Donald Trump has told a rally in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy” when an attempt was made on his life last week.
Attended by thousands, it was Trump’s first rally with new running mate JD Vance - and first since he survived the assassination attempt.
He told a packed arena in Grand Rapids that Democrats have accused him of being “a threat to democracy” and, to huge applause, said he was ready to “take back the White House”.
Many of those at the event, in the battleground state of Michigan, told the BBC that the assassination attempt - which killed an audience member and wounded two others - would not stop them from showing support for the Republican presidential nominee.
Some said they came precisely because of the shooting.
This man lies like he breathes.
One of the few things that he understands is to accuse other people of exactly what he’s being accused of. If Trump gets called a threat to democracy, he’s going to accuse Biden of being “the real threat to democracy”.
It’s from Steve Bannon’s playbook called “cover the field in shit”, and it stops low-informed voters from easily determining what’s going on, as it plays into a prevailing narrative that all politicians lie. It’s brilliant, it’s wicked, and it’s quickly pushing us towards fascism.
Took a bullet implies he intentionally got shot…
Took a bullet usually not means “zipped past my ear and took a tiny bit of ear off”.
No it doesn’t. The saying is usually meant to signify that you intentions put yourself in danger and ended up getting shot.
Most soldiers that take a bullet for our country would much rather have not been shot but accepted that risk as reasonable.
He thinks he’s some Helldivers guy
I mean if there is going to be a super earth it wouldn’t be Biden that initiated it
Well he did say if he had been at the Parkland shooting, he would have co fronted the gunman himself.
He says a lot of things…
There it is.
I thought you have already experience with trolls as your president. Ignore trolls and do whatever has more value to you.
Take a tip from Mr Paul Anka!
Prick !
Whelp, anyone who took bets on him acting like a war hero over this can now go collect your winnings - which is just more listening to Trump unfortunately.
“He died for our sins.”
I didn’t ask him to do that.
He is not even dead. I want refund.
Maybe we can convince them that he is so that they won’t vote?
Who am I kidding, they would absolutely vote for the corpse of Trump.
“Corpses don’t vote Democrat!” [wildly sprays bullets at Joe Biden while denouncing Antifa political violence]
Violence wont solve any problems. It will create more chaos and serve to propel and promote the agents of chaos.
You want something to do/talk about? Talk about what policies from the Dems will be most effective in the next 3 - 6 months with immediate benefits for the 95% of people.
Do the thing where every State gets benefits that expire after the election and can be “renewed” after Jan2025.
Do the thing that will uplift people who are struggling right now for the next 5 to 6 months.
STOP the Drumpf rhetoric. STOP treating people as if they are stupid. STOP this madness. STOP the chaos.
Only agents of chaos will win post Nov2024 unless something Sane and Calming is implemented NOW or YESTERDAY.
I’ll settle for the belief that he died for my shins, but no more.
I’m semantically torn here. He did (narrowly) take a bullet and shooting on politicians is an attack on Democracy. On the other hand he’s not exactly on friendly terms with this whole Democracy concept… In case of friendly fire, can you say you took a bullet for your enemy?
*from democracy
Easy mistake for a senile old man to make
Took a bullet means the bullet touched him, I thought he got nicked by shrapnel from his teleprompter screen shattering?
From what I’ve seen several fact checks have confirmed that the teleprompters were intact and that trump did get shot.
I wanted to say he didn’t get shot, but i think that this was just a rumor that spread wild
No, John F. Kennedy took a bullet for democracy. You don’t even want democracy.
You don’t even want democracy.
Trump’s intent is easy to judge because we’ve an adequate and reasonably consistent history of his actions.
The shooter’s intent is tougher because it’s clouded with judgement of his means. But, if Trump so obviously fights against democracy, it would seem a reasonable assumption that the shooter’s intent was the preservation of democracy. And, they didn’t just formulate, but carried out a plan that certainly would end in death in defense of democracy.
Regardless of judgement of the shooter’s means, what do you think of his intent?
I think if you kill Hitler, you get Chancellor Göring.
I agree that the means are misguided and in the example of why.
But, I asked a question about intent.
I’m not sure why their intent matters at this point. They didn’t manage to kill Trump like they apparently wanted to and they’re dead.
I’m also not sure why my personal speculation on their intent matters. I’m no one special.
I’m not sure why their intent matters at this point.
I think many people’s choices don’t seem to represent their best interests or the best interests of society. And, I can’t and won’t force them to choose differently. Anything I can do begins with asking myself why they may be choosing as they are.
I’m also not sure why my personal speculation on their intent matters. I’m no one special.
We engaged yesterday about propaganda. You’re a solid communicator in good faith. Browsing, I ran across your post today. I thought I’d throw something a little controversial at you to see what you make of it.
No need to be slippery if that’s what’s up. Just don’t engage. No biggie. The historians will sort it out later.
Ok. People have looked into the intent of presidential assassins before and there’s just no pattern. Some of them did it for political reasons (Booth, Czolgosz, Sirhan Sirhan). Some for personal reasons (John Hinckley Jr., Squeaky Fromme) and some were just completely batshit (Charles Guiteau). You could also put Hinckley and Fromme in the ‘completely batshit’ categories, but Guiteau was a level unto himself.
And then there’s Sam Byck, the guy who tried and failed to assassinate Nixon twice. He fits all those categories.
The point is, there’s just nothing to conclude here based on history and we will, barring the discovery of some sort of manifesto, likely never know what the intent was.
The point is, there’s just nothing to conclude here based on history and we will, barring the discovery of some sort of manifesto, likely never know what the intent was.
I agree with all of this.
But, what I’m thematically understanding is that you don’t believe there’s context to form perspective of merit. I’d agree with that, too.
You’ve better alternative uses of your time than guessing with very little information? I’ve value for this one. But, I could see how perfectly reasonable and good faith others would not.
No, the dead man behind Trump took the bullet, Trump only stood in democracy’s line of fire. And still stands.
Trump got his ear grazed by a bullet for dictatorship.
This obese treason weasel is terrified of democracy lol
Unfortunately he didn’t.
That’s it we are breaking up.
Jack Black? Is that you?!
