• @CharlesDarwin
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    164 months ago

    It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country.

    Is it though? There have already been 290 mass shootings in this country this year, so far. And this shooting does not even count among them.

      • @grue
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        4 months ago

        No it isn’t. Trump is a candidate, not a sitting President, so it doesn’t count.

        All this shit happening is bad enough; can we at least not prematurely crown him?!

        • @jordanlundM
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          04 months ago

          He is a former President with the same protections afforded to any former President.

          • @grue
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            44 months ago

            “Afforded protections” is one thing, but that’s not the point. The point is that I refuse to let this count as a “Presidential assassination attempt” because he isn’t the goddamn President right now; Biden is. And you shouldn’t count it as such either – the only ones who would are MAGA election-denier shitheads.

      • @noisefree
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        24 months ago

        It depends on where you draw the line for “attempt” - the Secret Service isn’t an exactly candid organization (to put it lightly) and the media/public doesn’t spend much time focusing on the foiled plots they do learn about (insert your opinion as to the “why?” here). My own assumption is that the threat vectors against those that are granted Secret Service protection are probably numerous and coming from many different directions.