Shots Fired At Trump Rally ...

[Smurph]

"how could he have known at that stage that the threat had been neutraised?"

The Secret Service shouted "Shooter is down" a few times, before they lifted him up - and of course after he put his shoes back on.

He was too busy with the velcro on his shoes to listen to the security service.

 

[Wing_Stand_Wood]

"how could he have known at that stage that the threat had been neutraised?"

The Secret Service shouted "Shooter is down" a few times, before they lifted him up - and of course after he put his shoes back on.

Aye but how could he or anyone else have known 100% that there was more than just one wrong-un lurking and waiting out there there with bad intent by working as part of a team?
The way he was ushered away and way they tried to keep him enclosed by human bodies sort of explains that a possibilty of that was in the mind(s) of his protection team?

 

[Smurph]

Aye but how could he or anyone else have known 100% that there was more than just one wrong-un lurking and waiting out there there with bad intent by working as part of a team?
The way he was ushered away and way they tried to keep him enclosed by human bodies sort of explains that a possibilty of that was in the mind(s) of his protection team?

That's standard procedure. They're hardly going to let him make his own way off the podium.

 

[JackSomething]

Even prestigious 'Time Magazine' is agreeing with me now, albeit many hours after my astute and grown-up perceptive take?

QUOTE: "Witty, like some others, compared it to Joe Rosenthal’s AP photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima in World War II—an image so memorable to so many that it inspired a memorial."

There does rather appear to be mounting undeliable proof that those that have zero ability to recognise/perceive 'the-bleeding-bloody-obvious' are the very ones throwing about the "thick as mince" accusation. Too thick to realise that they are the thick ones in the first place.... LOL!!!!

Some delicious irony there! Tell me if 'The News At Ten' came on TV with chimes coinciding with 10:00pm, would you then blame ITV for getting wrong, because your slow watch showed 9:45pm. LOL!!!!

Point of order, Time magazine is not agreeing with you according to that quote. They're saying that this 'Witty' person compared it to Rosenthal's photo, not comparing it themselves. You'll have to make do with 'theconversation.com' (whatever that is) and the Times of India.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Don’t encourage the buffoon ffs let him wander back off mumbling something about concrete and steel erectors.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is pretty much forgotten about in a couple of weeks.

The news cycle is so fast and furious, something else will come along and suck up all the oxygen. The shooter being a registered republican into guns and hunting make it difficult for republicans to run with it the way they'd want to - unless something gets unearthed that changes that narrative substantially.

The early indications are that they are going to position Trump as the 'unity candidate' to 'heal the nation', which is just so ludicrous I can't believe they'll actually do it, but it'll be fun to find out.

 

[Wing_Stand_Wood]

Point of order, Time magazine is not agreeing with you according to that quote. They're saying that this 'Witty'

Well there’s The Spectator, The Telegraph, The New York Times and Trump's campaign chief etc and all those on Twitter.

QUOTE: “Fair play to the man. The resulting image, captured by Evan Vucci, took its place as one defining of the images of the 21st century less than 24 hours after it came into existence. It’s iconic – in the sense of having real-world power and being an occasion for prayer – in the old-fashioned sense. It has a compositional connection to that famous shot of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima; it vibes with ‘Invictus’ (‘bloodied but unbowed’) and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (‘our flag was still there’); and I see in it a little echo of Thom Gunn’s poem imagining the Statue of Liberty, obscured by fog, ‘saluting with her fist’.

QUOTE: Above the instantly famous photo of Mr. Trump raising his fist with an American flag flying overhead, his campaign chief, Chris LaCivita, likened the moment to Old Glory raised over Iwo Jima, summing up his apparent glee with an obscenity.

QUOTE: It is an image that will travel the world; a picture that will be seared into America's national story for generations to come.LOL!!!!

 

[Smurph]

I'll give you one thing, you're persistent.

 

[Cooperman]

I'll give you one thing, you're persistent.

LOL!!!!

 

[JackSomething]

Well there’s The Spectator, The Telegraph, The New York Times and Trump's campaign chief etc and all those on Twitter.

QUOTE: “Fair play to the man. The resulting image, captured by Evan Vucci, took its place as one defining of the images of the 21st century less than 24 hours after it came into existence. It’s iconic – in the sense of having real-world power and being an occasion for prayer – in the old-fashioned sense. It has a compositional connection to that famous shot of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima; it vibes with ‘Invictus’ (‘bloodied but unbowed’) and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (‘our flag was still there’); and I see in it a little echo of Thom Gunn’s poem imagining the Statue of Liberty, obscured by fog, ‘saluting with her fist’.

QUOTE: Above the instantly famous photo of Mr. Trump raising his fist with an American flag flying overhead, his campaign chief, Chris LaCivita, likened the moment to Old Glory raised over Iwo Jima, summing up his apparent glee with an obscenity.

QUOTE: It is an image that will travel the world; a picture that will be seared into America's national story for generations to come.LOL!!!!

So you acknowledge you were wrong to state that Time magazine agreed with you, that's good.

You don't say which source each of those quotes are from, so they're pretty meaningless. Also, you've repeated your Time magazine mistake with the second quote. It references Trump's campaign chief (a clearly impartial source) likening the moment, not making that comparison themselves.

Finally, 'all those on Twitter' is not really helping your case either seeing as it's full of loonies and bots.

 

[DJack]

The shooter being a registered republican into guns and hunting make it difficult for republicans to run with it the way they'd want to - unless something gets unearthed that changes that narrative substantially.

Looks like the early info is on point and no skeletons going in another direction.

Why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate Donald Trump is a mystery to investigators and his ex-classmates

The thought that their mild-mannered ex-classmate would try to kill former President Donald Trump was difficult to process in this tight-knit community near Pittsburgh.

www.inquirer.com

 

[Darran]

Jack Black puts Tenacious D ‘on hold’ and cancels tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment

Actor and rock musician says ‘I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence’ after Kyle Gass joked about assassination attempt

www.theguardian.com

 

[TheLoneRanger]

 

[Itchysphincter]

Jack Black puts Tenacious D ‘on hold’ and cancels tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment

Actor and rock musician says ‘I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence’ after Kyle Gass joked about assassination attempt

www.theguardian.com

Jack needs to man up.

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813823718050918591