'God alone' saved me, says Donald Trump
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Donald Trump has said “God alone” saved his life from an assassination attempt, as he called Americans to unite against political violence.

Looks like someone took some shots at prez candidate Donald Trump at a rally in PA. From the videos I’ve seen, it looks like he did get grazed.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    121·
    5 months ago

    Mr Trump could be seen ducking for cover behind the lectern.

    I like attempted assassination victims that don’t duck for cover.

    • ameancow@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 months ago

      I wonder how much we’re going to hear about the poor person who got shot in the head right behind him, or if they’re just incidental margin notes in history, overshadowed by the big WWE media theater that is Trump. Reports are saying at least two crowd members have died.

      edit: the family of the victim has given an update that Trump hasn’t even attempted to reach out to them. And also, the guy was an avid nutcase, nazi and racist. The world won’t be worse-off, we can sleep easy.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        Oh Trump will absolutely bring them up at every single rally to froth up the crowd. Because he may be the martyr they care about the most, but the martyrs who actually died will be great ammunition (I can’t think of a more appropriate word, sorry) to rile up the crowd.

        • pivot_root@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 months ago

          That is assuming there is another rally, and today’s incident wasn’t just the catalyst for a Jan 6 sequel. Knowing his supporters, I’m not holding my breath, unfortunately.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            Considering the number of people here claiming this was Trump staging a false flag, I am absolutely certain there are a similarly large number of people on the right saying this was Biden trying to assassinate Trump and something must be done. So I hope not.

            • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              Republicans have blamed Joe Biden for the attempted assassination tonight, accusing the president of whipping up opposition to Donald Trump.

              JD Vance, who is one of the frontrunners to be Trump’s running mate, said: “Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.”

              “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination,” he added.

              Mike Collins, a Republican congressman from Georgia, said: “The Republican District Attorney in Butler County, PA, should immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”

              He also tweeted that Mr Biden “sent the orders”.

              • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                5 months ago

                Prosecuting the president for stochastic terrorism? That’s a precedent they really don’t want to set with Trump as their candidate.

                That they are pushing it is evidence they don’t think they’ll have to follow the rule of law if they win.

                • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
                  3·
                  5 months ago

                  That they are pushing it is evidence they don’t think they’ll have to follow the rule of law if they win.

                  They won’t. The Supreme Court already determined that.

              • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                5 months ago

                All I’m hearing is that they think Biden told the truth and used the power the Heritage Foundation SCOTUS explicitly gave him, and now they’re inexplicably butthurt about it.

      • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        0·
        5 months ago

        They chose to go to a rally to support a man who wants to be a “dictator on day one” they made their choice.