Since his first candidacy almost ten years ago, supporters of President Donald Trump had voiced fears that his many and implacable enemies might make an attempt on his life.
On Saturday, the extreme scenario Trump’s voters feared took place at a rally in Pennsylvania.
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The shooting took place at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, causing chaos and panic.
The shocking incident left one spectator dead and critically injured two others. The attack occurred while Trump was addressing the crowd. Shots rang out as the gunman fired multiple rounds toward the stage from an elevated position outside the rally venue. Trump immediately dropped to the ground, clutching his ear, as Secret Service agents rushed to protect him. Blood was visible on Trump’s right ear as he was taken off stage.
Information about the shooter has been tricklig from the media slowly.
A gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday was positioned on the roof of a manufacturing plant, over 130 yards from the stage – slightly longer than a football field.
The rally, held at the Butler Farm Show grounds, provided the sniper with a clear, unobstructed view of the former president from his vantage point.
The counter-sniper team, reportedly responsible for neutralizing the shooter, returned fire from the roof of a nearby building situated behind the audience.
The sniper’s body was later found on the premises of AGR International, Inc., a company supplying automation equipment for the glass and plastic packaging industry.
Despite early confusion over the shooter’s identity, he has now been identified.
The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel, Pennsylvania as the subject involved in the assassination attempt. Officials say the suspect was shot and killed, taken down by a Secret Service countersniper.
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According to a law enforcement source, the early indication is that the shooter was a lone wolf, but the situation is fluid and the agency is still trying to assess a motive for the shooting.
Oddly, reports have surfaced that Crooks was a registered Republican yet donated $15 to the Leftist organization ActBlue.
Former US Secretary of Defense James Forrestal once observed that consistency is not a trait associated with stupidity.
The string of legal victories Trump’s political enemies had been winning against him argued for their competence. But if the attempted assassin does turn out to have been radicalized by the frantic drumbeat of propaganda directed against Trump by the media—and even his presumptive opponent, it may be a case of the regime’s shortsightedness coming back to bite them.
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Recent polls show Trump’s lead over Biden growing after the race had narrowed to a dead heat.
These shocking developments, combined with a judge postponing Trump’s sentencing to September at the earliest, his own party’s suspected plans to deny him the nomination would seem to have been foiled.
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As the Trump shooting sets the world on a new timeline—one drastically different than it would have been on had Trump not turned his head—we are left to watch this increasingly bizarre race unfold. And wait.
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