Hey, everyone. Notice I didn’t just say “Who shot Donnie Drumpf?” That’s because Donnie wasn’t in fact shot. He was shot AT, for sure, and struck by shattered glass from a teleprompter that one of the stray bullets aimed in his general direction hit. That broken glass apparently nicked his right ear, and — luckily for him — that’s the only injury he sustained.
Others in the vicinity were less lucky. A 50-year-old firefighter, who was sitting behind Donnie at the rally where the shots were fired, was fatally injured by a bullet while trying to protect his family; two other attendees suffered serious injuries as well.
Meanwhile, the shooter’s identity had to be confirmed by DNA evidence, since the Secret Service took him down immediately (and made quite a mess of his head, so I’ve heard.) We now know who he is, though his motives are still unknown. And no, he was most certainly NO liberal, much less a Democrat. He was a registered Republican, and that’s only the beginning. He was also an aspiring sharpshooter who was anything but sharp at shooting.
Here’s Adam Mockler with some revealing details about his life, as recalled by his former high-school classmates:
Imagine that! The guy who missed Donnie was a lousy shot, so much so that his high school rifle team rejected him. Seems that he hadn’t improved significantly at shooting since then, either.
It’s also worth noting that the $15 donor to ActBlue, whom the right-wingers have been crowing about, was NOT the shooter, but a 69-year-old man with a similar name. Plus, this guy had a “Trump” sign in his yard. So, the “he was a Democrat” rumor can now be laid to rest.
As for the shooter’s motives, those remain unknown at this time. Let’s hope someone gets to the bottom of that.
PS: If you think Donnie deserves ANY sympathy for his narrow escape, please put that thought firmly out of mind. Here’s a leaked video of him on the phone with Bobby Kennedy Jr., the Kennedy scion turned anti-vax lunatic (and third-party spoiler candidate), immediately after the shooting. Does this sound like a man worth even a drop of empathy in the moment, much less a sympathy vote?
Nope, nothing in there but the usual chronic, pathological, terminal narcissism. Par for the course of someone whose first act, upon nearly being killed, was to literally grandstand over the heads of his own protective detail and urge his delusional followers to “fight, fight, FIGHT!”
Not the faintest expression of concern for the people who were hurt and killed at his rally. Nope, he didn’t call any of the victims’ families to express concern over their lost and suffering loved ones. He called a fucking quack with an extensive history of vile behavior. Not the faintest concern for anyone but himself, as usual.
If there is any takeaway from this whole episode, it’s this: Donnie doesn’t give a shit about the widow of a man who took a bullet meant for him. He doesn’t care about the health of anyone’s children, because he doesn’t know shit about viruses or vaccines. But he’s happy to take whatever aid he can from whatever craven sycophant is willing to glom onto his diaper-clad ass.
“Great Again” was never great to begin with.
