The Politics Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

Oh, so it was the shooter who was killed?

Apparently shot by Secret Service?

Edited July 14, 2024 by DramatistDreamer

[Maxim]

Reports say that the shooter was neutralized as in eliminated.

[Juliajms2]

Yes, but I think one innocent man was killed and another woman shot in the arm.

[Soapsuds]

@Maxim

How is the reporting of it in your area?

[Maxim]

Any other reaction other than what President Joe Biden and President Obama had... is unacceptable to me.  This type of violence is condemnable and disgusting. No excuse. None.

Biden's reaction proves how noble and emphatetic he is even towards his biggest enemy. I give him huge credit. We should take this as an example.

The same as all the American media. They are reporting that it was an assassination attempt. 

[DramatistDreamer]

Yes, I just saw two critically injured. I have been trying not to focus too much on the chaotic news churn but I can’t help seeing the dripping of details.

The news cycle that usually caters to right-wing interests will ignore the obvious concerns about access to weapons in favor of obsessive coverage with no particular focus on long term solutions to the violence.

[Maxim]

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[janea4old]

 

[Juliajms2]

 I hear that. The first reports are always riddled with misinformation. I can't wait to hear how the SS let some sniper get the high ground, if that's really what happened.

There might be a cursory discussion about gun control, but nothing will come of it. I already see Republicans saying this is why we need more guns. 

[Meredith]

I feel so stunned by this whole thing.  I am at a loss for words. 

[Wendy]

Here's an inconvenient plot twist for all on the right blaming Democrats for the Trump shooting.

Per the Murdoch rag, The New York Post, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter, was a registered Republican per election records.

Oops.

Watch them go silent anytime now.

 

[marceline]

I wondered what it would take to finally get the press to focus on something other than Biden's age. I'd figure it would take a natural disaster but even Houston being in the dark after Hurricane Beryl wasn't enough.

This doesn't exactly bode well for the RNC convention next week.

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[Wendy]

The shooter, from donating to Joe to registered Republican months later. Explained here.

 

[DramatistDreamer]

In an article, it was reported that one of the few people in the bleachers area who knew instinctively to duck (it was bizarre to me that so many people were standing) after hearing the shots was a teacher, which says so much about the state of gun violence in America.

[DRW50]

If it's true they will just lie that he is Antifa (as some are already doing) or keep blaming Biden because it's what will benefit them politically. Nothing is ever their fault. They can cheer when Gabby Giffords is shot or when Paul Pelosi is bludgeoned but clutch their pearls over Trump. If this was the reverse they'd also call it staged instead of offering sympathy. 

Meanwhile, the media, which adores Trump on a personal and professional level and has been pulling out all the stops for him, continue to not care about the very serious danger they are in from him and his supporters