No, I didn’t think of all these questions, but I was definitely surprised that they stood him up instead of pulling him off the stage. LJ speculates that the rifle used was in caliber .22LR. The point of that is the 22LR has just about zero recoil, which allows an assassin to get off multiple rapid and well aimed shots, especially important using a scope. Accounts vary betweeen 5-8 shots, with 3-4 hit, one fatally.
And the question about the drone, that seems really spot on to me.
DC_Draino @DC_Draino
Scoop from a trained sniper:
“That whole thing was a fucking failure.
The Secret Service got there slow, the swat team got there slow. And Why the fuck did they keep him on the stage?
He should’ve been off of there in two seconds!! yet they stand him up !!! For what ??? to give the shooter another shot?
Look at the old Reagan assassination attempt. He was out of there in point two seconds.
Why didn’t a drone pick him up? Why didn’t another Sniper pick him up. That’s fucking bullshit.
We cover the Boston Marathon fucking better than our they cover our own fucking president
I’m so bullshit !! If anyone says how great of a job the secret service or swat team did .. they are full of shit. They sucked! They should be ashamed of themselves and all fucking fired.”
7:59 PM · Jul 13, 2024
Jason Howerton @jason_howerton
The Secret Service failure tonight is so staggering and astonishing (allowing an armed assassin to get on a roof opposite of former President Trump) and open fire, it's hard to fully comprehend it.
How could this actually happen? It's such a bad fuck-up, it's hard to believe
Yeah.
To give you a really clear idea of how bad this was … (via Stephen McIntyre’s feed):
From that position the shooter was presented with a side profile of Trump’s head. The distance is said to have been about 150 yards—nice range with a scope, resting rifle on roof ridge. Apparently Trump turned his head just as the guy was squeezing off the first shot.
Sean Davis @seanmdav
BREAKING: A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS.
DHS, which oversees Secret Service protective detail “wasn’t responsive to those requests” for more resources, the source said.
Was Biden’s regime behind the attack, or did it deliberately do everything it could to allow it to happen?
Developing…
7:10 PM · Jul 13, 2024
Dan Bongino @dbongino
I want to repeat, and can absolutely confirm, the USSS Director Kim Cheatle has repeatedly turned down requests for a larger security footprint around President Trump. Despite knowing the threat level is catastrophic.
Resign tonight.
What do they say about the difference between conspiracy theories and the truth?
Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke
This was sent 22 hours before the assassination attempt, yet we're going to hear insufferable lectures about how "we all need to tone down the rhetoric” from the same types of people who wrote this tweet.
Quote Joe Biden @JoeBiden
Americans want a president, not a dictator.
Super lawyer Randy Barnett says it—after all, they tried everything short of assassination before, so what else was left?
Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett
In other countries, it’s what happens after “lawfare” fails. So it’s the second line we should never cross but did.
Kyle Seraphin @KyleSeraphin
Hey @FBI - you sure you can spare the time with all of the “dangerous” Pro-lifers, Radical Catholics [Latin Massers], and parents speaking up at school board meetings?
I’d hate to see an assassination attempt distract you from your REAL priorities.
The BB:
Party That Called Trump 'Hitler' For 8 Years Shocked As Someone Tries To Assassinate Him https://buff.ly/4d0fZHm
Trump Safe, Leaving Only One Dead Candidate https://buff.ly/462Bt3W
Trump Indicted For Inciting Assassination Attempt https://buff.ly/462CV6o
Totally incredible video:
Trung Phan @TrungTPhan
Two months after he was shot in an attempted assassination, Reagan was giving a speech in West Berlin and a balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot. Without a hitch, he goes “missed me”.
0:07
6:07 PM · Jul 13, 2024
Hmmmm.
Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal
On Fox News just now, former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro just suggested campus Palestine activism was responsible for the assassination attempt on Trump, and called for a federal investigation into student activism against Israel’s genocide. He then warned against “conspiracy theories.”
Last edited
6:46 PM · Jul 13, 2024
https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024#00000190-b27e-dc4e-ab9d-ba7eb1060000
Not long before shots rang out, rally goers noticed a man climbing to the top of a roof of a nearby building and warned local law enforcement, according to two law enforcement officials.
One officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder and Crooks quickly took a shot toward former President Donald Trump, and that’s when the U.S. Secret Service counter snipers shot him, said the officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
I wonder if this lack of Secret Services resources is a funding challenge. Spending budget dollars to analyze the future uses of boysenberry juices or to fund polar bear habitat impact by oil drilling in Alaska instead of law enforcement operations.