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JI7

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23. It can be staged and the guy still shot and killed
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 07:40 PM
Sunday

the staged part would be it was an actual attempt to shoot Trump. But they would actually not aim for him.

I can easily see Trump being ok with any random innocent being killed if it meant he would benefit in any way.

The reason I don't think it was staged was the shooter was a young white maga loser from a maga family. I can easily see his motive being some bizarre thing of wanting to be connectec to Trump forever. And gun nuts always have an urge to use their gun. realistically this will never come up in terms of crime and defense. But he saw was having a rally and wanted to use it. To me it makes sense that the suspect was who it was. Same with the guy that killed Charlie Kirk. They grew up in Gun worshipping families.

If it was actually staged I think they would get someone that was non white to do it.

The Maga base were in a rage after both the attempt to shoot Trump and the Kirk shooting. On social media's they were
going on about "them" tryng to kill "us". After it was revealed who the suspects were in both cases they calmed down and just wanted to move on from the actual shooting.

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MTG is a vulture circling over a dying administration Attilatheblond Sunday #1
Vultures serve an important function in the earthly "circle of life"... hlthe2b Sunday #5
Yes, thus I wrote:"Vultures are not pretty, and are pretty gross, but the DO serve a purpose in nature." Attilatheblond Sunday #6
Cool. Gotta respect the scavengers too. (good word for MTG, actually) hlthe2b Sunday #7
We respect them And we CELEBRATE them Attilatheblond Sunday #13
real maggots serve a critical role too Skittles Sunday #24
I beg to differ, MarineCombatEngineer Sunday #30
MTG is gonna be the next Democratic governor of Georgia. SSJVegeta Sunday #2
Come to the light Nasruddin Sunday #18
Heaven forfend! róisín_dubh Sunday #29
For now SSJVegeta Sunday #31
She's crazy too.... Lovie777 Sunday #3
The Warren Commission was also a Federal Task Force PCIntern Sunday #4
Article isn't factual... he certainly did duck and was covered by SS agents. WarGamer Sunday #8
Actually they violated all established protocols regarding such a threat on a protectee. Wuddles440 Sunday #10
I thought they did extract it immediately. WarGamer Sunday #11
and yet they let him stretch above to yell and get a picture perfect photo op. Not to mention there's a video of themaguffin Sunday #12
And now no scar. appleannie1 Sunday #17
They also apparently went back to retrieve his shoes. Wuddles440 Sunday #22
They DID violate all the established protocols in a pretty shocking way. And yet, somehow, the guy herding Scrivener7 Sunday #25
This is one of those things where we just watch JI7 Sunday #9
This thing always looked stage-managed to me, but that would mean ... Bluetus Sunday #20
It can be staged and the guy still shot and killed JI7 Sunday #23
Good point about the shooter's race & background. I guess that assumes Bluetus Yesterday #33
some good points here vapor2 Sunday #32
Trump has Jesus's healing powers, so the healing happened strongly and very fast. dalton99a Sunday #14
Post removed Post removed Sunday #26
Why didn't Trump use his powers to re-animate Mr. Comperatore? Bluetus Yesterday #34
His Sec of Education and her Ex have been doing this for decades n/t Cheezoholic Sunday #15
+1 dalton99a Sunday #19
He also made them get his shoes so no one could see he wears lifts. Endlessmike56 Sunday #16
"Was the Jewish Space Lasers behind attempt to asinine-ate President?" struggle4progress Sunday #21
100% it was fake. Initech Sunday #27
Trump's ear is all the evidence needed. Sibelius Fan Sunday #28
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