Posted on 06/21/2016 6:03:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The No. 1 trending question related to Donald Trump on Google right now is "Who tried to shoot Trump?" Which means a lot of people don't know the answer. Which is probably because the assassination attempt on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee hasn't been covered as a major news story.
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The answer, authorities say, is Michael Steven Sandford, a 20-year-old British citizen who was in the United States illegally after overstaying his visa. Sandford allegedly tried to pull a gun from the holster of a police officer at a Trump rally in Las Vegas on Saturday. He was arrested and later told the Secret Service that he had driven to the event from California and had been planning to kill the candidate for a year, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada.
News outlets have certainly reported on the incident, but it hasn't gotten anything resembling wall-to-wall coverage. Cable news shows devoted little time to Sandford Tuesday morning and afternoon....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
We turned another “corner” after Orlando, not good. I was talking to a friend who loves Trump but basically just gets her news from CNN or the paper. She didn’t know this happened.
Go away, Chelsea.
The leftist media likes
1. Foreigners illegally here
2. People who hate Donald Trump
3. Guns possessed by law enforcement.
Really, would a serious attempt have involved trying to get a gun away from a cop? This truly was a lone nut. In this case it’s right not to play it up. There are enough real conspiracies afoot.
It was serious as hell. Sure the guy is an inept dolt, but he had murderous intent driven by his media inflamed hatred of Trump. Identical circumstances involving Clinton and it would be headline news worldwide for two weeks.
I don’t know you but first impression is you’re an idiot. I suspect it wouldn’t take much searching to prove it.
...Why isn’t the assassination attempt on Donald Trump bigger news?...
Obvious answer, isn’t it?
LOL, is the troll upset? Being ID'd comes with the job, snowflake - if you suck at it.
...because we have a nation of many nincompoops...and a criminal government?
We all know.
All right girls, calm down.
Be-baw is making a good point. Look at it this way, why should we encourage people like this by publishing stories of it and having his name all over the NEWS. (That was his real purpose, anyway).
Same logic is used by many, including Trump, who won’t even repeat the name of the Orlando Pulse Club shooter.
He’s right, you are an idiot. He’s also been here for 10 years more than you, so you ought to mind your manners.
It’s a rhetorical question, just like yours was.
Because if the same thing happened to Hillary, such niceties would be thrown right out the window. Trump is exposing the dirt - attempts on his life will not be lessened by not reporting them. Rather, people need to know what he's facing.
Oh look, another shill trying to rescue his moron friend with something that looks like logic to a child, written in crayon. It's incredible that you people are even paid for your dribble.
He said he was planning the killing 1 year ago. Somehow the time line there doesn’t seem right. Trump was one of 16 at the first debate.
They would only care had it been successful.
Now if someone tried to assassinate Megyn Kelley ...
World Headlines 24/7
Hillary? hell I don’t know ... half the world would probably cheer the attempt, the other half boo the failure.
Guestimates aren’t always accurate
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