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Posted on 07/14/2024 4:53:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“All of us need to renounce language and acts of violence, especially against Black people, especially against Palestinians, especially against Muslims, Jews and anybody else," Cornel West told theGrio.
Political leaders quickly condemned what is being investigated as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
President Joe Biden said, “There is no place for this type of violence in America,” and was “grateful” Donald Trump, who appeared to be shot or grazed on the ear, “is safe and doing well.” The presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee declared, “Everybody must condemn it.” The White House confirmed that President Biden spoke with his 2024 election opponent by phone on Saturday night.
Vice President Kamala Harris similarly said in a statement, “Violence such as this has no place in our nation. We must all condemn this abhorrent act and do our part to ensure that it does not lead to more violence.”
TheGrio spoke with Independent presidential candidate Cornel West, who was in Las Vegas at the time of the incident for the Freedom Fest. He told theGrio, “I am a Christian. I am praying for the brother and his family.”
West added, “All of us need to renounce language and acts of violence, especially against Black people, especially against Palestinians, especially against Muslims, Jews and anybody else.”
Former President Barack Obama said that “although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics.”
The shooting incident, which resulted in the death of the alleged shooter and a rally attendee, and the injury of two others, raises concerns about the security of presidential candidates and their associates.
A former top-ranking Secret Service official told theGrio that security at the White House would “absolutely” be “enhanced” in the wake of the shooting incident involving Trump in the city of Butler.
Armstrong Williams, a Republican strategist and close associate of former Trump administration official Ben Carson, told theGrio, “It is amazing he [the shooter] got that close to the perimeter.”
The Secret Service candidate protective detail is expected to step up security support for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. However, as of Saturday evening, the Secret Service had not reached out to West to step up his security. The activist thought leader and presidential candidate told theGrio, “I will be alright. I have the Holy Ghost and some friends. You know what I mean?”
On Tuesday, President Biden will travel to Las Vegas for the NAACP National Convention. Leon W. Russell, the chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors, told theGrio, “We will have the full range of local police, Secret Service, and our internal security” for Biden’s convention speech next week.
Many questions are swirling in the midst of the alleged Trump assassination attempt where a former Secret Service agent anonymously told theGrio, “The question [is] how did a gun get in that close to a protectee?” They added, “Someone will be fired!”
Like other former presidents, President Trump has a Secret Service protective detail. A second former Secret Service official who did not wish to be identified told theGrio that Trump has a Secret Service presence similar to President Biden’s.
Typically, entering a space where a president, vice president, or presidential candidate is present is not easy. Security searches are in place, including the use of magnetometers. At the White House, the magnetometers are accompanied by other detection devices, including organic detectors for deadly compounds.
A great concern swirls in the midst of this horrific moment as it is campaign season for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The Republican National Convention is being held in Milwaukee beginning on Monday, and the Democratic National Convention is slated for August in Chicago. Security is being stepped up in the wake of Saturday’s shooting.
The Biden administration announced on Saturday night that President Biden would return to the White House instead of travels on the campaign trail. In response to the shooting, his campaign said it would pause all “outbound communications” and is “working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible.”
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LOL! Says Cornell West, one of the strongest academic voices for racism against Caucasians and Jews in recent memory.
Ha.
On the back burner now. Maybe they’ll squeeze in some time fighting terrorists arriving from the southern border.
Boy some shady characters post articles here.
We need some vetting.
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Hope all is well.
Definitely.
Welcome back ;-)
8 of 9 black senate or house members voted for less secret service protection. That tells me a lot of what I need to know. They are reprehensible.
The “alleged assassination attempt
That’s a real crock!
Apparently, “language and acts of violence” against conservatives and whites is ok.
TY :)
Like many patriots who had drifted...yesterday’s events brought me right back to the thick of things.
Hope you are well :)
I’ve heard that our political system is more like 6 or 7 parties vying for power, only loosely held together in the form of two major parties. Something like that should be obvious, given the infighting within both parties. What if there are forces intent on allowing Trump to take office, to take the fall for an inevitable crisis that is expected to be no less spectacular than the crash of ‘29. What if Trump is being set up to be the next Herbert Hoover? What if the grand scheme is to exploit a crisis government mismanagement naturally created in order to cement ‘Rat power for the following 20 years, and in doing so, fundamentally changing the fabric of power within our country? It’s just speculation, but it’s the worst of the worst outcomes, and seemingly plausible, that it isn’t a grand conspiracy but rather more resembling of a political chess move. Never let a crisis go to waste. We seem to be due a good one.
Understandable! FR ... where news happens, fast.
Doing well, thanks.
Hope you are, too.
“...especially against Palestinians...”
...and there it is. Can’t have media attention pulled away from the so-called “genocide” against Palestinians, now, can we?
Why do I have a sick feeling in my stomach that a “right wing nut” is now going to try to take out Biden? Of course, this person will not be right wing or a Trump voter, but they will make him out to be...
Where you been lately?
[[Has any party ever had such a miserable 3 weeks?]]
The left have courted the evil one- doing his bidding, either consciously or subconsciously- and eventually, all that evil catches up with and results in times like the past 3 weeks for the dems
Finishing the 3,000 gallons of JD I bought after biden stole the election.
Only have a few gallons left :)
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