Trump Assassination Attempt(s)

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Ronald Reagan's daughter has revealed how her family changed following the assassination attempt of the 40th president of the United States- just days after former President Donald Trump was nearly killed.

Patti Davis, 71, detailed the traumatic day John W. Hinckley Jr. shot her father, then 70, as he was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981.

Although Reagan survived the attempt on his life, Davis said that the event has forever changed her family.

'Having a loved one shot changes you, regardless of whether that loved one is famous. It unravels you in the first horrible, chaotic moments, and it rearranges you in the days and years afterward,' she wrote.


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Patti Davis, 71, explained how the day her father was nearly killed on March 30, 1981, has changed her family forever. (Pictured: Ronald Reagan being protected by Secret Service agents during the shooting)

Reagan was saved by his lead Secret Service agent, Tim McCarthy, who took a bullet for him, and medical staff at George Washington University Hospital.

'My father believed that God spared him for a very specific reason, to end the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to try to reach some kind of agreement on nuclear weapons,' Davis wrote.

Davis wrote directly to Trump's family, explaining that she understands the shock they must be feeling in the days after the horrific incident.

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Ronald Reagan's daughter on how assassination attempt changed him

Former President Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, 71, detailed the trauma left on her family from the the March 1981 assassination attempt on her father.
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Halph66 said:
How about extension ladders?
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RockyTop85 said:
Also weird that nobody with a IQ higher than cooked ramen thinks that the rooftop should have been neglected, but dude seemingly knew he could get up there with a rifle.
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RockyTop85 said:
Still think it’s weird that the shooter made it there with a gun. Even if I wanted to shoot a president or former president, I’d assume I’d be arrested before I got within a half mile with a gun. So did he just say YOLO and go traipsing around a trump rally with a rifle and just happen upon an unguarded rooftop access? That seems unlikely. Betting the owner of said property is about to get an FBI colon cleanse.
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Have not seen anything reliable saying that he used a ladder, but this still pretty much sums up my thoughts re: the fact that he made it that far.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
What did she say that was untrue? Take out the part about the Dem party attempting to assassinate the president (which is unfounded, obviously) the rest is the party platform.
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Lmao, if you’re saying with a straight face that “GOOD vs EVIL” and “the party of pedophiles” and “civil war” blah blah blah doesn’t count as ratcheting up political rhetoric because it’s all just “true,” no wonder you only blame one side

 
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WRT to immediate bad reactions (e.g. sorry it missed, aim better, etc.) I won't judge too harshly as it was a mind-bending, traumatic event and people lash out. For those (like Jack Black) the best option would be to acknowledge that and apologize.

The people I won't abide are those that days after the event still hold these views who ever they are.
 
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“Trump is a threat to democracy” = OMG you are responsible for all political violence from either side *pearl-clutching intensifies*

“EVIL party of pedophiles coming to sexually assault your children and help men rape your daughters in public bathrooms” = ‘nothing to see here, just truth’

Lmfao
 
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Orangeburst said:
A ladder is about the only way to get up on those corrugated metal buildings. Guess he could of climbed an AC unit.
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I remember there being a photo of a ladder leaning up against the building the shooter was on top of. This was during all the network coverage on Saturday when it was shown. Pretty grainy photo and they may have retracted that statement. Idk.
 
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tntar heel said:
Once a threat is recognized the SS should not move the principal off the stage. Trump should be moved to the closest secure position and be placed in a protective posture (to the platform of the stage and covered by the agents). Once the visible threat is eliminated a CAT (SWAT) will come out to scan for further threats and once they give the ok then you move to the vehicles. The agents have to anticipate multiple threats. You do not risk that the 1st sniper is a decoy and lead principal to the kill zone of an ambush.
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True story. There were worse places for trump to be than under a bunch of bodies wearing vests. Especially if those bodies are behind an armored protective screen (covered in decorative flags, but protective nonetheless.) Let the CA team make sure there were no other proximate threats before risking uncovering and moving the target..

I did see one CA head out towards the crowd. Maybe he saw something that looked suspicious. That was good. I saw another take position on the front of the stage looking for threats.
I did not see anyone covering the rear, however, and that would be bad if true. Someone missed an assignment there, or I missed seeing the rear cover in my review of the footage.
 
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Vol737 said:
I remember there a photo of a ladder leaning up against the building the shooter was on top of. This was during all the network coverage on Saturday when it was shown. Pretty grainy photo and they may have retracted that statement. Idk.
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If the LEO aporoached him on the ground, you would at least thought that bought time and an Emergency comm…or did the LEO climb the ladder? Said the shooter immediately started shooting, so the officer would of been in the roof.
 
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Tman44 said:
It is a super low-character move to try and misrepresent the shooter's allegiance in order to smear your political opponents. Low character words and deeds are indicative of democrats. This was just another example of such base behavior.
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Same attitude in you MAGA-Repubs. Pence followed the law in refusing to defy the constitution, and you people call him a traitor.
Your claim to holiness is a lie. Romans 3:10-12
 
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Vol737 said:
I remember there a photo of a ladder leaning up against the building the shooter was on top of. This was during all the network coverage on Saturday when it was shown. Pretty grainy photo and they may have retracted that statement. Idk.
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I remember that too. I bet those pics are still in this thread.
 
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King Charles sends private letter to Donald Trump after ‘surreal’ assassination attempt​


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King Charles III reached out to Donald Trump after the assassination attempt on the former president’s life over the weekend.

The monarch, 75, wrote a private letter to Trump, 78, that was delivered Sunday via the United Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, DC, Buckingham Palace confirmed to The Post.

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King Charles sends private letter to Donald Trump after ‘surreal’ assassination attempt

King Charles, 75, wrote a private letter to Donald Trump, 78, that was delivered Sunday via the United Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, DC, Buckingham Palace confirmed to The Post.
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McDad said:
Did you see the screenshot of the ladder in between the buildings?
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I did not. Was it from videos where he’s still alive?

Reportedly the officer who found him had to be lifted up by another officer, but that doesn’t rule out a ladder being somewhere else.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
Do think there is a chance that they will both try to at least attempt to stick to their recent unity claims? I mean, as much as possible late in a campaign. Or was this just a tactical or knee jerk reaction with no real chance or true commitment?
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I've already said I think that will last for awhile, maybe 10 days or so past the Dem convention. But as others have pointed out, neither party can control all the outliers and their comments. So it will devolve down the line.

One can hope that the two principals will change what they and their campaigns do directly, but that is limited.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:

King Charles sends private letter to Donald Trump after ‘surreal’ assassination attempt​


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King Charles III reached out to Donald Trump after the assassination attempt on the former president’s life over the weekend.

The monarch, 75, wrote a private letter to Trump, 78, that was delivered Sunday via the United Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, DC, Buckingham Palace confirmed to The Post.

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King Charles sends private letter to Donald Trump after ‘surreal’ assassination attempt

King Charles, 75, wrote a private letter to Donald Trump, 78, that was delivered Sunday via the United Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, DC, Buckingham Palace confirmed to The Post.
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Nothing against you but he’s not a fan of Trump. He’s also just another Biden, a warm body. So he should have just saved his royal ink. His mother on the other hand was special.
 
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