Van Jones says ‘Democrats dodged a bullet’ after Trump’s RNC speech
CNN commentator and former Obama administration official Van Jones quipped after former President Trump finished his lengthy acceptance speech on Thursday night that Democrats had “averted a crisis.” Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination on Saturday after surviving an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. His 92-minute speech at the Republican National Convention […]
How a would-be assassin’s bullet may have changed Trump, if not the race
MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention was supposed to mark the transformation of Donald Trump from presumptive GOP nominee to official standard-bearer of the party. But it turned out the real transformation took place 48 hours before the convention began, in a field in rural Pennsylvania, when Trump narrowly escaped an assassin’s attempt to blow […]
Pair of MSNBC hosts agree if Biden beats COVID, it should ‘convey exactly the same thing’ as Trump beating assassin’s bullet
MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Jen Psaki agreed that if Democratic President Joe Biden recovers from COVID-19, he should “send the exact same message” as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who survived Saturday’s assassination attempt and “will bounce back quickly and head straight to his party’s convention.” Reid and Psaki took the stage Wednesday night […]
A Bullet Couldn’t Stop Trump, a Virus Just Stopped Biden
Shortly after President Joe Biden announced he had COVID-19 on Wednesday, CNN political commentator Van Jones compared Biden’s illness to the situation former President Donald Trump faced following the assassination attempt. Jones told his colleagues that while a bullet wouldn’t stop the 45th president, a virus could stop his successor. He also pointed to the […]
‘Democrats Are Coming Apart’: Van Jones Notes That COVID Has ‘Stopped’ Biden, While A ‘Bullet Couldn’t Stop Trump’
CNN’s Van Jones noted Wednesday night that President Joe Biden was “stopped” by COVID-19, while former President Donald Trump couldn’t be stopped by a “bullet,” portraying the Democratic Party as “unraveling.” During CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the panel discussed the growing pressure Biden is facing as lawmakers continue […]
Van Jones: ‘A bullet couldn’t stop Trump, a virus just stopped Biden’
Democratic strategist Van Jones called Wednesday a “terrible day” for Democrats following President Biden’s COVID-19 diagnosis, arguing that Biden’s response contrasts with that of former President Trump, who faced an assassination attempt on Saturday. “This is a terrible day. If you take a step back and look at this, you see the strengths and the […]
Lincoln ‘Put a Bullet in Trump’ Project Still Comparing Trump to Hitler
The far-left Lincoln Project, whose co-founder has openly called for “putting a bullet in Donald Trump’s mouth”, still seeks to assassinate the former president, likening him to Adolf Hitler. Three days after an assassin fired eight bullets at Trump, including one that damaged his ear, the Lincoln Project issued this assassination dog whistle: Hitler’s power […]
Photographer behind iconic photo of bullet whizzing past Trump’s head shares how he captured the image
New York Times photographer Doug Mills Iconic image He filmed a bullet passing by him at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, grazing former President Trump’s ear. With the moment still in the spotlight as the Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday, Mills gave an interview to Fox News recounting her experience of […]
NY Times photojournalist Doug Mills recalls capturing ‘1 in a million’ image of bullet whizzing by Trump at Pa. rally
The photographer who took the “one in a million” image of a bullet grazing the side of Donald Trump’s head was using a camera shooting 30 frames per second when gunfire erupted at the former president’s rally in Pennsylvania. New York Times photojournalist Doug Mills said Monday he didn’t realize he’d taken a historic photograph […]
Bandaged Trump defiantly appears at RNC 2024 just days after dodging assassin’s bullet
MILWAUKEE — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared at the Republican National Convention on Monday, two days after being hit by a sniper’s bullet and left bloody. The 78-year-old former president appeared at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with most of his right ear bandaged. Just days after the assassination attempt, a bandaged Trump appeared […]