J. D. Vance: To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can't fix America's growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh. read more
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Sen. J.D. Vance, whom Donald Trump named as his vice presidential running mate Monday, told a group of influential young conservatives in a closed-door speech in 2021 that they should stand up for "nonconventional people" who speak truth, such as Infowars founder Alex Jones.
Harry Litman: To analyze the case in terms of the nuances of the special counsel law or Cannon's disregard of United States vs. Nixon is to miss what's in front of one's face. It's more useful and illuminating to think of the dismissal as the first court decision of Project 2025, in which the rule of law takes an unabashed back seat to the preeminent principle of loyalty to Trump. read more
Sorry JD there is no they. And the kid who shot at Trump would have just as easily shot at Biden if he'd been in the area and the opportunity presented itself:
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
"They literally shot him!" -- JD Vance (who is "they"?)
Oh, and btw, no one believes Trump was shot. Mostly likely his ear was nicked by flying debris:
UPDATE 4:50 p.m. Sundaywww.yahoo.com
11 Investigates has learned that four Pittsburgh police officers assigned to the former president's motorcade yesterday suffered minor injuries during the shooting.
The four motorcycle officers were part of Donald Trump's escort to and from the rally in Butler.
Sources tell Chief Investigator Rick Earle the officers were just feet away from Trump when shots rang out. The four officers suffered minor injuries from flying debris caused by the bullets.
Sources say the officers were hit with either plastic or metal fragments when the bullets struck objects nearby.
They were treated at the scene. They were okay to escort Trump back to the airport in Pittsburgh last night after he was treated at Butler Memorial Hospital.
MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
"Channel 4 News can reveal that Thomas Crooks's, [the shooter's] father, the owner of the rifle that was used to shoot at Donald Trump, was held on a database and profiled by the former president's election campaign and identified by them as a strong Republican supporter, gun owner and hunter. The information was compiled as part of a secret Republican project to gather data on millions of gun owners across America and use it to target pro-gun messages in the run up to the 2016 election...We know they profiled them using secret computer models to identify likely gun owners and enthusiasts, and Mr. Crooks scored very highly, 0.99 out of 1 for being a gun owner and 0.95 out of one 1 being a hunter. In fact, out of more than 19,000 people in Bethel Park who were profiled, Mr. Crooks was in the top 20 and the database classified him as a strong GOP or Republican voter."
FULL ARTICLE AND VIDEO: channel4.com
Lots of people on Twitter posting pictures of an AR-15 bullet and calling BS on the claim that Donnie was shot in the ear:
Just For Fun
@resistance_ms
It's been a couple of days now, r there any up close pics of Donald's ear. Seems like an AR-15 bullet would leave a pretty nasty mark. A gun/bullet that powerful would have blown his ear off & damaged the cheek, not to mention, could also have caused a concussion.
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WTFGOP
@DogginTrump
This is an AR-15 bullet. If that ------------ got hit in the ear with this, he'd have to put more than Kotex on his ear
It was glass or the worst Halloween blood money can buy
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WeirderIsGood
@WeirderIsGood
The bullet was never near his head. In case you or other people have never seen AR-15 bullets, this is what they are. What are the chances of one of these "grazing" any part of the body? If he was "grazed" by one of these bullets he would be missing half or all of his ear.
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