Another shooting at Trump

[George K]

The Hodgkinson effect is in full force.

[jon-nyc]

Probably a reason they memed the print edition and not the website. Print edition had an early deadline. Website has no deadline.

[jon-nyc]

So it looks like the guy never fired a shot. I wonder how much that complicates the prosecution and what he can be charged with.

[LuFins Dad]

Why all the attention on which exact rifle? The dude had a broomstick and was going to try to ventilate Trump…

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Another shooting at Trump:

Probably a reason they memed the print edition and not the website. Print edition had an early deadline. Website has no deadline.

Fair, if true.

Now explain this. Bloomberg's focus is how Republicans pounce seize.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Another shooting at Trump:

@jon-nyc said in Another shooting at Trump:

Probably a reason they memed the print edition and not the website. Print edition had an early deadline. Website has no deadline.

Fair, if true.

Now explain this. Bloomberg's focus is how Republicans pounce seize.

[LuFins Dad]

[jon-nyc]

According to a report I saw, the golf game wasn’t on Trump’s public schedule. He actually wasn’t supposed to be there.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Another shooting at Trump:

According to a report I saw, the golf game wasn’t on Trump’s public schedule. He actually wasn’t supposed to be there.

I've seen that as well. So how did the assassin-wannabe know where and when to be there. One report said he arrived 12 hours before the event. Did he just show up and hope that Trump would go for a round of golf?

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in Another shooting at Trump:

So it looks like the guy never fired a shot. I wonder how much that complicates the prosecution and what he can be charged with.

NEW: The USSS Director says during a press conference the man with the gun did not have a line of sight to Trump and fired no shots. The investigation is ongoing, but so far there are only gun charges.

[Horace]

Oswald didn't have a line of sight, until the car moved into his line of sight.

[Horace]

If he was there for 12 hours, one might assume that lots of golfers passed by. He was probably waiting for a particular golfer.

But lacking more information, we should not jump to any conclusions about who he may have been waiting for. It's too early to tell. Let's allow the investigation play out.

[jon-nyc]

My post wasn’t about motives. It’s about charges. Hence the reply to my previous.

[Horace]

I'm happy for the secret service that they were able to do their job this time. I will be curious to see what the letter of the law allows for charges for this would-be assassination, but for preventative measures.

[jon-nyc]

Usually people who do this don’t expect to survive so they leave behind messages that fully establish intent.

[jon-nyc]

Though his schedule wasn’t public, it’s probably pretty easy to tell he or a family member is there based on local activity, eg the quantity of black SUV’s with government plates. I wonder if he had been in the area a while or just came in recently. If the former he could have figured out there was a high probability Trump was there even though the schedule wasn’t public.

[taiwan_girl]

Elon Musk chimes in:

(He did delete it, but as smart people here have said, "The internet is forever")

[jon-nyc]

Who knew Elon Musk was a fan of Equity!

[George K]

Republicans are outraged....

GOP seethes...

Politico, shouldn't everyone be outraged?

Apparently The Hill can't spell "Pounced" "Seized."

[jon-nyc]

Seems transparently false. If anything there’s elation about a failed (non)attempt and the expected bump in polls. It’s a news cycle victory extraordinaire.

None will say that, but watch how they behave.