It's not clear at all that that's what happened. It is completely plausible that someone would shoot a firearm at a candidate in a hotly contested presidential election. Let wait for evidence to roll in yeah?
My evidence (in addition to the weirdness of his reaction, and the convenient blood) - has any article mentioned a shooter being seen/shot/arrested/known to exist? I can't remember a time where there was a shooting and no article said ANYTHING about a shooter, only about the shots. Nothing could be better for the Trump campaign than for him to be "almost" assassinated.
A person believed to be a shooter at today's Donald Trump Pennsylvania rally is dead, as well as an audience member in attendance, the Butler County District Attorney has said.
In addition to the two fatalities, one other person is believed to be in a critical condition.
OK fair, I couldn't find any such reference when I looked, but clearly did a shit job.
I'm still not capable of believing anything in Trump's life is genuine, so it still feels staged to me, but I acknowledge that my evidence has been debunked.
Still true that the Yall’qaeda are going to go into overdrive and I fear for what they do in their bloodlust…
On the other hand, if I was an unhinged person with a gun and I thought there was a good chance a fascist dictator might run the U.S., I might be inclined to try to do something about it.
There's no reason not to rule something like that out.
Yeah the truth is we don't know. There are lots of possible causes we can't rule out at this point, it seems dangerous for a publicity stunt, but it's possible. Someone afraid and somewhat unhinged, among other possibilities.
Yes. You are correct. On reflection I should have put quotes around it as it was intented to convey that but not actually imply that it was the case.
It is good you called it out.