Monday, September 16, 2024

more commentary as this newest assassination attempt unfolds

Vince Dao is on top of the situation.

Trump survives again (through bad shooting?). How'd the assassin know where to be?

Sick. The leftie media blame Trump and his anti-illegal rhetoric for the problem:

Styx says the reason for this attempt is obvious and predictable (see here, too):

I'll believe Trump's rhetoric is the problem when I start seeing people taking potshots at Marine Le Pen, AfD leaders, etc. There's nothing inevitable about an act that requires not just one rational human choice but many. And don't give me the They have gun control in Europe argument. So does Japan, and look at what happened to Shinzo Abe. A person who's determined enough to kill someone can probably kill that person. Unless the Secret Service learns its lesson and really secures the former president, this is going to happen over and over, even after Trump gets reelected (assuming he does).

Friend and commenter Andy in Japan points to this Wikipedia article as evidence that this may be the third assassination attempt against Trump—the first having been in Las Vegas (Mystère Theater, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino) in 2016. The commentators I've been watching haven't caught up to this idea, though, so I'm a bit cautious about using such language even though it might well be correct. Having just skimmed the article, I can say that this Vegas attempt does indeed sound like an assassination attempt... but of candidate Trump, not President Trump. Splitting hairs, yes, but there's evidence that the labeling can go either way: "second assassination attempt on Trump" or "third assassination attempt on Trump."

More as this develops. Authorities found two backpacks, an AK-47(-style) rifle, a GoPro (let's film our own shooting!), and—with the help of a citizen—the getaway truck. The guy, Ryan Wesley Routh (again, with assassins, the three-name thing, or was the naming just for exactitude?), is alive and in custody. His motive hasn't been disclosed. I'll be completely unsurprised if this chump contrives a way to die while detained.

UPDATE—a bit of Trump-related humor from pro-Trumper The Marine Rapper:





1 comment:

  1. I must have missed or forgotten about that 2016 attempt. I fear we have seen the last of the deep state trying to take out their "enemy." I can't help but wonder what will happen if they succeed prior to the election. Does Vance automatically become the Republican nominee? We could do worse.

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