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Newsweek Mocked for Claiming Donald Trump Was Not Really Shot Because Only Part of a Bullet Hit Him
Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 07/25/2024 9:03:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Newsweek is facing social media backlash after downplaying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by suggesting he was only hit with part of a bullet instead of an intact bullet.

The Newsweek article is titled “Donald Trump Might Not Have Been Shot After All.”

Newsweek attempts to justify this title by pointing to testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray, wherein Wray said, “…With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.”

Donald Trump might not have been shot after all https://t.co/60KvtkhY1N pic.twitter.com/fObe2Jr3iG

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 25, 2024

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: mocked; newsweek; shot; trump
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NoozWeak!


61 posted on 07/25/2024 11:54:29 AM PDT by Honorary Serb
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not “a part of a bullet hit him”.
But “a bullet hit part of him”.

Did the bullet disintegrate mid-air, and a teensy little shard touch him?


62 posted on 07/25/2024 11:58:05 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The FIB of course would like to downplay what happened to President Trump, since they realized he was getting a boost from it electorally. The claim of shrapnel makes no sense as there was nothing shattered around him, and the visible path of the bullet across his ear came directly from where the shooter was in a straight line. And of course the New York Times photographer captured a picture of the bullet whizzing past Trump’s ear. Wray was just attempting to give the “ear truthers” some encouragement.


63 posted on 07/25/2024 12:20:41 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.”


Wray put the question up. He is a dick.


64 posted on 07/25/2024 12:22:14 PM PDT by Eli Kopter
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To: Jyotishi

The New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, took several pictures of Trump while the shooting was ongoing, including getting a picture of a bullet in flight. But he also got a picture of blood on Trump’s fingers before he ever fell to the ground and before the Secret Service ever reached him. And how in the world would the Secret Service take a bit of his ear off unless they hacked at him with a knife?

The “rough handling” and the “shrapnel” claims make no sense once one looks at all the evidence. They are there solely to minimize the extreme risk of death President Trump experienced that day.


65 posted on 07/25/2024 12:30:09 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: Political Junkie Too

You have to be shot to get a Purple Heart?


66 posted on 07/25/2024 12:47:57 PM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s a wonder Christopher Wray didn’t say he couldn’t talk about it because it’s still under investigation?.


67 posted on 07/25/2024 12:52:21 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: FenwickBabbitt

I haven’t seen the photo you refer to and can’t find it searching Doug Mills photos etc. Can you post the photo here, or a link. Thanks!


68 posted on 07/25/2024 1:04:07 PM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: pugmama

Yes something has changed.


69 posted on 07/25/2024 1:19:08 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Kathy in OC
The photo where you can see blood on Trump's fingers right after he touched his ear before he dropped to the ground can be seen at: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1e2q931/the_photograph_sequence_of_the_bullet_that_hit/#lightbox. It's on the far right and you'll need to click on the photo and then the zoom to get a good look. And Mill's photo of the bullet going past his head is on the left.
70 posted on 07/25/2024 3:05:22 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: FenwickBabbitt

Thanks for the information and clarification.


71 posted on 07/25/2024 5:32:11 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: hanamizu

He is indeed prescient. :)


72 posted on 07/25/2024 5:33:59 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Who are you gonna believe, the head of Biden's FBI or your lying eyes?


73 posted on 07/25/2024 8:38:16 PM PDT by nagant
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To: FenwickBabbitt

Oh thank you! I hadn’t noticed the blood but now I see it. I’m still confused about the bullet- so the one in the photo isn’t the one that hit him? Because wouldn’t it have strayed off a straight path if it hit his ear?


74 posted on 07/25/2024 9:00:44 PM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: Kathy in OC

wouldn’t it have strayed off a straight path if it hit his ear?
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Are you kidding me?

A .223 caliber 60 grain bullet traveling 2500 feet per second wouldn’t even notice an ear.


75 posted on 07/26/2024 4:35:56 AM PDT by nagant
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Perhaps the editors of Newsweak should test their theory and line up against a wall and be shot with “part” of a bullet each.


76 posted on 07/26/2024 4:37:25 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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