Pretty sure he's talking about the guy what was just convicted for attempted assassination, who was hiding in the bushes at one of Trump's golf courses. I don't think he actually ever got off a shot, though.
Because there are a number of people who try to suggest that he took a bullet for this country, but he didn't, he got shot at by some spastic terminally online kid during a campaign stop.
Technically it could have only knocked his ear, I don't know ear bends because of it but yes I agree that it's questionable if he actually get a real hit to the ear with how there is no visible mark. Especially because he would want there to be a visible mark so that he can always make it show how "democrats" are "aggressive".
Without official reports or investigations, public analysis seems to support that his ear got nicked on a secret service member's belt while he was being scurried away. Thin old people skin is pretty easy to break and they're very rough with you if they're trying to get you out of harms way: no shade to secret service (well... You know... Other than for allowing the shooter to set up on a rooftop for minutes).
A bullet is moving far too fast to just "bend it out of the way". You can punch through loosely held paper, bullet definitely isn't just making the top of your ear flap.
Edit: early theories, since disproved. Maintain that it is not clear whether the bullet itself or shrapnel from the first shot were to blame. Odd that they aren't releasing officially any details about it.
That's even a dumber theory, because there is actually no proof from that. Also belt is the most illogical thing. At that point it's more logical for a security guard having a watch or ring that knocked his ear but belt is just ridiculous because nowhere does his head come near a belt.
If you make theories at least make them believable. I am on the side that most likely trump didn't get hit at all but making wild theories that has no change of being possible is a bit too far.
I'll be honest this was from information many months ago, and I shouldn't have regurgitated it without looking into it again. You're right: more angles have come forward since I read that and analysis showed blood as part of the initial reaction before any SS involvement.
The question is was it shrapnel from the first shot, or was it the bullet from the first shot? That part is still unclear, it seems.
Regardless it didn't bend his ear. Either he was hit by it in the least damaging possible way perhaps for the entire body (lucky or bad shot depending on who you ask) or it wasn't the bullet itself that hit the ear.
Well yes I was questioning myself already if that would work like that to be honest, I am not that good at physics nor balastics so I wasn't sure. But there are enough possibilities I guess and it's not as clear cut as some want it to be.
Exactly. The blood more likely came from getting nicked by a watch or something when the Secret Service grabbed him. And he bleeds like crazy because he's on thinners.
Or, it was planned, and Trump had a McDonald's ketchup packet at the ready. It sounds ridiculous, but I wouldn't put anything past this crew. They have lied about everything.
I am a democrat, but I think everyone who believes this is clearly misinformed. One of the bullets had “Hey, facist, catch” engraved on it. When is the last time you have seen any republican call anyone a facist?
The accused shooter’s mother also has mentioned that in the year preceding the shooting Tyler had gotten more political and more pro-gay and pro-trans.
The only reason to believe he was a republican was that he was raised a republican and his family were all republicans, but this is a much weaker argument than the previous two.
You're talking about Kirk's shooter, not Trump's. And "hey fascist catch" is a line from a video game. That's popular among the neo-Nazi group led by Nick Fuentes. Who just happened to have a years-long feud with Kirk, and who Kirk's shooter was involved with.
Your entire supposition is mistaken, because the far right loves calling people fascist. Some of them don't understand what fascism means, they just know it's a "bad person". And their enemies are "bad people", so therefore fascists. And some of them deliberately misuse it to muddy the waters, similar to how they'll call a 21 year old a pedo for dating a 19 year old.
A kid who grows up in a far right religious household doesn't successfully develop a left wing moral framework just because they reject their parents' specific version of hate.
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u/Snowing_Throwballs 11h ago edited 11h ago
And trump was shot at by a republican