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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Few people in this world come as close to instant death as Trump did.
but nothing done to stop the perp from getting in position and firing his rifle at President Trump. Is that truly “security”?>>> No covering fire at a guy with a rifle. And the guy on the roof had a clear line of fire thru the entire egress path on the left of the stage.
Yes I do. However I have a long memory for condescending insults. ;)
That is what the phot that shows the bullet in mid-flight shows. The shooter from from Trump’s right, the crowd’s left
Where is all the social media data from the shooter?
People that age generally have tons of it.
Not seeing anything.
Too bad. Too late. They have been calling for a fight, literally, for years. Maxine waters comes to mind. They defended riots and burning and looting and murders as righteous uprisings. They have been colluding as a party across jurisdictions to bring him down - his reputation, his Presidency, his money, his freedom and lately with such irrational insane vitriol about how he must be ‘stopped to protect democracy’. They’ve been asking for a fight. And to be clear I’m not calling for violence. I’m calling for a fight for massive reform and change in our politics and governments.
I live in Norwood.
Let’s hope we get over that 33% threshold this time...
I’m in NorWELL.
Just a fvew miles and the Braintree Split apart. LOL!
:)
Loved yer Harley story
Absolutely! It makes me grin every time I see it… :-)
/echo
Thanks.
Ride Free, FRiend.
I don’t know what pictures you were looking at. The pics I saw had the sniper facing to the right.
This incident and trumps response will live on long after we are all gone.
Trump is a BADASS!
And, you say that Trump was shot in the LEFT ear?
Ping for index
Bullet clipped his right ear
Fai_mao, here’s the pic, his right ear is bloody
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4251210/posts?page=98#98
thanks texan4life, for posting the pic!
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