FB friend:
Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread
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The only story I ever saw was that they were ahead securing the area and saw a rifle barrel sticking out of cover and they fired and the person dropped the gun and ran away. Where did your Facebook friend see the other story?
To be clear, what I am talking about is Pro-Life and various other "family values" things, small government (I know!), lower taxes, private health care and other government staying out of people's way issues, leaving states rights alone. I am not conversant on what was discussed that the convention, but you and I and he can all be confident that the GOP is going to be taking these hashtags.
Yeah, impossible to guess since he's so hateful of basically everyone and everything. I honestly don't get how his wife has stayed with him.
Leopards, faces, something something....
I'm guessing they had a talk before he went full grifter and bent the knee to Trump after calling him America's Hitler.
"Honey, you know this party's full of Nazis. We'll just have to roll with the punches for now."
"I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the Secret Service are lying to the American people for motivations I baselessly invented out of thin air"
I think he/you are reading way to much into it. Dudes rifle was poked through the fence pointed into the golf course, with bags full of ceramics set up as cover.
If I know you are in a house, and I'm pointing a rifle at the door that I know you will exit, it would be fairly reasonable to say I'm "pointing a rifle at you" , despite not yet having true line of sight on you.
On top of that the agent/s that engaged the shooter may have had line of sight to both the shooter and to Trump and assumed the shooter did as well.
@Teufel Yeah, because pointing out obvious contradictions in the Secret Service's story is totally the same as inventing wild conspiracy theories. After their embarrassing lapse in the first assassination attempt, they’ve got every reason to try and save face, so asking for clarity isn’t exactly out of left field.
@Ultra Magnus13 The point is, the story changed. First, the guy had a rifle aimed at Trump, and now suddenly there was no line of sight.
@Ultra Magnus13 The point is, the story changed. First, the guy had a rifle aimed at Trump, and now suddenly there was no line of sight.
Do you have an actual source for the Secret Service changing their account of the assassination attempt? I never saw that when details emerged of the incident. I can't find it with a Google search. Also your friend never seemed to consider the fact that these events or other breaking news incidents are often chaotic and initial details are frequently wrong or slightly off and there's no sinister plot centered around GOP gun politics.
Why no reply to me? I have never seen the first story and so have never seen that it changed. Can the claim be substantiated?
@Teufel Just to clarify, this isn’t about gun politics. The issue my friend raised is more about the consistency of the Secret Service's statements and whether we can trust the information they’re putting out. Breaking news can be chaotic, sure, but when the narrative shifts like this, it’s natural to question why. It’s not about a “sinister plot” but more about holding authorities accountable for the information they provide.
@Axaday He didn't cite an article, but I found this:
I can see how a reader might interpret that as "pointing a gun at Trump."
@Axaday He didn't cite an article, but I found this:
I can see how a reader might interpret that as "pointing a gun at Trump."
Because he doesn't care what happens in other countries, just about getting re-elected.
Can we please get some enforcement of the Logan Act?
If the narrative shifts. I'm 97% sure this is something FB Friend imagined and it sent him down a rabbit hole, which makes the "not a conspiracy theorist, but" preface funny.
That would require enforcing laws on republicans: which we all know is oppressing them.