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Shots fired at Trump during rally

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by ThePlayer, Jul 13, 2024.

  1. helix

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    More on the rifle used:

    I read today where it was a DPMS purchased in 2013. This was a Freedom Group-owned company at the time much like Bushmaster or Remington (known under that ownership as ‘Rustington’) and could be considered a rack grade budget AR-15 variant. My previous statement of 2-4” groupings at 100 yards with a rifle like this applies. Not a precision rifle by any means, but it would be enough to be pretty confident at 150 yards.
     
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  2. ursidman

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    Not exactly. Complacency as in most of our staff is in Milwaukee securing every venue, checking out and making more secure every hotel room, roof, sewer, doing walk arounds, trotting the bomb-sniffing dogs through it all, coordinating with local LE, looking into citizens deemed a risk, and vetting the backgrounds of every person that might come near those they protect and their families so running a skeleton crew at a 2 hour rally should be OK.
    Dude they had you in mind when giggling up the flat earth conspiracy
     
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  3. okeechobee

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    Do you have a link or source which confirms all the above happened or are you just dreaming it up because you have nothing better to do? I’ll drop 5 grand on the latter.
     
  4. ovillegator

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    St. Augustine!
    Thank you for making my point. Yes, I knew Pelosi didn't have the authority -- the Capitol Police Board did, and the two chiefs in charge resigned the next day.

    You see, that Committee report you cite was a lie to you and me. It wasn't Pelosi. But Trump DID ask for 10,000 troops to support, and was scrambling for other troops that day.

    But Cheney and the J6th Committee said they found no evidence of that request... remember that?

    And so you and many other good people repeated what the Committee said... then, on March 8, 2024, this report came out from the House Committee on Oversight Barry Loudermilk which I'm sure you and most of America never saw because MSM would not publicize it --

    Today, Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) released a transcribed interview the January 6 Select Committee conducted with President Trump's former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato, which shows President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops to protect the nation’s capital.

    The interview also shows White House frustration with slow deployment of assistance. The Select Committee conducted this interview in January of 2022, but never released it.


    So you see, the request was made, and the Committee investigating knew about it from their Jan. 2022 interview, but they never released it. The reason can only be -- it did not fit their narrative that they were feeding you and many others.

    How many other Big Lies have they done that to you, me and others...

    The Hunter Biden Laptop -- 4 years it took them to finally say, yeah, it's real. After denying for years! After pulling 51 scientists to sign a paper saying that is was likely Russian hoax (when the administration clearly knew it was not)

    The Russian Collusion Hoax -- Another year or so. Funded by Democrats.

    BOTH SIDES PLAY THIS GAME. And I don't like it either way, because it's us average Americans who are being lied to and misled.

    As I said elsewhere, you have your guy and others have theirs -- whether it's Biden, Trump, RFK or others, just look at the policies they support and choose who you feel is best. Simple. None of these people are 'existential threats to democracy' -- so let's lose the hysteria. If we all did that, we'd have time to heal and remember what's really important in life.

    And simply vote for who we want as President.
     
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  5. G8trGr8t

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    do you honestly believe this?

    why?
     
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  6. philnotfil

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    Ornato didn't testify that Trump requested 10,000 national guard troops.
     
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  7. ursidman

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    Just wait on it. Those things are what SS protocol calls for. It is my ASSUMPTION that it was going on in Milwaukee and knowledge that it takes many days and SS protectorate is small enough to be strained by it all.Would be willing to bet a lot of SS from various field offices were called into help.
    You got $5 grand to bet on whether it was a conspiracy between sworn LE and the grand masters of the universe or whoever?
     
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  8. ovillegator

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    St. Augustine!
    Umm, NO HE DID NOT PLAY GOLF.

    Fake story, guy used old photo of him playing golf. Not on purpose, by the way.

    So yes, Trump has a good and caring heart.
     
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  9. okeechobee

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    You know what happens when you make assumptions.
     
  10. gatordavisl

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    Trump would probably invite a children's group to perform free at his rallies, not pay their expenses, not provide the agreed up setup for them to sell merch, and de-invite their performance at a second rally when they had traveled from FL to IA. Oh wait . . . he did that. That's who Trump is.
     
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  11. demosthenes

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    Sure, I mean golf courses are like hospitals so I can understand your confusion. It’s also understandable to believe a raging narcissist has a caring heart since they’re good at doing that serve their own ends.
     
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  12. ElimiGator

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    Jax
    Im taking that piece of crap back if it shoots 2MOA+ off the rack. That’s horrible performance.
     
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  13. ursidman

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    True. But the SS are practitioners of protocol. They are slow to change and do it the way they have always done it and the things i listed are just some of what the protocol demands. They work ALot of hours on these details but are never perfect.
     
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  18. ovillegator

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    St. Augustine!
    Didn't say it was a lie, said it was a fake story, not done on purpose. But keep working up excuses to blast another republican.
     
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  19. ovillegator

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    St. Augustine!
    Sorry, I didn't have a problem with it. I'll go back and remove it.
     
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  20. gatorpa

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    Could just be my ipad not blocking stuff..