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Can you elaborate on this comment?

• Hikikomori 2y ago
  Shooter was republican?
• mcphage 2y ago
  Someone in Trump's own party attempted to assassinate him last week, and failed. For most people, having someone in your own party try to kill you would be a huge negative, but the person I was responding to attempted to spin it as a positive.
  • koolba 2y ago
    The “who” that pulled the trigger is much less relevant than the reaction of Trump right after it happened. Rising up, the flag waving behind him, with a fist in the air yelling “Fight!”. Followed by a crowd cheering, “USA! USA!”. That was incredibly iconic and that picture will be in the historic books, and IMHO, alongside a biography of him as our 47th POTUS.
    • mcphage 2y ago
      > that picture will be in the historic books Yep, next to all of the other failed assassinations.
      • johnnyanmac 2y ago
        I did hear about Teddy being nearly assassinated and then continuing his speech right then and there. Helped with his image as being this stubborn bull who never backs down and comes in swinging. looking it up, we haven't had a near assassination since Reagan (how... well, poetic isn't the word I want to use). Probably a bit too recent for history books to record at my time. The other presidents who had near assassinations did eventually become assassinated.