Gunshots reportedly fired at Donald Trump rally - as former president rushed off stage

You ever feel like you live in some sort of Murphy's Law parallel universe, where the worst possible outcome of every major event happens?

Holy shit, he had blood on his ear? If that’s true, he was about a foot away from assassination. That’s wild.

Edit: saw a picture of him and he was def hit in the ear. We won’t hear the end of this for a long time. “Radical democrats are so scared that I’m going to win” etc

Edit 2: let’s do count of “how many push notifications does the news junkie get?” I’m at 3 4 7 so far. Edit: it’s a lot more than 7 but I’m done counting

did the attenders draw their guns and stop the assasin?

This is just going to further guarantee his victory. It's fucking over. This country is done.

Damn this is worst case dude is going to be made a maytr for this bs.

I wonder how Trump's public image will change after this event. Will the MAGA crowd radicalise even more? Or will he have to drop out of the presidential race for safety concerns?

Either way, the aftermath will be interesting.

I love how this is a "heinous act" even though the dipshit in charge of 25 basically said theyd kill the left if they were against them

Worthless asshole just gave him the election.

Grand.

I wonder what the shooter’s politics are.

Liberal: commie assassin

Conservative or other: oh, just mentally ill.

E: shot looked like it came from the left. I wonder if the shooter was outside the rally area at a distance. Anybody else hit?

Maybe having so many guns in this country is a bad thing.

Violence begets violence, and Trump is responsible for no shortage of violence. Is this for the violence of Jan 6, or the violence against the women in his life, or some other time? I want to find out.

Biden's official statement:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/13/statement-from-president-joe-biden-6/

He's in a video conference now.

"I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.

I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.

Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it."

NYT photographer got the photo of the bullet, it seems that TMZ's reporting that it was glass from the teleprompter is not correct:

https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1812293722832318726

Looks like the bullet grazed his ear. He was about to get Kennedy'd.

Ugh. Why can't we just get one win?

When he yells "fight", what does he mean to fight for? Fight against freedom? I wonder the same thing when it comes to Qbert and Empty-G. Fight? What are they fighting for, exactly? More tax cuts for billionaires? More special privileges for xtians?

I was told today that someone we know is going to vote for donnie - because "economy". What. The. Actual. Fuck. They said that the economy was better under donnie. I just can't even. And this is someone that will be a target under fascist rule.

The shooter was a Republican

Has me wondering if this was an attempt to start a race war, like a bunch of past mass shootings, attempts to knock out power by shooting transformers, etc.

There it is again, that funny feeling…

This should seal the deal on Biden dropping out of the race. His odds of winning already weren’t good, and now he’s completely lost control of the popular narrative.

The assassination attempt will be all everyone’s talking about until something extremely big replaces it. The only possible story that can shift people’s focus is Biden’s deeply patriotic decision to sacrifice his second term for the good of the country.

Devise a framework where negative ads are not allowed, and debates are civil and informative to the public. Find the best candidate the old fashioned way.

TMZ is reporting the bullet struck Trump's teleprompter and the shattered glass hit him in the ear.

https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-rally-president-election/

CNN is confirming gunfire.

Edit CNN is quoting local authorities confirming the shooter + 1 attendee are both dead.

2nd attendee severely injured.

Turns out, calling out for violence over and over again or continuously calling for the blood of your opponents, threatening with imprisonment and a literal dictatorship, will be answered with violence. I am sooooooo shocked!

Get fucked. Hope the next marksman is luckier.

Can we all just calm down. Things are getting too crazy. Violence is not the way to go.

I'm eager to hear the motivations of the shooter. It's possible their motivations are highly irrational, and not what we assume.

Dammit! So close!

MSNBC is reporting the shooter is a 20 year old Pennsylvanian.

They are also reporting he had no ID on him.

If he had no ID, how do they know he was from Pennsylvania?

All the mass casualty events we have to suffer and here we have a psychopath who can't aim. Such a shame.

He got shot and he says "let me get my shoes" wtf? Didn't he notice that somebody (supposedly) wanted him dead?

Tip of the hat to the US Secret Service who know they have to take a bullet for that moron.

Trump's statement on Truth Social:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

"I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

Video clip: https://x.com/Acyn/status/1812249329203286464

Maybe he was an early adopter of the Neuralink chip.

BBC has a guy saying they saw the shooter on the roof of a house nearby: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3Af88c1daf-9e5f-4329-b540-8766997ff778#post

Seal Team 6 sucks.

New York Post is the first to identify the shooter. Not linking it here because, well, New York Post... but it is being floated out there on non-social media.

Edit CNN is speaking to Evan Perez, Senior US Justice Department Correspondant, confirming the information first reported by the New York Post.

Also on Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-identifies-thomas-matthew-crooks-subject-involved-trump-rally-shooting-2024-07-14

NBC:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-shooter-identified-rcna161757

Pinning for visibility, there was another thread I had pinned, then I saw this one was first and has more engagement.

Watching the coverage right now, as the (shots?) rang out, he grabbed his right ear just before the Secret Service took him down and hustled him off.

Official statement:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735

"An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available."

Audio reads "shooter is down" and there are reports of someone in custody.

Edit Definitely blood on his right ear. Just got a better look at it, top of his right ear.

Edit TMZ reports the bullet hit the teleprompter and the shattered glass hit Trump in the ear.

https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-rally-president-election/

They get the fucker?

Tecumseh’s curse is coming back.

It stumbled in 1980, as Reagan was shot, but survived. George W Bush wasn’t affected. Now Trump has been shot, but survived.

It’s gonna kill whoever is president in 2040.

Are we placing bets on this being entirely staged?

Edit: Clearly, given the evidence now, that's a bet I would have lost.

I'm so scared of its global consequences.

Reminds me of the George Wallace shooting

aah oldest trick in the book, unfortunately also wildly effective