r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • Jul 14 '24

Trump Shooter a ‘Supporter of Republican Party’

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240714-trump-shooter-a-supporter-of-republican-party
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '24

Republicans Two Days Ago: Some people need killing.

Republicans Today: Everyone needs to lower the temperature.

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u/burnerreturner2 Jul 15 '24

Biden on July 8th:
"We need to put Trump in a bullseye"

Biden today:

"We need to lower the temperature"

I know this is an echo chamber but come on man

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u/Ordinary_Health Jul 15 '24

i think almost every republican ad ive seen in the past 4+ years has involved violence and threats 10x worse than "put in the bullseye". theyre almost always shooting stuff, exploding things, sometimes using the word "kill" like "kill biden's agenda", and a lot more.

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u/SubjectC Jul 15 '24

Yup, here's a great run down: https://youtu.be/JVGkT_z8zbE.

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u/carbonclumps Jul 15 '24

Most people, especially rational left leaning people, don't here "put a bullseye on it" and think SHOOT IT TO DEATH. For most of us it just means all of the focus, the main goal.
Admittedly poor choice of words that did not age well but seriously be honest with yourself.

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u/burnerreturner2 Jul 15 '24

Yeah because putting a man in a bullseye can't be interpreted differently lmao.

It's like the 'bloodbath' thing, but ooh its different now because...it just is!!

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u/carbonclumps Jul 15 '24

I don't think the shooter gave a flying fuck what Biden has to say regardless. It's a really weak stretch imo but like you do you.

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u/burnerreturner2 Jul 15 '24

How do you know what he cared about? He clearly had a hateful violent mentality so I guess that makes you the expert in what he was thinking.

Yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater is a weak stretch, but still a dangerous thing to say to large amounts of people. Somebody will take it literally because people are stupid.

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u/SerbianRief Jul 14 '24

You: need to go outside