Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The incident occurred just after 6:10 pm while Trump was speaking.
Here are the details from the “official” story: The gunman was Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He used an AR-15 rifle and managed to get to the roof of a nearby building undetected. According to the “facts,” a Secret Service response team responded quickly, killing Crooks and preventing further damage.
How can the media condemn Trump’s comments when Democrats and the media are constantly calling him literally worse than Hitler?
But did that really happen? So far, official statements have said so, but it doesn’t make sense to call this just a security lapse by the Secret Service. There are some obvious questions that need to be answered:
If Trump had been killed on Saturday, we would be in civil war by now. We would have seen the president’s brains splattered on live television for the first time, and given the details, it’s hard to imagine this not being seen as JFK 2.0.
How could someone sneak a rifle into a rally? How could they know that building was even there? How could Thomas Matthew Crookes be walking around in front of the metal detectors and acting strange and no one noticed? They all tried to follow him, but alas, he got away.
How could that boy have thought that the highest point in the venue was not under surveillance? If I were Crooks, my first thought would be, “There are definitely Secret Service there, don’t go near there with a rifle.” Why was no one there? Why was no one under surveillance? Only the shooter would have decided that the highest point with the best view of the rally was the most vulnerable point for Trump’s security.
Plus, there just so happened to be a convenient ladder there. Are we supposed to believe that no one could catch him – not the Secret Service, not the drones, not the equipment he paid millions for? How did he get a ladder there? If there was a ladder, was it there all the time? Why was it there? The Secret Service welds manhole covers shut when the President drives down the road. If there was a ladder there to get to the highest point of the venue, why didn’t the Secret Service just take it?
There are numerous videos of witnesses screaming that a man with a rifle was climbing a ladder onto the roof at least 120 seconds before the first shot. Why were the police searching but not the Secret Service? Why did the shooter aim at him for over a minute before firing? Why did the officer climb the ladder to look around? When Thomas Matthew Cooks pointed his gun at the officer, the officer ducked and climbed down the ladder? Did he call someone to warn them that this young man had a rifle within range of the President?
How could the Secret Service have a female bodyguard who couldn’t even reach Trump’s nipples? How could she protect the president with her body? How could another female Secret Service agent pull out her gun 4 minutes later and look around not knowing what to do? She was a Melissa McCarthy double and couldn’t even put her pistol back in its holster. I don’t think having Melissa McCarthy guard the president is a good idea.
Here are the key questions: Who is entrusting the FBI with the shooter’s computer? Will the shooter’s hard drive be turned over with the Nashville manifesto? Why did the Secret Service barely have snipers on hand, only to decide to do so one day before the rally when all local resources would be focused on Jill Biden? Of course I want Jill Biden to be safe. I want her to have the security that a First Lady should have, but can’t they just hire a few extra people to ensure the candidate’s security?
Why do we have Kimberly Cheatle, the Director of the Secret Service, who has literally guarded two liters of Squirts and Spicy Doritos? Did you know that’s what she’s got? She’s the head of the US Secret Service and was previously the head of security for Pepsi.
This is a game and that’s what makes this so cringey. This is a joke. There are people in our country who are willing to post lamenting the shooter’s incompetence. “How did he miss that bullet?” Do you see how close we were to being the next JFK? If the president hadn’t turned his head at that exact moment, the bullet would have gone right through his head and our country would not be the same today.
Now, Joe Biden also said we shouldn’t speculate about the shooter’s motives. Well, I guess we can guess one thing: He wanted to kill the Republican presidential candidate. Would we agree with you on that at least? Is that the extent of our speculation?
How can the media even think of condemning Trump’s words when Democrats and the media are constantly calling him literally worse than Hitler?
These questions need to be answered if we want to know the truth behind what may be one of the most momentous days in American history. However, the FBI has control over all sources that could point to the truth. An independent investigation is needed to get to the bottom of these apparent “mistakes.”
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