‘They’ didn’t shoot Donald Trump

The Washington Post ^ | July 16, 2024 | Philip Bump

[E. Pluribus Unum]

On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Crooks, 20, climbed onto the roof of a building in Butler, Pa., carrying an AR-style rifle purchased by his father more than a decade ago and loaded with ammunition Crooks bought that morning. People in the audience spotted him and pointed him out to law enforcement, but Crooks managed to open fire at former president Donald Trump before he could be apprehended. He was killed shortly afterward by a Secret Service sniper.

It’s not clear why Crooks did what he did. He was a registered Republican but appears to have made a small donation to an organization ostensibly focused on turning out left-leaning voters. His classmates identified him as politically conservative; neighbors reported seeing Trump signs outside his family’s house.

We can’t draw many conclusions from this collection of facts. Perhaps we will be able to do so once more information comes in. But we can say two things with certainty: There is no evidence that Crooks shot at Trump because he had been influenced by anti-Trump political rhetoric, and there is no evidence that Crooks was literally or figuratively part of a collective effort to sideline or kill the former president.

It’s important to point this out explicitly because, in the days since the attack, allies of Trump have repeatedly suggested both that Democratic rhetoric is to blame or that the shooting was done by some nebulously defined “they” — a group that is generally meant to include Trump’s political opponents.

Speaking to Fox News host Laura Ingraham from the Republican National Convention on Monday night, Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) suggested that the shooting was a continuation of a pattern of hostility to the former president.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Washington Post is a specious news source. Every word it publishes is either a lie or projection. Article presented for entertainment purposes only.

[kiryandil]

Philip Bump is a lying DNC stooge.

[John Robinson]

Gaslighting at it’s finest.

[Dilbert San Diego]

It’s funny how supposedly there will be a complete investigation of this, yet the FBI already announced that the shooter acted alone.

[BenLurkin]

There is no evidence that Crooks shot at Trump because he had been influenced by anti-Trump political rhetoric

Really? Because Joe Biden's statement implied that it was.

[DeplorablePaul]

Bump might have well climbed up on that roof and pulled the trigger himself. Every Democrat is a Crooks.

[kiryandil]

Philip Bump doesn’t understand why the “registered Republican” did what he did.

Of course, it was kind of hard for old Philip to find this video of Crooks freaking out on a video on Rumble where Crooks ran across what looked like a Republican student organization desk at some college campus.

Crooks was more than a few Loops short of a full Fruit.

https://rumble.com/v56yt2p-video-of-thomas-matthew-crooks-meltdown-and-yelling-he-wants-to-slit-republ.html

[chalkfarmer]

Definitely a second shooter.

[NohSpinZone]

This is nonsense prima facie. So a Trump-supporting, politically conservative guy shoots at the president he supposedly supports...why???

[LuxAerterna]

Philip Bump is one loathsome piece of work, even by the already threadbare standards of the Washington Post.

[blackdog]

"They" didn't land on the moon, either.

Logic trail for leftists.

[MNJohnnie]

Both parents are registered Democrats

Straight up lie by the WP. Pure DNC propaganda spin to push the Democrat party narrative. If the parents were actual Republican that would of been non stop broadcasts starting Saturday night.

Notice the almost total absence of real details on the shooter compared to the almost immediate background stores about the non Leftist political violence or mass shooting.

All the noise your hearing in the Junk Media so far are these vague sob stories about “oh he was bullied” and “the parents are shattered”

Why is that?

[Liz]

Democrats introduced Bill To Strip Trump’s Secret Service Protection
Biden tells donors: “Its time to put Trump in the Bullseye”
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle focuses on “diversity hires”
NY Times’ John McWhorter declares “it’s a good thing” if somebody assassinated Trump
Cong Dan Goldman said “Trump must be eliminated”
Singer Bette Midler Suggested Biden’s FBI Use Deadly Force
The Federalist ^ | 7/13/2024 | MONROE HARLESS
FR Posted on 7/14/2024, 1:08:44 AM by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Democrat Bennie Thompson, ranking member, House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the absurdly named “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act (HR 8081)” on April 19, 2024.

Democrat co-sponsors include Reps:
<><>Yvette D. Clarke,
<><>Troy A. Carter Sr.,
<><>Frederica Wilson,
<><>Bonnie Watson Coleman,
<><>Jasmine Crockett,
<><>Joyce Beatty,
<><>Barbara Lee,
<><>Steve Cohen.

Question: who put these Democraps up to facilitating a Trump assassination?

cont

[blackdog]

Check everyone’s shoes. In the 60’s they were lace up Oxford, black. Today they are Docksides with khaki pants, Poland shirt, and Rayban Sunglasses.

[blackdog]

(Polo Shirt, not Poland )

[princeofdarkness]

“His classmates identified him as politically conservative; neighbors reported seeing Trump signs outside his family’s house.”

With parents being in professional counseling not bloody likely.

[G Larry]

The White House, the entire DNC, and MSM have demonized Trump as a threat to this nation because they're incapable of addressing policy differences, which "they" are on the wrong side of, in every instance.

It is that demonization which dehumanizes Trump and casts him as a threat to be addressed.

[Liz]

cont----Cong Bennie Thompson
<>headed the infamous Jan. 6th Commission
<>crafted the bill w/ nine co-sponsors to strip Trump of S/S detail.
<>was a black separatist early on (his resume enhancer?)

Thompson aide and field director, tax paid “civil rights” activist,
Jacqueline Marsaw tweeted she wished the assassin had “better aim.”

Call Congress: (202) 224-3121 U.S. House switchboard operator.

Message: Subpoena these lawmakers. Taxpayers demand to know who organized this heinous assault on democracy-——exposing candidates to harm and assassination——and the number of tax dollars and tax-subsidized aides and office supplies that were used in th

[Shady]

Obviously, the WaPo was instructed to bloviate to obscure the FACT that this was an inside job. You cannot look at the facts and not accurately deduce this.

[blueunicorn6]

A member of the propaganda arm of The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate follows Rule #1 from their criminal masters.

Rule #1 - Always Protect The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate

Anyone who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart, mind and soul.