The Trump campaign's social media accounts went off the air Saturday after the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) aired a skit about an assassination attempt on former President Trump.
James Austin Johnson played Trump outside in the cold, referencing the first assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and portraying the former president at a rally.
“Where on earth are you all going? Where are you going? It looks like you're leaving, but the door is locked. Come back – we're having fun. Someone cries, 'Bing, bong.' Other than that, we love gatherings. Bing at me, bing, do you know it happened because of the rhetoric of the radical left? They say it's black in the cauldron that I accuse Democrats of inciting violence.” said Johnson.
trump camp Post on social media“Two assassination attempts on President Trump within 7 weeks. @nbcsnl apparently thinks it's funny. Disgusting.”
Former President Trump addresses the press at Trump Tower in New York City on September 26, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
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“SNL” also mentioned the assassination attempt in its “Weekend Update” segment, during which Colin Jost posted footage of President Trump saying, “I started to worry that a bullet had hit me in the ear.” After flushing, he quipped, “I started to worry that a bullet had hit my ear.” At a recent rally, he had a better “body” than President Biden.
Jost then brought up the subject again, referring to a recent interview with former first lady Melania Trump.
“Speaking of which, Melania Trump gave a rare TV interview this week in which she accused Democrats of creating the conditions that led to the assassination attempt on Trump, which is ridiculous. When Democrats want to eliminate a presidential candidate, Get the job done,” Jost said. Said.
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Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July. A bullet grazed the president's ear, and the gunman killed Corey Comperatore, 50, a husband, father, and former chief of the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department. The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, also seriously injured two other rally attendees.
On September 15th, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested for allegedly smashing the muzzle of an AK-47 into a chain-link fence outside where President Trump was golfing in Florida. .
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After being shot by Secret Service agents, Routh fled the golf course and was eventually arrested in neighboring Martin County, according to reports.
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