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Statement by the Secret Service:

An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.

Statement by the Trump campaign:

President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.

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Sources: shooter is dead, one attendee is dead, blood on bleachers, blood on t-shirts, medical helicopters on the scene

Well I think we can all be certain there won't be any huge downwind effects from this 😐

God dammit, they had to fucking miss

Remember that Biden is immune thanks to the SCOTUS.

Seems appropriate to drop this here:

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-reichstag-fire

On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this. The resulting act, commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished a number of constitutional protections and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship.

Man, this is gonna make things a lot more interesting in the US

I’m hoping for the best. For the United States, that is.

There are moments in history that completely change the course of events for decades to come. We just witnessed literal inches between two possibly extremely different futures. Very strange feeling.

Big W for the Trump campaign…

Well, that's America buggered.

Ugh, the duopoly's going to get so much more insufferable over this like they're not both slavemasters worthy of being reviled.

I was freaking scared when I saw lots of people in my country was cheering Trump's ralley. It's not even the old people, they were in their 20s-30s. If Trump succeeds, I don't see it going well in my country as well.. How do I survive in a fascist country? Sad.

libs: this man will be the next hitler

also libs: I stand with trump after this appalling act

Does it sound like a suppressed .22 to anyone else?

The speed at which he was turned into a hero and merchandise was made is a testament to the efficiency and responsiveness of capitalism.

Your man here’s going to go (even more) mental when he gets back in.

How the flap of a butterfly wing can change history.