WHAT

  • Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump was shot at a rally in PA.

TRUMPS STATEMENT

“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW SO FAR

  • gunman is dead
  • Trump “is fine”
  • one attendee is dead
  • another attendee is in critical condition

News Sources

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
      105·
      5 months ago

      If the only way you can discuss an assassination is by advocating for additional violence and pushing lies, then I guess not?

      • whoreticulture@lemmy.world
        75·
        5 months ago

        You are limiting discussion to centrist viewpoints, centrism caters towards permissive attitudes towards fascism. You know this.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          92·
          5 months ago

          Not really what I said at all. “Hey guys, don’t make stuff up, please rely on credible sources, and don’t advocate for violence”.

          Or, in other words: follow the rules we’ve always had in place

          • whoreticulture@lemmy.world
            69·
            5 months ago

            Advocating for, or not advocating for, violence is a political stance. Many people defend Israel’s ongoing genocide and are not blocked from doing so. That doesn’t feel like the rules being consistently enforced. The people speculating on whether or not this is staged have access to the same information as everyone else, and in the spirit of true discourse, if it was seen to be false you could figure that out by discussion rather than censorship.

                • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
                  51·
                  5 months ago

                  If someone has made a claim that runs counter to commonly acknowledged information, please report it. If you need a few examples…

                  You would need a source to say:

                  • “the new COVID vaccine is dangerous because it has killed people”
                  • “Donald Trump faked an attack on his life”
                  • “this new medical treatment is extremely effective”

                  You would NOT need a source to say:

                  • “Donald Trump was subject of an assassination attempt” (commonly known and widely speculated to be an assassination attempt)
                  • A personal preference like “Chocolate cake is the best kind of cake”
              • whoreticulture@lemmy.world
                16·
                5 months ago

                I don’t personally think it was staged, but be honest … it’s not like you delete every single comment that doesn’t have sources …

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        31·
        5 months ago

        pushing lies

        How did you determine what was true in this situation and what was false? I am curious about your methodology.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          34·
          5 months ago

          True: confirmed information. False: unconfirmed information of a speculative nature. Do you see a specific issue you disagree with or are you just trying to argue?

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
            11·
            5 months ago

            You are just moving the problem around via definitions not actually saying what method you used to know exactly what happened yesterday.

            All I asked is how you arrived at the truth. Did you see evidence that the general public didn’t? Because what I am seeing is you all are so absolutely certain you have literally compared it to Covid misinformation. Amazing, a 30 hour news event is so well understood you can compare our knowledge of it to the single most studied virus in human history months after a new variant had appeared.

            It is not unreasonable how you were able to obtain information the rest of us apparently do not have and how you were able to eliminate all other alternatives so quickly.