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A spray of bullets may have only grazed Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, but they killed one rally attendee and critically wounded two others.

They have also torn through the 2024 presidential campaign, damaging the social and cultural fabric of the nation. The illusion of security and safety in American politics – built over decades - has

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Trump is going to milk this so hard. It's going to be an annoying 4+ months of hearing how he took a bullet for America and shit about "the left's assassination attempt".

You could only hope that in the moment after he came to terms with the fact he is such a piece of human waste that someone almost blew his fucking brains out. That he'll rethink his whole life.

But he won't, and now the fascist militias that back him are going to turn it up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The worst part honestly is that, supposedly, the gunman didn't even hit him at all. I've been seeing reports that the bloody ear was apparently from glass shrapnel from the teleprompter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

El-oh-fuckin-el!

Also heard the shooter was a republican too.

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