As Donald Trump spoke at a marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, pictures rang out and Trump was faraway from the stage by the Secret Service.
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That is the second when pictures are fired at Trump rallies. pic.twitter.com/wEPNhMA9O0
— Sarah Rhys-Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 13, 2024
It will be no shock if these had been shot. Violence will not be the reply, however Donald Trump has been trafficking in extremism, partisanship and violent imagery for a decade.
We nonetheless don’t know if these had been shootings, however as somebody who grew up and lives close to Trump rallies, I can inform you, it is a safety nightmare. The location is definitely a large playground surrounded by open fields and pastures.
If somebody has malicious intent to hurt the speaker, conserving the realm secure is troublesome at greatest.
It is laborious to really feel any sympathy for Donald Trump, however democracies interact in political violence. The truth that Trump engaged in political violence on 1/6 doesn’t give anybody else the precise to do the identical.
Trump might attempt to play the sufferer and fundraising emails could also be being ready and despatched, however don’t be shocked if Trump makes use of this as an excuse to not run once more.
Donald Trump barely campaigned every week in the past, so do not be shocked if the laziest president turned laziest candidate in historical past stops holding marketing campaign occasions altogether.
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Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and the American Political Science Affiliation
