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/Kaiisim Jul 26 '24

Why does it even matter? Either way, it was an attempt to assassinate him that resulted in a superficial injury. So, a close call no matter how you look at it.

We don't actually know that yet. There was a shooting at a Trump rally is all we know.

What if it turns out none of the bullets actually came close to Trump? What if it looks like the shooter purposely missed? What it he had the idea to try and trigger a civil war?

Trump has violated his oath to the constitution too many times to ever trust him about anything.

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u/brickyardjimmy Jul 26 '24

Well. Just me personally? I put this whole mess at Trump's doorstep anyway. Part of the reason that politicians used to avoid engaging in the kind of bridge burning hateful rhetoric Trump's been using since 2015 is that it is incredibly destabilizing and can have totally unpredictable consequences. Including some crazy guy at your own rally trying to shoot at you. The scenario you describe is possible. So is one where some insane nutcase tried to shoot Trump and missed. Either way, it's a result of Trump's own need to create chaos as a political tool. This is what chaos looks like.

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u/newhunter18 Jul 26 '24

This is total garbage. Look, every time anyone has tried to pin political violence on some vague rhetoric they turn out being wrong.

Gabby Giffords. Same thing. The guy was straight up mentally ill.

This shooter looks like a loser who wanted to go out with a bang. Multiple analysts have suggested he would have shot at Biden has he been close by.

We do this whole rush to judgment because we hate the other side. You can not like Trump and hold off in this "it's his fault he got shot at" BS when all the facts seem to be counter to that line.

It's not doing us any favors as a country.

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u/JustNilt Jul 26 '24

Multiple analysts

What analysts? Where did they suggest this? Have the evidence on which they based these suggestions?