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\nDonald Trump after assassination attempt
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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many questions and concerns related to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Notice the following:<\/p>\n

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America is not ready for what comes next<\/h2>\n

July 14, 2024<\/p>\n

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Someone just attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. We don\u2019t … why, but we know they came terribly close to succeeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We should all be terrified about what comes next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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American politics has recently become trapped<\/a> in a state of simultaneous stability and instability. It is stable in the sense that there are clearly defined and seemingly unshakeable partisan divisions. It is unstable in the sense that those divisions have grown so deep and so bitter that they threaten the basic faith in political coexistence that any democracy needs to survive. … The more people hate and fear their political opponents, the more likely they are to go outside the law to try to stop them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And when someone on one side is attacked, the other becomes more likely to respond in kind. The ultimate fear is a cycle of violence akin to Italy\u2019s \u201cYears of Lead\u201d: a roughly 15-year period beginning in 1969 in which extreme left and extreme right militias perpetrated a spree of bombings and assassinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the time, I wrote that the \u201cmost likely flashpoint\u201d for violent escalation was \u201ca presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Political violence tends to be emotional, perpetrated by angry people who have poor impulse control. …<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not like either party\u2019s leadership is especially trustworthy at this particular moment. President Biden has clearly declined with age and is fighting to maintain his role as nominee. Trump is a victim now, but he\u2019s still the same man he was before it happened<\/a>. Biden is a steady leader but in a poor position to handle a crisis; Trump is a demagogue who is more likely to raise tensions rather than lower them. …<\/p>\n

A gunman\u2019s bullet has just sent the country hurtling into an abyss. The only question now is how far we fall. https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/360428\/trump-assassination-attempt-pennsylvania-shooting-politics<\/a><\/p>\n

July 14, 2024<\/p>\n

A shooting at Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>\u2018s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/span> is being investigated as an attempted assassination<\/a><\/span> of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say.<\/p>\n

Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience<\/a><\/span> as shocked leaders across the political divide<\/a><\/span> reacted to the shooting.<\/p>\n

The Secret Service<\/a><\/span> said it killed the suspected shooter,<\/a><\/span> who attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue. …<\/p>\n

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  • The FBI named Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/a><\/span>, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the suspected shooter behind the assassination attempt.<\/li>\n
  • Latest on the victims: <\/b>State police have identified the person who was killed and two people who were critically injured<\/a><\/span> \u2014 all adult males \u2014 but didn\u2019t release names at a news briefing early Sunday. …<\/li>\n
  • Records show 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was registered as a Republican voter in Pennsylvania, but federal campaign finance reports also show he gave $15 to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden was sworn in to office. https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Less than a week ago, Newsweek<\/em>, like some others, warned about possible violence:<\/p>\n

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    Brace for Election Violence. …<\/h2>\n

    July 10, 2024<\/p>\n

    It’s time for people to start thinking about and planning a response to the next round of possible election contestation and violence. …<\/p>\n

    Even if Trump didn’t orchestrate the aggression against U.S. government property and democratic processes, even if he is not leading the Stop the Steal movement, it is easy to look around and see that those initiatives were and continue to be supported by a complex ecosystem of pundits, elected officials, and media outlets who have propelled disinformation and stoked distrust in our electoral system. It’s a powerful force.<\/p>\n

    Yet, according to experts on nonviolent collective action, there’s a force more powerful<\/a> than violence. Now, roughly four months from the November election, it’s up to citizens to dig deeper and find ways to come together across our divides so that we can raise our voices in harmony against political violence. We must be prepared to stand together in nonviolent collective action to stop election fraud in 2024. We must continue the tough work of (re)building our trust in each other despite our differences. …<\/p>\n

    If there are new attempts to deploy violence to manipulate election outcomes later this year, those of us who believe in the power of nonviolence, dialogue, and unity in diversity need to be … organized … https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/brace-election-violence-work-prevent-it-opinion-1923394<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    If Donald Trump is elected and keeps his pledge to deport illegal aliens, there will be a lot of violence and civil unrest in the USA. If a Democrat is declared the winner, political protests are likely.<\/p>\n

    Tucker Carlson said someone tried to assassinate Donald Trump last year, but Forbes called that a conspiracy theory:<\/p>\n

    Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson has repeatedly pedaled a conspiracy theory that Donald Trump will be the target of an assassination plot, most recently saying in an interview the U.S. is \u201cspeeding toward\u201d the former president\u2019s assassination\u2014an unfounded claim amplified by other right-wing media personalities. …<\/p>\n

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    Carlson\u2019s conspiracy theory is sparked by escalated legal pressures faced by Trump, and vaguely claims an assassination against Trump is the next step from political opponents after the former president\u2019s two impeachments and four indictments.<\/p>\n

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    The former Fox News host repeated his unfounded claim in an interview<\/a> with podcaster Adam Carolla this week, saying \u201cwe\u2019re speeding toward [Trump\u2019s] assassination\u201d before accusing the Democratic and Republican parties of being so threatened by Trump, \u201cthey just can\u2019t have him.\u201d https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antoniopequenoiv\/2023\/09\/02\/tucker-carlsons-trump-assassination-conspiracy-theory-explained-where-it-started-who-is-pushing-it\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    The mainstream media often dismisses items as unfounded, yet without having a foundation for doing so.<\/p>\n

    That said, Elon Musk made some comments related to Donald Trump and the assassination attempt:<\/p>\n

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    Elon Musk \u201cFully Endorses Donald Trump For President\u201d; Says Secret Service Must Resign<\/h2>\n

    July 14, 2024<\/p>\n

    Elon Musk<\/a> has endorsed Donald Trump<\/a> for president, after the presidential hopeful was shot at a Pennsylvania rally.<\/p>\n

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    Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), used the platform to tell his 189m followers:<\/p>\n

    \u201cI fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery\u201d<\/p>\n

    He then reposted a report from a man claiming to be a eye witness, who told BBC News that he had informed police and Secret Service about a man on the roof with a rifle.<\/p>\n

    Musk wrote:<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign.\u201d<\/p>\n

    He also reposted another message from someone asking how such an apparent line of sight between the roof and Trump\u2019s position on the platform had not been secured, and Musk added:<\/p>\n

    \u201cExtreme incompetence or it was deliberate. Either way, the SS leadership must resign.\u201d https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/07\/elon-musk-fully-endorses-donald-trump-for-president-after-pennsylvaia-shooting-1236009762\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Last night, on the news, I watched a man who explained that he pointed to the potential shooter in an attempt to alert police of a threat to Donald Trump. Shortly thereafter, Donald Trump was shot at.<\/p>\n

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    This is a massive failure of security and a breakdown inside the secret service. https:\/\/t.co\/95ehM643Lc<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n