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.

    • Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      It’s not clear at all that that’s what happened. It is completely plausible that someone would shoot a firearm at a candidate in a hotly contested presidential election. Let wait for evidence to roll in yeah?

      • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        You know for a fact that if the shoe were on the other foot, this is exactly the rhetoric we’d be hearing.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          So let’s not do what they do and live in an evidence-based world and not an emotion-based one.

          The “facts don’t care about your feelings” party doesn’t care about facts and spends a lot of time on how their feelings are hurt.

          • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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            My evidence (in addition to the weirdness of his reaction, and the convenient blood) - has any article mentioned a shooter being seen/shot/arrested/known to exist? I can’t remember a time where there was a shooting and no article said ANYTHING about a shooter, only about the shots. Nothing could be better for the Trump campaign than for him to be “almost” assassinated.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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              Shooter dead and audience member killed

              A person believed to be a shooter at today’s Donald Trump Pennsylvania rally is dead, as well as an audience member in attendance, the Butler County District Attorney has said.

              In addition to the two fatalities, one other person is believed to be in a critical condition.

              https://news.sky.com/story/trump-shooting-latest-bloodied-trump-shouts-fight-as-hes-rushed-off-stage-secret-service-release-statement-13177655

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  Sure. It could have been faked.

                  On the other hand, if I was an unhinged person with a gun and I thought there was a good chance a fascist dictator might run the U.S., I might be inclined to try to do something about it.

                  There’s no reason not to rule something like that out.

                  • nfh@lemmy.world
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                    Yeah the truth is we don’t know. There are lots of possible causes we can’t rule out at this point, it seems dangerous for a publicity stunt, but it’s possible. Someone afraid and somewhat unhinged, among other possibilities.

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                4 months ago

                Wonder if this should be posted as a new article to the news communities? It’s important, more relevant information.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  4 months ago

                  Unfortunately that’s just one update on a page with regular updates. You would have to find a better link.

            • catloaf@lemm.ee
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              Bruh it happened like an hour ago. But news stories about the shooter being killed are coming out now.

        • Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.worldOP
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          You’re right. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. But I still hold all parties to a standard of honest discourse.

      • BugKilla@lemmy.world
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        Yes. You are correct. On reflection I should have put quotes around it as it was intented to convey that but not actually imply that it was the case. It is good you called it out.