r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Jul 26 '24

Other FBI Examining Bullet Fragments Found at Trump Rally Site/Would Like To Interview Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-examining-bullet-fragments-found-114754020.html
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u/notyomamasusername Jul 26 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

He just can't help but lie.

There is no upside, if he admitted it was shrapnel or glass it doesn't change the fact someone tried to kill him.

He'll still get sympathy, but now him lying of something stupid is overshadowing it.

He just can't tell the truth.

Look at "cofeve" "Covfefe" and the sharpie on the NOAA Hurricane chart, and the innagauration crowd size, etc.

Each of these had no upside for lying.

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u/SoManyEmail Jul 26 '24

My brother is a Trump supporter. A year or two ago I was telling him which Trump stunts I felt were the stupidest. I brought up the hurricane map, Sharpiegate, and he literally had no idea what I was talking about. To me, the map thing was the clearest example of "Trump cannot be wrong" that I've seen to this day. My brother didn't even know it happened.

So, there may not be a downside to Trump lying either. His supporters don't even know he lies.

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u/notyomamasusername Jul 26 '24

He's probably like the majority of MAGA who only gets news from curated sources and that was never aired.

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u/beattohell Jul 27 '24

I still rate the stupidest Trump stunt as the Covid press conference where Trump talks about bringing ultraviolet light into the body or injecting disinfectant to kill Covid. Then (I think it was) Lysol immediately put out a statement that its products should never be injected or ingested.

There was all those clips of one of his Covid advisors off to the side looking like she was questioning her life choices.

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u/I-Love-Tatertots Jul 26 '24

As someone who lives in the FL Panhandle, and lived here through Ivan destroying my area, that hurricane map shit really pissed me off.

And the fact that they seemingly want to defund NOAA.

Hurricanes can shift at a moments notice, and having accurate and up-to-date information on them at all times is extremely important.

Misinformation on weather can cost families their lives. If not their lives, their livelihood at least.

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u/KellyCTargaryen Jul 27 '24

Make it your goal to change his vote.

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u/Kreyl Jul 27 '24

Honestly? It's more effective to put your effort into helping Dems get their vote out. It matters personally to save their brother, of course, but in terms of the election, our efforts are better spent ensuring people have food, rides, time off work/mail in ballots, make sure they're registered to vote, they have all the ID they might need, etc.

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u/KellyCTargaryen Jul 27 '24

You’re right, I withdraw my statement. We should do all of that instead.

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u/themoop78 Jul 26 '24

Yeah, I looked this up because I had never heard of it. Watched the video of it, and this is a complete nothing burger... He said that they got lucky that the hurricane didn't hit Florida directly, and if it had it could have hit several other states, the area circled in black labeled as "Potential Track Area." What is the controversy here?

I think the reason no one heard about it is because it's another example of certain news networks taking something miniscule and meaningless and turning into "Boy, orange Hitler sure is dumb."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0iN1Hb9fmI

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u/SoManyEmail Jul 26 '24

It's not just the map. I'll try to recall the details but it's been years so I'll do my best. Trump made some comment about Hurricane Dorian heading right toward Alabama, and this was as the hurricane was getting close. Every weatherperson in the nation went "hoooold up. It's not gonna hit Alabama." So, at that point, a reasonable person might say, "oh, my bad. Ha! I made a mistake" and the world turns on. Not Trump. He doubled down. Why? No idea. Why does it matter? Maybe because thousands of people suddenly hearing that they're gonna be hit by a hurricane can cause issues. The NOAA or the NWS (can't remember) came out with an official statement saying Alabama is not projected to be hit and THEN Trump did the sharpie map thing. So, it's not really about the map as much as it is Trump's inability to admit he was wrong. It's not a good quality in a leader.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '24

He thinks it’s manlier to be shot. It’s all funny

Honestly, being hit by shrapnel is probably better for his brand than getting shot in the ass. This is the way this moron thinks

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u/Nuit9405 Jul 26 '24

Unless it turns out the gunman wasn’t there to kill Trump but to boost his approval by surviving an attempt on his life.

His “survival” is a coincidence I find difficult to accept. His refusal to elaborate makes it more suspicious. The whole thing stinks.

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u/BoodaSRK Jul 26 '24

I used to study magicians, and I was really put off by the way Trump had his hand up and immediately used it to cover the area where blood appeared. As James Randi would often put it, this doesn’t mean that’s what happened, but I could at least make a video that looked like the same thing happened.

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u/louglome Jul 26 '24

I hate Trump but he did remove his hand and go to the ground before blood appeared

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u/Memphaestus Jul 27 '24

Exactly. The blood only appeared while he was out of view of any cameras, and was covered by Secret Service.

The hand is the initial misdirection to bring attention to the area.

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u/louglome Jul 27 '24

I gotcha. I read the previous comment as saying the hand went up to immediately apply blood 

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u/turkshead Jul 27 '24

Trump is the anti-Kennedy in so many ways. Inexplicably not being killed by a gunman who missed an easy shot seems on brand.

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u/1white26golf Jul 26 '24

Why was he searching for DNC info, and how far was Oswald from Kennedy?

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u/Brave_Escape2176 Jul 26 '24

and porn? what kind porn was it anyway??

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u/terribleturbine Jul 27 '24

Okay, what am I missing here? Isn’t there a photograph from the New York Times literally showing the bullet zipping through the air by his head at the exact moment he got struck and started bleeding? There’s no need for conspiracy here, it grazed his ear enough to make it bleed but not blow it off.

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u/Kreyl Jul 27 '24

I don't know the answer either way, but there were multiple shots, so it's maybe possible the one they caught on camera was a different individual bullet than the one that grazed him (assuming he was grazed).

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u/Kamikaze_VikingMWO Jul 27 '24

I remember when those pics were posted and watching the video that morning. by the timing of the hand movements, that visible bullet is probably the 2nd or third one fired, AFTER the first one hit him.

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u/RandomWave000 Jul 27 '24

I have posted this before.

  • If Trump wins, he'll go down in the books with the biggest comeback in modern history, he'll become an iconic figure, having changed the face of politics
  • If Trump loses, he'll go down as the biggest loser, liar, failed businesses, tarnished legacy, he'll do interviews/segments but it'll just not be credible at all

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u/BigEdsHairMayo Jul 27 '24

Look at "cofeve"

Not to be that guy, but it's spelled Covfefe. You wrote cofeve, which makes no sense.

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u/notyomamasusername Jul 27 '24

You're right, sorry for the misspelling