pic showing how large the crowd was. Huge. They sure have kept that out of view. I'm glad the distance was great the shot was safely inaccurate. We had all talked about the fact that there would be an attempt. My prayers are with the president (that is: Trump)
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Reply 38 - Posted by: DVC 7/13/2024 9:01:10 PM (No. 1755807)
JoElla wins the reporter of the decade award here.
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Reply 39 - Posted by: joew9 7/13/2024 9:05:07 PM (No. 1755809)
"Bullet was in a deceleration range" ?!? What does that mean? It seems to me that just a few inches after any bullet leaves a rifle it is decelerating.
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Reply 40 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 9:21:02 PM (No. 1755819)
One thing I admire about Trump is that he told the SS people to wait as they were trying to get him off the stage; then turned to the crowd & defiantly shook his clinched fist & shouted “Fight” three times! They roared their approval! I read that DJT would likely have been gravely injured if he had not turned his head. I believe with all my heart that God’s providential care protected him, just as it did President Reagan. To God be the glory for every good that comes to PDT and to our beloved America. He blessed both today, and He answered many prayers. Keep praying without ceasing for good to prevail over this evil, and give thanks to the Lord.
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Reply 41 - Posted by: red1066 7/13/2024 9:21:21 PM (No. 1755820)
The rifle was an AR-15. Witness and family members saw shooter crawling up on the roof for several minutes before the shooting and tried for several minutes to get the police and secret service attention repeatedly pointing at the person. The building was at least a couple of hundred yards off to the right of Trump's podium. The witness wondered why there was no police presence on top of that building. The shooter had a clear view of Trump from that angle. It was claimed that the shooter was shot by secret service sharp shooters.
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Reply 42 - Posted by: virbots 7/13/2024 9:24:09 PM (No. 1755821)
I've read perhaps a dozen articles on this. No one seems to be asking, "who was the shooter?"
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Reply 43 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 9:27:38 PM (No. 1755825)
I’m hearing that some Facebook postings are being blocked about the attempt on Trump’s life.
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Reply 44 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 7/13/2024 9:29:07 PM (No. 1755828)
From GERALDO RIVERA, of all people (Via X/Twitter)! "You never know how you’re going to respond when the crap (site won't let me post the s word, even with asterisks, but that what Geraldo used) hits the fan. Trump rose to the occasion today. His clenched fist will define him. Forever more Donald Trump will be remembered as defiant and brave in the face of potentially deadly violence. No guts no glory."
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Reply 45 - Posted by: Strike3 7/13/2024 9:38:22 PM (No. 1755836)
Rifle was identified as an AR-15 and 200 yards is well within its range. The shooter was not a pro. The SS snipers were.
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Reply 46 - Posted by: PismoPat 7/13/2024 9:49:27 PM (No. 1755843)
If Pres Trump had not turned his head it may have been fatal. A 22 is not effective at 200 yards. Most likely a 308 or 223. Biden's rhetoric could have been the direct cause of this. He suggested putting Trump in the bullseye at a fund raiser.
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Reply 47 - Posted by: slipstik 7/13/2024 9:56:49 PM (No. 1755847)
It was NOT a 22 LR, I guarantee you that. It MAY have been a 22 WMR (Winchester Magnum Round) which is still a 22 caliber but going one heckuva lot faster delivering more kinetic energy, certainly enough to split a skull at 200 yards, with the right projectile. Most likely is a 223/5.56 AR round. Or possibly a 5.7 from a carbine.
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Reply 48 - Posted by: Birddog 7/13/2024 9:57:41 PM (No. 1755848)
IF it was actually a .22 long rifle, I have shot dozens if not hundreds of woodchucks out 200yds plus. The hold over is around 3feet. The bullet itself will travel 2000yds. There are higher velocity rounds available now for the long rifle chambered guns, that shoot flatter, further, When I could afford it I bought a ,22 hornet, 2400fps+, hold over at 150yds was about 6 inches, 16inches at 300. Local farmers paid me .25 cents per woodchuck tail...I made enough to buy the hornet, but hornet shells were not anywhere near as cheep...I didn't get rich. But for a preteen>teenager? Good enough.
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Reply 49 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 7/13/2024 10:04:33 PM (No. 1755853)
Just now read your kind comment, #38! Thank you so much! : ) I’m honored, but I was just able to see & copy the excellent work of some honest professionals in a timely manner, like so many of you fellow Ldotters do. So very thankful for the wonderful blessings of good news after this horrific event. God is good!
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Reply 50 - Posted by: Italiano 7/13/2024 10:07:11 PM (No. 1755859)
There is a purported “after” photo of what’s left of the shooter circulating on Twitter. His mama may not like it.
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Reply 51 - Posted by: Strike3 7/13/2024 10:17:03 PM (No. 1755871)
Positively identified as an AR-15. Sighted in at the standard 100 yards, the round drops 3.6 inches at 200 yards and 14.4 inches at 300 yards. An easy shot for a real sniper.
4 people like this.

Reply 52 - Posted by: udanja99 7/13/2024 10:24:09 PM (No. 1755879)
NOW will Pedo Joe give SS protection to RFK Jr.?????
2 people like this.

