Posted on 07/01/2025 1:24:46 PM PDT by KingofZion
It's almost a year ago now, the Butler, Pennsylvania moment that changed history. You probably remember where you were when you heard the news—that then former president and candidate for president Donald Trump had been shot at a campaign rally.
The nation had suffered trauma before; the killings of Abraham Lincoln and JFK wracked the country, and the near miss against Ronald Reagan reminded us of how tenuous our democracy can be.
From that moment on, it seemed assured that he would become president again, and indeed he did.
Now a new book is coming out detailing some of the behind-the-scenes actions and what it was like in real-time. Trump was immediately aware of the significance of the moment:
But it was Trump’s reaction that arguably changed the course of our history in modern days. He stood up, seconds after taking a bullet to the ear—millimeters from his brain—and shouted, “FIGHT!”
If anyone doubted the man’s spirit before that, they were fully awakened in that moment.
Just as Trump jumped up after the shooting and refused to duck for safety, he had no interest in a stretcher:
*** As the motorcade left the rally, Wiles spoke to the head of Trump's Secret Service team, who told her that the president was breathing and was okay. Trump walked into the hospital, refusing to use a stretcher because he didn't want the "visual," the excerpt said.
And like Reagan did so many years before—joking that he hoped his surgeons were Republicans—Trump quickly turned to humor...
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
It wasn’t incompetence, it was by design, I will believe til my last dying breath that Biden’s regime ordered Trump’s assassination, they probably watched thousands of hours of footage of Trump rallies noticing that he rarely turns his head, they wanted an execution on live TV, when it failed, Biden had to drop out, yeah it was NEVER crappy poll numbers..if Trump had been killed it would have been Biden Vs Nikki Haley in the general election
Incompetence?
“””due to complete incompetence by secret service. “”
I think they knew what they were doing but their plan failed.
That was before Vance was named VP. The establishment would likely have picked Nikki to run.
I remember it well. It was first announced that Trump had fallen down on the stage (just like Biden). Then it was announced that he was injured by shattered glass from.a teleprompter. It took some time before it was acknowledged that, in fact, shot(s) were fired at him. His standing up, bloodied and telling the crowd, ‘Fight, fight, fight’ was considered inflammatory speech by right-thinking commentators. Even days after, there were claims that the whole event was staged.
You cannot hate the media enough.
The real take away is the demscum still think they can intimidate President Trump?! HE WAS ACTUALLY SHOT YOU MORONS. And stood up. You think some paper filing is going to scare him?! Idiots.
I hope the bloodstained MAG hat occupies an honored spot in the future Trump Library
It makes me angry to think how close we came to tragedy that day (and in 1981) due to complete incompetence by secret service.
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Then, it should make you even angrier to know they are not that incompetent. Just too many “coincidences”.
The fact that 1 year later we do not know who Thomas Crooks was in contact with, when that is knowable, indicates an ongoing coverup.
Be SURE that NOBODY is in charge of ANYTHING, so the perp has full control over HIS mission to shoot the president. This is exactly what happened.
That CHEATLE b*tch should burn in hell. She knows exactly what the plan was.There were more TRAINEE DHS pukes on the ground that day than Secret Service. This was all by design.
Remember, FBI Director Chris Wray pushed the “shattered glass” hoax.
Ukraine. And that Routh loser too.
Any time democrats or RINOs complain about Trump, show them that “FIGHT” photo.
Any democrats willing to take a bullet for what they believe?
Are there any democrats with enough love for America to take what they’ve dished out against President Trump?
Muddle-headed pussies, the lot of them.
On a related note, can anyone point me to any information that tells us about the shooter - Thomas Matthew Crooks, or his family, and especially - his motives?
All I have seen on the internet is nonsense / pap about how he was “bullied at school” and googled information about the JFK shooting.
Otherwise, he seems to have completely disappeared from MSM reporting.
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I would counter that Sarah watched exactly the correct number of times.
May I presume that zero is the correct number?
The info on Maxwell Yearick has similarly vanished. You’d think that guy who was briefly identified as the shooter... and then reported missing by his family... would merit an occasional update article. But... no. Crickets.
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