I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating that this most recent assassination attempt was fake. Why do people think this? I’m out of the loop.

  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
    386·
    2 months ago

    Forgive me if some of the details are a little off, happy to be corrected, but:

    • the first attempt during the campaign was almost certainly fake.
    • barbie lady said something about “shots fired” a few hours before the incident, as though she had misunderstood something in the group chat.
    • last week a judge said the only basis on which Trump could build the Ballroom was over security concerns.
    • moments after the incident Trump said that they need the Ballroom because of security concerns at the WH.
    • the photos do look pathetically staged, although the videos less-so.
      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        83·
        2 months ago

        I think the idea is that the bullet never got anywhere close to him. The little nick on his ear was probably just from him getting wrestled to the ground by his bodyguards.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          122·
          2 months ago

          The little nick on his ear was probably just from him getting wrestled

          There was no nick. 3 days later there’s not a single mark. I’m thinking the sharpie washed off.

        • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorOP
          9·
          2 months ago

          I think the idea is that the bullet never got anywhere close to him.

          Didnt the stray bullet kill some people directly behind him?

        • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
          65·
          2 months ago

          There is a photo of a bullet flying right past him, a reporter witnessed a piece of his ear come off, and the paths traced into the victims who unfortunately were hit, do show that the bullets went near Trump

          • cley_faye@lemmy.world
            121·
            2 months ago

            a reporter witnessed a piece of his ear come off

            Human parts don’t grow back that quick. Or ever, for most of them.

        • Godric@lemmy.world
          32·
          2 months ago

          All those bullets in the people behind him just showed up, too?

          “JFK’s head just did that” level of conspiracy ‘thinking’

    • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorOP
      31·
      2 months ago

      barbie lady said something about “shots fired” a few hours before the incident

      That’s interesting. Do you know where I find more info on this?