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Posted on 07/14/2024 11:20:30 AM PDT by conservative98
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The pictures and film of Trump rallying the crowd will likely be the enduring image of this election and perhaps his entire political career.
Even before President Biden’s catastrophic debate last month, Trump had run on a platform of strength, portraying himself as a politically muscular figure against a weak and aging incumbent president. Next week’s Republican nominating convention will deliver Trump a hero’s welcome and an audience to match, befitting a party leader who had a brush with death.
“The raised fist will become the iconic symbol of the convention,” predicted longtime GOP strategist Mike Murphy.
Convention planners had already successive evening themes dedicated to making America “safe” and “strong” again, sessions that will, along with Trump’s expected cameo with his new running mate the opening night, be vivified with new meaning after the shooting.
The former president is likely to enjoy a rallying effect in immediate polls, with more independents likely shifting his way. “There will be some good, old-fashioned American compassion for Trump,” predicted Murphy, who opposes the former president’s campaign.
What’s less clear is whether the shooting hastens Democratic calls for Biden to withdraw from the race. Most elected Democrats responded to the shooting by denouncing political violence and few wanted to discuss how it may echo in the campaign.
Yet in private, many Democratic political veterans were bracing for Trump to enjoy a convention bounce larger than he could have ever hoped to enjoy in such divided times. And it wasn’t difficult to detect a sense of doom, that an already uphill campaign may have become out of reach.
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I went to the Trump website and donated
They’re dead, Jim!
Such a brazen display of Testosterone infuriates the dems.
Damn straight. He got up and pumped his fist and yelled “fight fight fight”. He even fought with his own security detail! That’s what America needs, and what Americans want - a fighter who doesn’t quit no matter what they throw, or fire, at him.
Fight Fight Fight will be the new chant.
The guy is a lion.
Do not go gentle into that good night…
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
-Dylan Thomas
I donated as well. I’m hoping we all rally around DJT with another massive campaign injection.
Trump’s fist was the fist of the American People!
Apparent assassination attempt?!?
I am just marking time until we begin getting the certain, “Republican’s Pounce” messaging from the corrupt MSM. Starting Monday morning?
George Wahington was hit several times during a battle in the French and Indian War. Afterward an Indian chief said Washington was destined for great things because they new they had hit him. His coat had three bullet holes and two horses were shot out from under him but he was not wounded.
Let’s see... where else has a great leader experienced that kind of salvation?
Better that than a limp wrist…
In Hawaii a great deal of honor is bestowed to warriors. The honor must be earned and unlike DEI, not handed out to impersonators. President Trump is my warrior and I love him and would proudly give my life for him.
All this will do is motivate more people to vote for him.
President Trump speaking, then the gunfire, then the Secret Service agents talking as they helped President Trump to his feet, his raising of his fist and declaring "Fight, fight, fight", and the crowd pumping their fists and screaming "USA, USA, USA!" all the way while President Trump is placed in the vehicle.
Why is the MSM afraid of playing the audio of the audience screaming "USA!"?
Can it really be called a “security detail” when the security is actually trying to kill you? Call it what it is, an “assassination detail.”
Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, when he was shot in the chest but his written speech caught the bullet and saved him.
Trump certainly did show himself to be a Big Kahuna!
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