The Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump: What We Know So Far.
Saturday, July 13, 2024, at 6:15 pm, a shooter attempted to kill former President Donald Trump at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Video of the shooting can be viewed here:
https://bbc.com/news/videos/c3gwngv2e79o
At the time of this writing, details are sketchy and much of what we're hearing may later prove to be untrue. But based on current information, there was one shooter, a 20-ish white male who was allegedly a part of ANTIFA. Some news outlets have identified him as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, but the FBI was not prepared to identify the shooter, saying he had no identification on him and that DNA testing is to be conducted. If he had no ID, how did the news outlets get his name and address?
There are also witnesses saying they saw the shooter, with a rifle, climbing up the side of a building and onto the roof, with a direct line of sight to the podium where Trump was speaking. The witnesses notified the police, who apparently did nothing, and they also used hand gestures to try and get the Secret Service snipers to look at the roof, but we're told the agents were slow to respond and didn't even bother to warn the agents on the stage so they could clear the area. As a result, Trump was grazed in the ear by one bullet, two spectators were critically injured, and one was killed. There are also reports that Trump was shot in his right side, but a bulletproof vest saved his life. However, most news sites aren't mentioning this at all, so we'll have to wait for confirmation.
Asked at the press conference whether law enforcement did not know the shooter was on the roof until he began firing, Kevin Rojek, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, responded that “that is our assessment at this time”
“It is surprising” that the gunman was able to open fire on the stage before the Secret Service killed him, he added.
Witness, pictured above, who tried to notify the Secret Service and the police about the gunman. Video of the interview can be viewed here:
https://bbc.com/news/videos/c51yly4085lo
Some on social media aren't believing law enforcement's claim that they didn't know an assassination attempt was about to happen. Writing on Twitter/X, Spike Cohen said, "My message to Donald Trump: There's not a shot in hell that this shooter got on the roof of that building without SS (Secret Service) seeing him. No way. They're going to keep at this until you're dead."
Mike Davis takes it further, blaming Joe Biden for the attack. Davis says Biden didn't provide Trump with adequate Secret Service protection, and he "inflamed deadly violence against Trump with his malicious rhetoric".
Interestingly, during a private call with donors on July 8, Biden said, “So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.” Was Biden speaking figuratively, or did he send a signal that something had to be done?
The news media has to take a huge amount of blame for today's shooting. They've spent the past several years demonizing Donald Trump and convincing those on the left that Trump is an "existential threat" to America. They've repeatedly made the false claim that he ordered an "insurrection" on January 06, 2021. They tell us that everything Trump says is a lie, while they completely ignore the pathological lying by Joe Biden. The news media has distorted reality to such a degree that many Democrats now passionately hate Trump, but they don't even know why. Is it any wonder that an unhinged, radicalized leftist tried to kill Donald Trump today?
I'll post another update as soon as some of the dust settles and we have new information. Until then, stay safe, and stay active to save our nation. It's being stolen from us right in front of our eyes.
And now, it's getting bloody.