Why do I have a feeling that trumpers are going to try to monkeywrench the rally tonight in Philadellhia?

[Peregrine Took]

I hope I'm wrong but I know nothing would make the old lizard happier than seeing Dems embarrassed and their big evening spoiled.

[WarGamer]

1. Hope it's indoors... I'm nervous about our political climate.

[biophile]

7. It is

It’s at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in N Philly. The drumpf people are probably too scared to go there 😏😆

[jimfields33]

15. I know. After the trump assassination attempt,

Nobody should be not on alert at all times. These are certainly dangerous times.

[WarGamer]

16. And todays arrest of the Iranian plotter, too...

[jimfields33]

17. Oh crap. I hadn't heard that.

I’m still going through the threads on here. Thanks for making me aware to watch for that.

[Celerity]

27. Iran-linked plotter who may have targeted Donald Trump arrested and charged in New York

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/06/potential-trump-assassination-attempt-iran-charged/74691432007/

A Pakistani national with ties to Iran was charged with murder-for-hire as part of plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government official, potentially in response to the Trump administration's 2020 killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.

Asif Raza Merchant, 46, arrived in the U.S. around April and contacted a person he believed could help him carry out the scheme, the Department of Justice alleged. However, that person told law enforcement about Merchant's plans and became a confidential source.

The charges, filed in a Brooklyn, New York federal courthouse in July, were revealed weeks after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania political rally.

However, a law enforcement official said investigators so far haven't uncovered evidence linking Merchant to the Pennsylvania attack by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Merchant or an attorney for him couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

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[Torchlight]

28. Stay safe out there.

We worry.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Everything they are doing is backfiring on them.

They would do best to just shut their mouths for a day or two.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. What do you think they might do?

[onenote]

20. Good question. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an answer.

[Fullduplexxx]

22. I wouldn't put it past them to try and assassinate Her

[Walleye]

4. In Philly? I don't think so.

Like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, there are some parts of Philly. I would advise them not to invade.

[brewens]

5. I'm waiting to see if there was anything to Trump's whining about his people not being let in at Georgia State.

He was bitching about the empty seats right away and made that accusation. GSU says they treated his campaign the same as Harris's.

If there was a problem, it was Trump's people fucking up or I'll eat my shorts! LOL

He just pulled the same shit at the interview with the black journalists. He holds things up trying to get out of being fact checked, then blames them for it.

[GreenWave]

25. It appears that some people walked out while IQ 45 was still squawking.

Maybe they were claques.

[biophile]

6. They might but hope not

My daughter is headed down with some friends. Aside from the stormy weather, they don’t need drumpf fans causing trouble

[FalloutShelter]

18. My Granddaughter will be there,

she goes to Temple and has just gone back to her apt. there.
She and her girls are fired up and ready to go.

[biophile]

21. I sent Reiki to them for safety

Just in case of trouble 😬

[FalloutShelter]

24. Thank you so much!

Appreciate it!

[newdeal2]

8. With any luck they'll be at the Four Seasons with Rudy

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. As if there's no security at all, right?

The Secret Service isn't going to put up with much bullshit, I don't think.

[Think. Again.]

10. That's a reasonable thought...

....rightwingers do those kinds of things.

[Jirel]

11. Unreasonable worry.

First, why would you believe they haven’t been trying to play dirty tricks AT EVERY RALLY SO FAR? Spoiler alert: you bet they have, and you bet they will again tonight AND AT EVERY RALLY UNTIL THE ELECTION. Whether it’s the standard of grabbing as many seats at a “ticketed” event as possible, or sending their flying monkeys to protest en masse outside, or something more modern like an AI deepfake afterward, it is being done. Campaigns are all aware of these possibilities and guard against them to the extent possible, usually pretty darned well.

So bank on it, that it’ll be business as usual on both sides, and most likely it will never have enough effect to attract notice, tonight or in the future.

[DFab420]

12. Lol what? In Philly? I doubt it.

[obamanut2012]

13. In Philly?!

lol

[Torchlight]

14. I have the impression it will flow smoothly and on-point.

I hope I'm right, I know nothing would make the cons more miserable than to see the Democratic party solidify its goal of responsible leadership.

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. Philadelphia ran the Patriot Front loonies and their U-Hauls out of town.

I don't think the citizens are inclined to put up with any magat-infested shenanigans.

[BlueInPhilly]

23. Gritty is on it

Trump famously said in 2020 that “Bad things happen in Philadelphia”. Yup!

[birdographer]

26. It sounds a little like

you got the same worry gene I inherited from my mom. I think it will be fine, but I also will be glad when it is over with no surprises. I think SS is probably pretty good at monitoring what's going on, and the event-goers themselves will be watching for MAGAt behavior around them. I also think that MAGAts are cowards at heart, all talk. They also don't want to get shot or sent to prison for years, they saw what happened to trump's shooter and the J6 folks.