Yesterday Donald Trump’s right ear caught the business end of a bullet at a political rally in Butler, PA. Fortunately for him, that was the extent of his wounds. Unfortunately one other attendee was shot to death and two others were seriously wounded. The shooter, a registered Republican using an assault weapon, was also killed.
It didn’t take long for the maga Republicans (I’ve decided not to capitalize maga any more, just as I didn’t capitalize cancer when it came for me. It’s less potent in lower case.) to blame the Democrats for the incident. Representative Mike Collins (R-GA) even asserted that “Joe Biden sent the orders.”
Wait! Was he referring to the Joe Biden who called Mr. Trump to see if he was all right? Or the Joe Biden who went on television to condemn violence of this kind? Or the Joe Biden who stalled his campaign advertising blatantly attacking Mr. Trump?
Since the incident, there have been all kinds of opinions floating around. But there has been little fact-checking. For the fun of it I’m offering my own opinion, not based on fact either and just as ludicrous as all the others.
The photo of a bloodied Trump with a raised fist is just the kind of visual rhetoric he excels at. Perhaps the whole thing was a publicity stunt that almost went too far awry.
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