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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,478 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:43 PM 20 hrs ago

Faction of MAGA get angry everytime Trump says something stupid, now think assassination attempt was staged

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For months now, it seems that every day brings with it a new faction of MAGAworld getting angry with President Donald Trump over something he says or does.

In recent memory, to name a few, podcaster Joe Rogan has compared ICE raids to Gestapo operations; conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has questioned Trump’s cognitive abilities; former US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Trump had “gone insane;” former Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the president a “slave” to Israel; and conservative influencer Candace Owens claimed Trump belongs “to the Epstein class.”

Even on Truth Social, a social media platform created by Trump as a haven to post without any backlash, there is backlash. “What!?! You are way outta line,” a Truth Social account holder called CaliMAGA69 wrote in response to Trump’s recent criticism of Owens, Jones, Carlson, and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly as “low IQ” losers. “Most of these people, especially Alex Jones, have been your Day 1s!! You need to step back and take a good hard look at who is whispering in your ear. Get back to America 1st!!”

"I think that maybe it was staged," Tim Dillon said on his show last weekend about the assassination attempt. Dillon, who was previously a staunch Trump supporter, went on to share that Trump should now come out and say, “Some people are going to be upset by this, but we staged the assassination attempt in Butler to show people how important it was to vote for me and how far I was willing to go for them.”

Some of these claims began months ago. In November, former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson promoted the idea that the FBI was somehow involved in covering up the shooting, writing on X that the “FBI lied” about the shooter's online footprint.
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Faction of MAGA get angry everytime Trump says something stupid, now think assassination attempt was staged (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 hrs ago OP
I'd always assumed that the 'assassination attempt' was staged GenThePerservering 18 hrs ago #1
But what about the Kotex that soaked up all that blood tavernier 18 hrs ago #2
For his next assassination attempt, Donny should study the Teddy Roosevelt version struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #3
That might have shortened TR's life. Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #4
Not sure it was staged but he was faking things afterwards JI7 15 hrs ago #5
Maybe if MAGA believes it that will put this stupid shit to bed here. hardluck 14 hrs ago #6
Don't tell that to the widow of Corey Comperatore Cha 14 hrs ago #7

GenThePerservering

(3,487 posts)
1. I'd always assumed that the 'assassination attempt' was staged
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:28 PM
18 hrs ago

- it was about as fake and badly done as one could imagine, and someone actually lost his life. Nobody talks about him, do they?

tavernier

(14,463 posts)
2. But what about the Kotex that soaked up all that blood
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:47 PM
18 hrs ago

when half of his ear was shot off?? Poor man could barely take the time to insert the lifts in his shoes before leaving for the hospital for his surgical ear replacement. And you have to admit that they did one hell of a good job because they left no scar whatsoever. And poor Trump was so crushed over the man who was killed that even now he doesn’t have the heart to mention his name.

struggle4progress

(126,422 posts)
3. For his next assassination attempt, Donny should study the Teddy Roosevelt version
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:55 PM
18 hrs ago

In the fall of 1912, Teddy got shot in the chest while visiting Milwaukee. He made sure that the police protected the would-be assassin from would-be lynchers. Then he gave his planned talk before getting medical attention. The bullet was in him the rest of his life.

And Teddy didn't waste everybody's time whining about how he had it harder than anybody else

Wednesdays

(22,806 posts)
4. That might have shortened TR's life.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:21 PM
15 hrs ago

He was not in great health afterward, and lived only a little more than 6 years longer. He was only 60 when he died.

Cha

(319,527 posts)
7. Don't tell that to the widow of Corey Comperatore
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:05 PM
14 hrs ago

who was actually shot and killed at the rally.

His widow wouldn't talk to Pres Biden when he reached out.. She said Corey wouldn't have wanted that.

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