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Five Uncomfortable Truths About the Latest Alleged Assassination Attempt on Trump [View all]
Political violence in America should be condemned. So should be its principle promoter.
In the wake of Saturday night’s incident at the White House Correspondents dinner in which a 31-year-old California teacher named Cole Allen attempted to breach security and allegedly sought to attack the president or others in attendance at the gala event, the media has breathlessly reported every detail of the story…except several of those that may be most important.
We know where Allen went to school, what kinds of weapons he was carrying, how much money he donated to which political campaigns, the contents of his “manifesto” and how the Secret Service foiled his plan, whatever it actually may have been.
What has been missed or downplayed or suppressed (depending on which so-called media outlet to which you are referring) are the following salient stories:
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2. With his actions, Allen disrupted a black-tie event where Washington elites could congratulate themselves for being Washington elites. (As someone who has been accused of being a “Washington elite” myself and who knows plenty of the folks who were in that room, let me assure you it is hardly a distinction.) But there was only one, comparatively minor, casualty. (And saying so does not diminish the courage or professionalism of those in the Secret Service and police who responded to the incident. To the contrary, such a low casualty count is to their credit.) With one similarly deranged act on February 28 Trump—without rationale, plan or concern for the consequences of his act—launched a war against Iran that has thus far resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 people and the dislocation of millions across the Middle East, has produced massive global economic disruptions that are causing hardship and suffering for billions worldwide, and did so in such a reckless way that he currently does not know how to end the conflict he started. You tell me who the more dangerous criminal in the room was Saturday night—and if you’re not sure ask the parents of the schoolgirls and other innocents who died as a result of Trump’s illegal war.
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/five-uncomfortable-truths-about-the?r=lsuuh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
In the wake of Saturday night’s incident at the White House Correspondents dinner in which a 31-year-old California teacher named Cole Allen attempted to breach security and allegedly sought to attack the president or others in attendance at the gala event, the media has breathlessly reported every detail of the story…except several of those that may be most important.
We know where Allen went to school, what kinds of weapons he was carrying, how much money he donated to which political campaigns, the contents of his “manifesto” and how the Secret Service foiled his plan, whatever it actually may have been.
What has been missed or downplayed or suppressed (depending on which so-called media outlet to which you are referring) are the following salient stories:
…
2. With his actions, Allen disrupted a black-tie event where Washington elites could congratulate themselves for being Washington elites. (As someone who has been accused of being a “Washington elite” myself and who knows plenty of the folks who were in that room, let me assure you it is hardly a distinction.) But there was only one, comparatively minor, casualty. (And saying so does not diminish the courage or professionalism of those in the Secret Service and police who responded to the incident. To the contrary, such a low casualty count is to their credit.) With one similarly deranged act on February 28 Trump—without rationale, plan or concern for the consequences of his act—launched a war against Iran that has thus far resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 people and the dislocation of millions across the Middle East, has produced massive global economic disruptions that are causing hardship and suffering for billions worldwide, and did so in such a reckless way that he currently does not know how to end the conflict he started. You tell me who the more dangerous criminal in the room was Saturday night—and if you’re not sure ask the parents of the schoolgirls and other innocents who died as a result of Trump’s illegal war.
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/five-uncomfortable-truths-about-the?r=lsuuh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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