Reply 53 - Posted by: Highlander 7/13/2024 10:29:43 PM (No. 1755883)
My wife came rushing in with the news about the shooting. I wasn’t surprised. I knew Trump has been a target for a long, long time. I’m glad he’s fine. I don’t know if that sniper could have been captured alive and questioned. I hate to think so cynically it was all part of the plan. May God protect Trump all the way!
6 people like this.

Reply 54 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 7/14/2024 7:23:41 AM (No. 1756086)
It was only 130 yards away, if that clears up any confusion over the type of weapon it had to be.
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Reply 55 - Posted by: Italiano 7/14/2024 12:14:19 PM (No. 1756317)
P.S. #34. Videos are out. "Interesting" indeed. They didn't "protect" him. The POS missed.
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In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced firing, [Snip] The next morning, Crooks went to a Home Depot, where he bought a five-foot ladder, and a gun store, where he purchased 50 rounds of ammunition, the official said. [Snip] He parked the car outside the rally, with an improvised explosive device hidden in the trunk that was wired to a transmitter he carried, the official said.
Biden Campaign Blasts Trump VP Pick Vance,
Claims Democracy ‘on the Line’
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Posted by Dreadnought 7/16/2024 12:47:02 PM Post Reply
The Biden campaign says former president Donald Trump’s decision to select Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate makes it “more clear than ever that our rights, our freedoms, and our democracy are on the line this November.” The fearmongering rhetoric comes just two days after Trump survived an attempted assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pa. Trump announced his VP pick on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, selecting Vance from a shortlist that reportedly included North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Vance, an Ohio-based venture capitalist and the author of the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, entered politics less than two years ago
Bob Menendez Convicted In Federal Bribery Trial 25 replies
Posted by snakeoil 7/16/2024 1:31:45 PM Post Reply
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was convicted of federal corruption and bribery charges on Tuesday, Fox News reported. Menendez, who was indicted on Mar. 5, was convicted by a jury over his involvement in a bribery and corruption scheme with three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government. The indictment was brought forth following an investigation and search of his New Jersey home, where authorities found over $480,000 in cash hidden throughout the property, a luxury vehicle purchased for his wife by the businessmen, and over $100,000 of gold bars, according to the indictment.
Biden's New Inflation Plan: How About
Federal Rent Control?
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Posted by Dreadnought 7/16/2024 10:24:02 AM Post Reply
Enough about Joe Biden's mindless nastiness. I'll take my cue from Donald Trump and Biden himself and focus on policy this morning. Specifically, let's talk about Joe Biden's mindless and nasty demagoguery on economic policies. Faced with the electoral consequences of his corrosive inflationary wave, especially in shelter costs, Biden has to come up with some promised policy solution. And that is ... federal rent control: President Joe Biden is ready to propose a 5% cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords as he tries to show he’s doing something about the high cost of housing, according to a person familiar with the plan.
Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security
after receiving intel of Iranian plot
to assassinate Trump; no known connection
to shooting
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Posted by Dreadnought 7/16/2024 4:03:45 PM Post Reply
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 in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. There’s no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill the former president on Saturday, was connected to the plot, the sources said. The existence of the intelligence threat from a hostile foreign intelligence agency — and the enhanced security for Trump — raises new questions about the security lapses at the Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and how a 20-year-old
Firefighter Corey Comperatore’s widow
refused Biden call after Trump rally shooting:
‘Didn’t want to talk to him’
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Posted by Beardo 7/16/2024 6:34:09 AM Post Reply
The heartbroken widow of Corey Comperatore, the hero firefighter shot dead by a sniper at a Trump rally, wanted nothing to do with President Biden when he called after the tragedy, she told The Post. “I didn’t talk to Biden,” Helen Comperatore said from her Pennsylvania home on Monday. “I didn’t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.” Corey Comperatore, a beloved volunteer firefighter and married father of two, was at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday with his family when deranged sniper Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire.
Oh no, Joy! Reid says Trump shouldn’t
be allowed to be ‘hero and victim’
after Getting Shot
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Posted by NorthernDog 7/16/2024 11:44:28 AM Post Reply
MSNBC’s Joy Reid was credited with “gaslighting at its finest” as she spun up a “universal kind of reaction” regarding the coverage of former President Donald Trump’s post-assassination attempt. (Snip) “And people are concerned and expressing concern that we won’t be the guardians of memory. And that we will allow Donald Trump as he is, you know, bathed in the glory and grandeur of his party, to rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim,” she said at one point during the coverage. The take prompted former cop and commentator Brandon Tatum to state, “Gaslighting at its finest. This
Reports: Police Were Stationed Below Trump
Shooter, Who Was Allegedly Spotted Nearly
30 Minutes Before
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Posted by mc squared 7/16/2024 9:26:27 AM Post Reply
A local police counter-sniper team was stationed inside the building that Thomas Crooks crawled on top of to fire at and nearly kill former President Donald Trump, according to a shocking report. The building was a “watch post” for local police snipers to scan for threats, law enforcement sources told the New York Post. Sources told the Post that the local police sniper team was inside the building, but not on the roof — where Crooks climbed and waited for Trump to begin speaking before firing off eight shots, hitting Trump in the ear, killing a rally-goer, and wounding two others
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