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Trump safe after gunshots in his vicinity at golf course; FBI investigating assassination attempt

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Sep 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM.

  1. gator95

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    Anyone saying only 1 side injected violence into the political sphere is hyper partisan. Doesn't matter the side.
     
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  2. Gatorrick22

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    This is the prefect place for this. BlackRock CEO, and others, my just have some explaining to do. Is there a clear illustrated connection between the two shooters and BlackRock? Is the CEO of Black Rock advising people in this current administration? This is interesting.

     
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  3. Gatorrick22

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    Another interesting take. LMFAO! "...the Forrest Gump of the CIA..."


     
  4. dangolegators

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    Yep, an 18 year old girl on tik tok is getting to the bottom of it.
     
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  5. Gatorrick22

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    I know, right, what are the odds that she is 100% spot on? She must have been coached by someone a bit older. ;)

    If age is your discrimination is your thing, then read the tweet below this post.

    All you have to do is use your critical thinking brain.

     
  6. mdgator05

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    That would be the Benny Johnson who has been receiving substantial Russian funds through Tenet Media, right?
     
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  7. BigCypressGator1981

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    Rick in here ricking again.
     
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  8. Gator515151

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    It's not good enough to hit a squirrel. You have to hit them in the eye. My redneck brother in law from Missouri taught me that. One winter when I was up there visiting he took me squirrel hunting on his farm. He gave me a .22 with a scope and instructed me to shoot them in the head so I didn't mess up the meat. He came home with 4 squirrels all shot through the eye. Me, not so good.
     
  9. dangolegators

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    He's Rickrolling!
     
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  10. VAg8r1

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    Other than the fact that both shooters used or would have used a semi-automatic assault type rifle and they had the same intended target rationally the attempts are totally unrelated although I guess some people would probably buy into a conspiracy theory considered that the same type of people thought that Hillary Clinton was running a pedophile ring in the basement of a DC pizzeria that didn't even have a basement.
     
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  11. WarDamnGator

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    The Rednecks are eating our squirrels!!! Let’s deport them.
     
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  12. LimeyGator

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    Please quote where I 'cheer' on assassination attempts of Mr Trump or anyone.
    I'll wait.

    Alternatively feel free to quote where I indicate it's deplorable for anyone. (Hint: There's a few)

    I also don't have a candidate. It's like you had something in your head to prove without looking at anything I wrote.
     
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  13. Gator715

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    I completely agree.

    But I don’t think the midst of a Trump assassination attempt is the time to “both-sides” the issue.

    Trump was impeached for telling people to peacefully protest because people subsequently acted unlawfully. Democrats and the media are unbelievably quick to draw a direct line between Trump’s rhetoric and the way the worst people acted on January 6th. They are quick to do the same with the Springfield, Ohio “they’re eating our dogs and cats.”

    But Trump’s opponents including Democrats and the media refuse to take any responsibility whatsoever for any violence directed towards Trump despite comparing him to Hitler and declaring him an existential threat to democracy.

    They cannot have it both ways. And they should be forced to eat the very standards that they seem to impose on everyone but themselves.
     
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  14. ursidman

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    Utter bullshit.
    You need some history lessons. Read closely. No charges related to his speech are included. Stop the gaslighting


    • one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States applies to Trump's repeated and widespread efforts to spread false claims about the November 2020 election while knowing they were not true and for allegedly attempting to illegally discount legitimate votes all with the goal of overturning the 2020 election, prosecutors claim in the indictment.
    • one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding was brought due to the alleged organized planning by Trump and his allies to disrupt the electoral vote's certification in January 2021.
    • one count of obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding is tied to Trump and his co-conspirators' alleged efforts after the November 2020 election until Jan. 7, 2021, to block the official certification proceeding in Congress.
    • one count of conspiracy against rightsrefers to Trump and his co-conspirators alleged attempts to "oppress, threaten and intimidate" people in their right to vote in an election.
     
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  15. okeechobee

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    I don't think what we're seeing with Trump is a both-sides issue. They would love to make you think that and their propaganda and constant messaging probably leads you to feel as though you need to make this false equivalence, but it's not the same. I think the rhetoric around Trump has been at a much higher pitch for a long time. Much of that time he was the POTUS and had extra protection. What we're seeing now is what it looks like without that extra protection. But make no mistake about it, there is not an equivalence for:

    Paying for a phony dossier that accused Trump of being treasonous (and handing that to the FBI)
    FISA warrants against Trump laced with lies and illegal omissions
    Two failed impeachments
    91 felony indictments that would have never happened if he wasn't running again
    Extension of statute of limitations in N.Y. case
    Arrested and arraigned
    The POTUS literally saying in party meetings "it's time to put Trump in the crosshairs"
    Even after Russia hoax dispelled, more claims from Biden that Trump is in cahoots with the Kremlin
    "Trump is a threat to our democracy."

    I could go on and on. None of the things listed were legitimate or normal for any former candidate for POTUS. None of the things listed have ever been endured by a previous POTUS. So they absolutely have taken the anti-Trump narrative to a fever pitch and that is absolutely why he's being shot at. My request would be to stop living in denial and let go of any reservations you have about Trump for a moment to see the reality of what is happening. They have made him into the prime evil and this is what happens when you vilify a public figure to this degree.

    Again, I point out, Trump gets shot in July. Biden asks the nation to tone down the rhetoric. Within a few days, the Biden campaign is lobbing the personal attacks at Trump again full steam. GOP then has the RNC. Biden is mentioned briefly twice. Fast forward to the DNC. Trump is mentioned over 200 times in the most egregious of ways. Insults, innuendo, lies, you name it. This isn't a both sides issue. The venom towards Trump is unmatched and it's not even close. They've done everything they can to destroy, imprison and kill the man and he's still right in the thick of it at 78 years old. They've been trying to get rid of him for so long and finally they've decided someone actually has to physically get rid of him and you're seeing the results...
     
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  16. Gator715

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    I need a history lesson?

    What do you think obstructing an official proceeding is referring to? It certainly isn’t referring to peacefully protesting outside the Capitol, as protected by the 1st Amendment.
     
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  17. mikemcd810

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    It literally says it right there. He even copied and pasted so you didn't have to click on the link. It's not one speech, it's months of planning to prevent the counting of votes:

    one count of obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding is tied to Trump and his co-conspirators' alleged efforts after the November 2020 election until Jan. 7, 2021, to block the official certification proceeding in Congress.
     
  18. Gator715

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    You don’t think the second impeachment had anything to do with Trump “inciting” the riots on the Capitol on January 6th?
     
  19. BLING

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    If you are going to be this dishonest about Trumps role, then literally nothing else you say matters.
     
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  20. mikemcd810

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    Ok fair, yes that was part of the impeachment although it's pretty disingenuous to describe it as peacefully when he said that one time while dismissing the dozens of times he said the opposite.