Breaking now, Trump shot at rally, reported conscious and alive
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Yeah, according to TD, two dead, including the shooter, who was - based on initial reports (not sure how he was identified so quickly, I'll take it with a grain of salt - antifa.
EDIT: Antifa shit sounds fake. Sniper on the roof is legit, though, it seems. Hundreds of yards, potentially. Basically a headshot (unless it was shrapnel.) At first my thought was lunatic in the crowd with a pistol. Now I'm thinking more botched or unlucky professional job. This may have been legit deep state nonsense.
What is it with people and using guns (which they obviously don't have much experience with) in assassination attempts? Weren't the IRA able to terrify every politician with bombs? Every shooter seems to fail (except for the Japanese guy a few years back).
I don't know, this seemed relatively competent so far. It's much too early to say for sure but, as far as attempted assassinations go, this one was actually pretty well executed. Literally an inch or two and it would have succeeded. Seems to be from a couple hundred yards out at least, too. And Trump did turn his head right as the shot that hit him was fired.
Speaking purely on competence, this was much stronger than our usual fare.
I didn't think about that. This is getting crazier by the minute, I wonder how the media will spin this as more information comes out.