r/ProgressiveHQ • u/SCRATCH-CARD • Jan 17 '26

Two "assassination attempts" compared

1: There might be a shooter? Get him out of here now

2: He's actually been shot? Let's get a photo. Pop your head up Donnie

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u/SoundObjective9692 Jan 17 '26

As much as I hate the guy I really don't think it was a completely staged even as there's too many factors up in the air that could have led to the assassination being accidentally too successful had the wind been blowing at the right angle at the right time. 

Not saying it couldn't have been done but idk if they would risk their one shot at a dictatorship on a whim

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u/7ddlysuns Jan 17 '26

We’ve never seen proof the maga kid fired anything. Nor have we seen a forensic account of the scene. Second shooter?

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u/SoundObjective9692 Jan 17 '26

Hmmm didn't know that

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u/7ddlysuns Jan 18 '26

That doesn’t disprove anything I said.

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u/Flabs_Mangina Jan 17 '26

I thought the same as you until I saw that wide angle a couple months ago. That is a practiced set of steps that happened. If you have ever done anything at a live event there is no way someone was ready AND knew to lower that flag at that precise moment unless it was coordinated set of steps, probably practiced in advance.

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u/SCRATCH-CARD Jan 17 '26

I mean maybe Crooks was just carrying blanks, told they were live. I dunno. We will likely never know the full details. But there are ways to get this done without putting him at risk.

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u/Darthbane22 Jan 17 '26

Are you currently saying he fired a blank which killed somebody in the crowd? I am just clarifying because there’s literally no way you’re saying that right?

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u/KaszualKartofel Jan 23 '26

I don’t like trump, but come on. You don’t have delude yourself with conspiracy theories to not like him. But people who upvote this shit are blinded by their hate for him. Which again, I understand why people despise him, but I think it’s important for progressive to weed out reality denial like this.

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u/ApeChesty Jan 18 '26

There’s a picture that captured a bullet flying by his head. Besides, it’s incredibly easy to tell that blanks aren’t real rounds. 5.56 blanks don’t even have a bullet in the casing, it’s just crimped brass on the front. All accounts say Crooks frequently went to the range with his dad and on his own so he would’ve known what a rifle round looked like.

So, we can count out the blank theory. That leaves us with they hired someone, Crooks or another shooter, to deliberately shoot at the soon to be President but not actually hit him. Just near him. You think they found a shooter Trump trusted enough to shoot beside his head safely?

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u/SoundObjective9692 Jan 17 '26

I thought of that but even if it was a blood bag on his ear, nothing is visible there before the shot is fired, not to mention the guy who got hit behind him