• jedibob5@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Let’s leave the conspiracy theories to the far-right lunatics, please. The attempt killed an innocent bystander and the shooter was a right-winger. Even if they were cynical enough to stage the first part on purpose (and honestly, I wouldn’t put it past them), the shooter being one of their own completely undermines the entire point of staging something like that to begin with.

      Besides, this administration is way too incompetent to keep a secret. With the way Trump has been blundering his way through the Epstein accusations, do you really think he could keep his mouth shut about staging an assassination attempt?

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        If it was staged I’m absolutely certain Trump didn’t plan or know about it, he’d never sign off on anything that risked his life or required him to be even slightly injured. It’s unlikely but the only conspiracy scenario that makes any kind of sense would be something like a CIA operation carried out under the orders of Vance or a senator that kept Trump in the dark.

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          3 days ago

          If Trump doesn’t know about it, how do they do the blood on the ear? Not even elite marksmen can reliably hit someone’s ear at that distance without risking actually hitting their head. If it were fake blood, Trump would have to be in on it.

          And again, the shooter being right-wing almost entirely negated the propaganda advantage the GOP could gain from it, it doesn’t make sense for it to have been staged.

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        Sure let’s leave the conspiracy theories to the far right as the far right is currently engaged in a literal pedophilic conspiracy theory reaching to the highest levels of government. Lemmoids are so goddamn stupid lol