Shooting at the Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Election Rally

[TheCracker]

Well that settles who’s going to win the election.

Hope he got his shoes.

 

[Pupik]

He wasn't that good of a listener, this only makes it worse.

 

[Joey D]

It was the CIA wasn't it?

 

[Dennisch]

It was the CIA wasn't it?

Special Agent H.D.R.C.

 

[Keef]

Very cryptic, guys.

I wasn’t watching live but apparently an “incident” happene at a Trump rally in PA and Trumpmwas escorted out and security stepped in. The local Spectrum news has described “banging sounds” but that’s about it. I still haven’t heard the audio. The level of panic in the crowd seems very low in the video, a little bit of surprise but nobody really ducked for cover or anything. Apparently the news is still waiting on statements so nobody knows what actually happened.

Edit: “The former president is safe.”

“President Biden has received a brief on what happened at a Trump rally.”

…

You never want to see anybody get hurt but I mean come on, damn. Pretty surprised this never happened sooner, I’ve kinda been twiddling my thumbs over here lol.

 

[Dennisch]

You can hear the shots going off as he ducks. But then again, in this day and age you can't trust anything to be real anymore.

 

[Jump_Ace]

Edit: “The former president is safe.”

They missed with Reagan too...thats all I'll say about that.



Jerome

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Only clue I saw was the NY times update: Simon J. Levien
July 13, 2024, 6:41 p.m. ET11 minutes ago
11 minutes ago
Simon J. Levien

There is blood visible on the left hand bleachers. It appears that a rallygoer might have been hit by a ricocheting bullet


That still doesn't clear up on what really happened, if they were targeting the rally or if it was a stray bullet.

 

[TheCracker]

It sounds like there were 2 or 3 shots fired (hard to tell as some of the sound was echo) but was quickly followed by 3 or 4 more gun shots, which may have been a response to those first shots?

 

[Tornado]

Donald Trump, a fatass in his late 70s, gets shot on stage in the ear with what sounds like a BB gun and pushes 5 Secret Service agents off of him to do a fist pump in front an American flag to a crowd roaring with applause?

 

[buickgnx88]

Get ready for the newest line of Trump merchandise, Teflon Don!

 

[Dennisch]

Donald Trump, a fatass in his late 70s, gets shot on stage in the ear with what sounds like a BB gun and pushes 5 Secret Service agents off of him to do a fist pump in front an American flag to a crowd roaring with applause?

Almost too perfect.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

It sounds like there were 2 or 3 shots fired (hard to tell as some of the sound was echo) but was quickly followed by 3 or 4 more gun shots, which may have been a response to those first shots?

It's possible. APnews is reporting that the shooter and an attendee are dead.

 

[HenrySwanson]

 

[Dennisch]

It's possible. APnews is reporting that the shooter and an attendee are dead.

There's footage of someone definitely dead being dragged away from what seem to be the stands.

 

[phillgt2002]

 

[Famine]

Has he done the old rugby union trick of smearing a blood capsule on himself to feign injury?

Link, for non-Brits or the otherwise unaware.

 

[Shaun]

Has he done the old rugby union trick of smearing a blood capsule on himself to feign injury?

Link, for non-Brits or the otherwise unaware.

Popped into my mind for sure, no matter what the truth is you just know he's going to play this to his advantage.

 

[McLaren]

Man got "shot" and still managing to look like Howard Dean.

 

[HenrySwanson]

 

[Joey D]

Imagine going out in public wearing that visor.

 

[Keef]

it was a legit shooting. Two people have died, a shooter and a bystander in the crowd. It’s not clear yet who was the actual target but it’s possible that somebody snuck a gun through security.



live update thread:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-rally-shooting-live-updates.html

Edit: just heard on the news that the shooter may have been outside the rally. No confirmation yet.

 

[HenrySwanson]

There is a video of someone (possibly dead) on a roof.

EDIT:

 

[Com Fox]

Just heard of it. Its insane and tragic this occured, wasting human life because someone was so incredibly stupid to think to shoot a political rally that totally wouldnt be used to their benefit.

 

[Joey D]

Just heard of it. Its insane and tragic this occured, wasting human life because someone was so incredibly stupid to think to shoot a political rally that totally wouldnt be used to their benefit.

They probably weren't planning on missing.

 

[buickgnx88]

Looks like they already locked the megathread on r/politics at 28,700 comments! 😳

 

[Com Fox]

They probably weren't planning on missing.

I think it would still be turned around to a benefit if it didn't miss and the next candidate took Trumps place

 

[Tornado]

Imagine going out in public wearing that visor.

Evil Guy Fieri.

 

[Famine]

The irony of the people holding "You're Fired" signs behind him though.

 

[Keef]

Looks like they already locked the megathread on r/politics at 28,700 comments! 😳

That sub is a cesspool these days.



🙄

Here’s a post from before Trump took the stage.




The facilities are bad but this is a tiny rural town in PA….bad facilities are the norm. That’s why it’s rural lol.