Donald Trump has told a rally in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy” when an attempt was made on his life last week.
Attended by thousands, it was Trump’s first rally with new running mate JD Vance - and first since he survived the assassination attempt.
He told a packed arena in Grand Rapids that Democrats have accused him of being “a threat to democracy” and, to huge applause, said he was ready to “take back the White House”.
Many of those at the event, in the battleground state of Michigan, told the BBC that the assassination attempt - which killed an audience member and wounded two others - would not stop them from showing support for the Republican presidential nominee.
Some said they came precisely because of the shooting.
Whelp, anyone who took bets on him acting like a war hero over this can now go collect your winnings - which is just more listening to Trump unfortunately.
Took a bullet implies he intentionally got shot…
Took a bullet usually not means “zipped past my ear and took a tiny bit of ear off”.
No it doesn’t. The saying is usually meant to signify that you intentions put yourself in danger and ended up getting shot.
Most soldiers that take a bullet for our country would much rather have not been shot but accepted that risk as reasonable.
Pretty sure that retired firefighter that Biden had to shame you into acknowledging took that bullet, Don.
You mean the one who took his children to a convention filled with hate fueled maniacs? That retired firefighter?
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Try harder next time Donny. Just stand still.
The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger. I took a bullet for democracy.
I am democracy!
This act that the Republicans are putting on right now, to make themselves seem more moderate than they really are, to appeal to centrists, is so unbelievably transparent. It’s obviously bullshit, but what’s terrifying is that it might actually work. Democrats appear unsettled, Republicans are unified. Trump’s assassination attempt makes him seem sympathetic to many. The only thing left for the Republicans to do is convince voters that they’ve totally changed and that things are going to be different this time, and that it’s not going to be like before, they promise. Unfortunately, like an abused spouse, many American voters might give Trump and Republicans that second chance. God help us all.
All they have to do is convince everyone they will be opposite of their recent actions. Yeah sounds easy.
No, that’s not true. They don’t have to convince everyone, they only have to convince enough people. They know very well that many millions of Americans would never vote for them no matter what, but they also know that many millions of Americans will vote for them and millions more might, if properly persuaded.
The voting population has a collective memory of only a few months.
Where I live, we had some of the strictest and stupidest pandemic lockdowns in the western world. People protested the lockdowns, blamed the wrong level of government for implementing them, and then re-elected the party that DID implement the lockdowns with a very low voter turnout.
The restrictions had been lifted maybe months before the election, so the lockdowns were a distant memory for the fraction of the population that showed up to vote.
But what you are talking about here is quite a lot different. People who have an opinion on trump aren’t going to forget it. But if you really want to cling to that’s doom don’t let me stop you, I just take issue with pointlessly spreading it
They don’t need to change many people’s minds on Trump. They just need to get the ones that like Trump to go out and vote, and the ones that don’t like Trump to stay home or not vote for Biden.
The bullet miss him…
Took a bullet means the bullet touched him, I thought he got nicked by shrapnel from his teleprompter screen shattering?
From what I’ve seen several fact checks have confirmed that the teleprompters were intact and that trump did get shot.
I wanted to say he didn’t get shot, but i think that this was just a rumor that spread wild
Edit: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bullet-glass-trump-wound/
That’s the kind of thing people who want to be king say.
It’s not like there’s not an abundance of proof available you anybody. You can listen to his calls on YouTube. The man is horrific.
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I prefer candidates who didn’t get shot.
What was in it for him? What a sucker. What a loser.
Clearly he didn’t take enough of it.
Watch it! Jack Black will disown you.
Unfortunately he didn’t.
That’s it we are breaking up.
Jack Black? Is that you?!
There it is.
