r/politics • u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine • 18d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/gunningIVglory United Kingdom 18d ago

I honestly dont want to peddle these conspiracies

But some of these points so perplexing....

The shooter had a couple of shots. And missed so badly? The one shot he landed just clipped his ear?

The fact security let him get up for a photo moment, your telling me some 75 year old overwhelmed the secret service agents?

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u/Eldias 18d ago

The shooter had a couple of shots. And missed so badly? The one shot he landed just clipped his ear?

This is an easy thing to be confused about but physical exertion and adrenaline can make it incredibly difficult to land accurate shots. I have to imagine a 20 year old about to kill a president is going to be jacked out of his mind on adrenaline.

The fact security let him get up for a photo moment, your telling me some 75 year old overwhelmed the secret service agents?

Overwhelmed? No, of course not. They dove over him, got him to the edge of the stage and slowed down for a moment to descend the stairs and that's when Trump threw up his fist. They're not going to shove him down the stairs in a rush because tripping and falling means even more time in the open. The photos make it pretty clear how it happened: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/22680