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How AP Photographer Evan Vucci Took the Defining Image of Donald Trump’s Assassination Attempt
Euronews ^ | 15/07/2024

Posted on 07/17/2024 8:53:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Throughout history, certain photographs, such as Nick Ut's "Napalm Girl", have etched themselves forever into the public psyche. A recent photograph of Donald Trump is poised to join this club.

Blood streaks his face. The American flag looms in the background. His fist raised in defiance.

The photograph of Donald Trump taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci in the aftermath of an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on 14 July is gathering iconic status. To coin a phrase, the photo is "one for the history books", a defining symbol of an era plagued by political crisis, violence and upheaval in America. While there is no shortage of video footage of the horrific incident, it is this single image that will be etched into our collective memory. A reminder of the timeless power of photography. “Without question, Evan’s photo will become the definitive photo from the (assassination) attempt,” said Patrick Witty, a former photo editor at TIME, the New York Times and National Geographic.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: assassination; assassinationattempt; bloodyearandfist; evanvucci; failedassassination; fightfightfight; iwojima2; photography; trump; warriorpresident
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To: Theophilus

“All Americans love a winner and cannot tolerate a loser!’’. General George S. Patton Jr.


41 posted on 07/18/2024 12:58:43 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

The most gifted American author, evah.


42 posted on 07/18/2024 1:13:42 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: CAluvdubya

SS lady looks like she is hiding under the President’s right arm pit.


43 posted on 07/18/2024 2:51:23 AM PDT by cambyses
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To: nickcarraway
Soory, all the search engines have supressed all photos of Trump waving his fist on that fateful day.

I did a search for “trump assassination iconic picture” on yahoo, google and duck-duck-go. I got back cero, ziltch, nada. It's gone.

44 posted on 07/18/2024 2:59:32 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: frank ballenger
People who preach violence, who revel in its political potential, can now say that one of their own is a victim, and he was. From that, more cycles of violence are almost inevitable.

Only a twisted mentally ill person would think like that.

45 posted on 07/18/2024 3:04:31 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

try trump fist photo


46 posted on 07/18/2024 3:35:13 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009
try trump fist photo

Just tried on yahoo. Not there. It has been scrubbed. GONE- Get it??

47 posted on 07/18/2024 3:38:18 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

who uses yahoo? google it


48 posted on 07/18/2024 3:50:37 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

you seem to be stuck in 1995

:)


49 posted on 07/18/2024 3:52:38 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: DoodleBob

bookmark


50 posted on 07/18/2024 3:56:05 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: TexasFreeper2009; All
If you search for that image online here is the score:

  1. Google - It is still there (barely, most likely scrubbed by the end of the week)
  2. Yahoo - Gone.
  3. DuckDuckGo - Gone. ( This surprises me a lot )
  4. Bing - Gone. ( Also a surprise )

The "powers that be" want that image stricken....

51 posted on 07/18/2024 3:58:11 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Cold Heart

I saw that yesterday...the weirdest thing...with those little kids!

But, somehow funny!


52 posted on 07/18/2024 3:59:17 AM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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To: poconopundit

You bet, Poconopundit! Nice hearing from you...:)

My state is lost, but I keep the candle lit for The United States of America!


53 posted on 07/18/2024 4:09:55 AM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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To: frank ballenger

You can’t find the picture on google or duck

Scrubed


54 posted on 07/18/2024 5:26:17 AM PDT by stockpirate (A group of baboons is referred to as a "Congress" of baboons.)
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To: rlmorel

Trump hand raised would be the outstretched arm of Ira Hayes.


55 posted on 07/18/2024 5:29:37 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware

The agent looks like a turd laying at the bottom of a hill.


56 posted on 07/18/2024 5:32:59 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: nickcarraway

This has to be awkward for the far-left AP (Always Progressive).


57 posted on 07/18/2024 5:34:46 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: nickcarraway

“The American flag looms”

Writer be arsehole.


58 posted on 07/18/2024 5:55:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: mware

There is indeed a strange symmetry to the two images isn’t there? The flag, the “leaning” to the right, the body of the female SS agent pushed against him, the item that looks like a pole cutting diagonally from left to right. Very interesting.

What is odd is trying to look for that picture today using the search “trump fight fight fight assassination picture”, “trump assassination picture”, “trump raising fist assassination” or even “trump assassination” and it does not come up anywhere.

Anywhere.

I think that is one of the most powerful and significant photographic images taken in the history of this country, and I can’t find the image. I use Duck-Duck-Go, but I did find it on Google. Puzzling.

Am I wrong to think that the Left (via Big Tech) is actively suppressing that powerful image because it is so beneficial to Trump, and so damning in comparison for the Leftists from the Deep State to the Democrat Party? I could be, and the explanation could simply be some kind of copyright thing where Google CAN display the image due to copyright but Duck Duck Go cannot.

But I find it curious nonetheless.


59 posted on 07/18/2024 6:19:09 AM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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To: rlmorel

https://time.com/6998527/trump-shooting-attempted-assassination-photos-journalism/

its on the cover of Time Magazine if you need it.


60 posted on 07/18/2024 10:47:51 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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