WHAT

  • Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump was shot at a rally in PA.

TRUMPS STATEMENT

“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW SO FAR

  • gunman is dead
  • Trump “is fine”
  • one attendee is dead
  • another attendee is in critical condition

News Sources

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      262·
      5 months ago

      I can appreciate where !Riccosuave@lemmy.world is coming from.

      I personally feel that 2008 was the tipping point for a lot of people and we’ve been reeling from it ever since.

      While things may have been bad before, it really does feel like the intensity has increased dramatically ever since Trump was first elected. These people have become emboldened, and no longer keeping themselves in check. Any sense of decorum and decency are things of the past.

      You are welcome to dismiss me as nothing more than an over dramatic doomer, but I have a feeling I’m not the only one who feels this way. It’s not about being right or wrong. It’s about being overwhelmed and mentally drained about being able to do anything positive about it.

      Anecdotally, I would guess this is part of their motivation for the attempted assassination. They were likely so overwhelmed that they felt the only solution was to try to kill Trump.

      And if that’s even remotely true, that’s a fault of society as a whole as much as it is the shooter’s fault.

      One way or the other, we are at a pivotal moment in American history; and I’m not just being dramatic. There is a lot on the line for both sides no matter who wins in November.

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
      1231·
      5 months ago

      My analysis isn’t based on extra-sensory perception. I am able to look at the facts as they are presented from a rational, unemotional perspective. It is how I knew Hillary was going to lose in 2016, and it is how I know Biden is going to lose in 2024.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        161·
        5 months ago

        There are no facts presented to you now that can tell you definitively what will happen in November.

        You being correct one time does not make you correct this time.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            142·
            5 months ago

            No we won’t, because all you are doing is calling heads or tails. You have a 1:2 chance of being right regardless of why you are making your prediction.

            • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
              413·
              5 months ago

              Look honestly at the historical context and externalities of the moment you are in, and tell me you think it is a coin toss.

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
        163·
        5 months ago

        Lol…it sounds like you’re saying that you know all of the answers because you don’t use your emotions when you think…haha