originally posted by: SideEyeEverything1
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
So to be clear, you think this was staged? By whom? To what end?
Do you think the 20 year old shot and missed because he is JUST that damn good a shot to miss on purpose? Or do you think someone else actually took
the shot that missed? On purpose? Or do you think the intent was to actually kill Trump?
I really am trying to understand the "this was faked" angle.
Trump's team was, supposedly, advised of the Iranian death threat long before (weeks?) the rally.
The shooter (Crooks?) was a 20yr old white kid from a middle-class, intact family, who was denied a place on his high school riflery team because he
was "a comically bad shot". He made one contribution to a progressive political organization several years ago, but was registered as a
Republican...but tried, supposedly to assassinate the very popular Republican presidential candidate.
To do this, he took his father's AR-style rifle, purchased legally a number of years ago (per reports), which some have commented not be the wrong
type of weapon to use in a "sniper" scenario (but which further coincides with the view that Crooks was not a very skilled marksman), gained access to
a "line-of-sight" shooting position on a rooftop overlooking the stage where Trump was to speak, and waited while in full view of SS countersnipers
assigned to protect Trump from snipers.
Furthermore, the rooftop Crooks used for his snipers nest was the roof of the very building security forces assigned to cover the rally, had/were
using as their "staging" area.
What is more, there are now reports detailing the possibility of a second shooter, centering around a water tower; despite authorities claiming Crooks
acted alone (but before the FBI had complete access to his phone so t b at the authorities cou look down verify any other Crooks might have been
working with).
Do we even know, for sure, t by at the ammo Crooks used was "live" ammo?
How many coincidental "failure points" is that, so far?
Now what I am about to posit will be very
Very! controversial/unpopular, especially on the board, but please let's just get it out in
the open.
This presidential election, in light of the global forces in play at the moment, is quite likely more pivotal, for more reasons, than any in recent
history.
Biden
wants to win to realize his legacy through the work he has done through his career and first term as President.
Trump
needs to win, all other aspirations aside, to insure that he avoids spending at least a good part of the rest of his life in prison.
Because it is almost certain that if he does not become President, he
will be the focus of a concerted effort to convict him of his
(alleged) crimes.
Biden faces a lost opportunity.
Trump faces a loss of his freedom, reputation, and perhaps, even his life.
The stakes could not be higher.
Is it too "tinfoil hat" to suggest that Trump's team, without Trump's knowledge or approval, set up a bit of "Political Theater", expecting to play
off the Iranian threat to set their man up as the hero (which, coincidentally, is a role he his now playing) only to be horrified when thier plan went
terribly pear-shaped, and their candidate was
actually not only endangered for real, but injured?