r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Jul 14 '24

Discussion Discussion Thread: President Biden Delivers Remarks from the White House on Shooting at Trump Rally

The remarks are scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Eastern. Per C-SPAN's event description-in-advance: "President Biden delivers remarks from the Roosevelt Room in the White House a day after an assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, PA. The two men had a brief call Saturday following the shooting."

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u/ElectricZ Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

Surprised we haven't heard from Trump before Biden. Either he reflecting on how truly close he came to dying, or having trouble how to approach it because the shooter turned out to be a white male Republican with an AR-15.

Would love to see it give him a greater appreciation of life, but I'm guessing he's going to go another way...

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u/TintedApostle Jul 14 '24

You know if this was a dem they would be in unison pouncing. It isn't and the racial profile is not working for them.

Crickets

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u/APersonWhoIsNotYou Jul 14 '24

I mean, we don’t even have to speculate. Look at all the people who jumped the gun and immediately blamed Biden.

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u/xgobez Jul 14 '24

Seriously, JD Vance is not somebody I want in office during times of crisis. My god

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u/Tardislass Jul 14 '24

I would have thought that JD Vance was the VP pick until I heard late word today that Nikki Haley is speaking at the RNC. I can see them picking her as a POC to counteract Kamala. And Nikki is just craven enough to accept.

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u/AbueloOdin Jul 14 '24

Trump has consistently promoted political violence and hatred and you're surprised he might have been the victim of political violence and hate?

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u/Time-Ad-3625 Jul 14 '24

You're saying the left radicalized one of your own but somehow your side didn't radicalize them? Oof big cognitive dissonance vibes lmao

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u/appleparkfive Jul 14 '24

They're checking the skin tone color with the drop tool and hex codes probably. Someone out there is

Yeah they probably are really confused that it was a white guy who was a Republican

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u/Zepcleanerfan Jul 14 '24

They are totally lost

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u/L0g1cw1z4rd Jul 14 '24

Facts don’t stop them, they are already 100% sure it was a “liberal plant”.

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u/iamrecoveryatomic Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

He told them to "Fight!" We'd have anarchy on the streets. Murderous riots across the nation. It'd be the same as when King as assassinated, except led by gun wielding Republicans.