I wonder how much furious back-pedalling there is today as all the 'Trump should be shot' social media posts are deleted...

The shooter (if alive) should be severely punished.

For his poor aim.

He was exactly where Gareth Keenan would have been.

Woke up to this breaking on R4, but had to rush out ...

One helluva distance ...

... amazing shot of a bullet whizzing by ... https://twitter.com/HarazGhanbari/status/1812280749745410196

... and then the moment when ... https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1812291929951916167

... and Trump was very quick to strike a pose ...

Was pretty grim to see a few Dems coming up with conspiracy theories within the first couple of hours of it happening. Whatever happened to going high?

From Trump bursting a blood capsule, to the agents not keeping him low down, to the whole thing being staged (despite one dead attendee).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lrvz1jrxo

Inevitable, I think. Not that it matters much though; because of that bullet, OrangeMan will air-punch his way into the White House.

Yeah, if Harris does get the nod to take over, I can't see America being in a place where they'd vote in a black woman to be president that wasn't Oprah.

^ yeah, you've seriously got to wonder, as one of the factors that Trump managed to get in was a concerted right-wing anti-Dem effort after 2 terms of Obama.

No mention of Oprah this time, or Tom Hanks, or Clooney ... imagine 2 of them running!

Wish Biden had been planning to step down these last 6 months, as they've lost some serious credibility. And of course there's still 6 months to go till handover in January. Likely he won't make it that far, forcing transfer to Harris before Jan. At least that will up her profile and prove that she's fully capable. And a live TV debate between Harris & Trump would be quite something ...

Also weird that Biden's original statement did not specifically back Harris to run, suggesting it was a rushed decision this weekend ... (he's since backed her).

Meanwhile, JD Vance sounds like a shape-shifting self-serving mini-me to Trump (“America’s Hitler”) ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/16/jd-vance-political-views-trump

oh yes! ...

😁 

"Feeding votes to the tangerine" 😆