Monday, September 16, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Assassination Attempts, Round Two

So, yeah, we're still talking about the second attempt on Donald Trump's life in this election season. Have we really come to this? AP, Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says. Sundance at CTH, UPDATE – President Trump is OKAY – FBI: “Attempted Assassination” Shots Fired Near President Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach and Sheriff, Secret Service and FBI Provide Details on Second “Assassination Attempt” of President Trump. "I would note the nervousness of the FBI agent in charge." Nick Arama at RedState, Press Conference Reveals Key Details in Second Trump Assassination Attempt. Insty, REPORT: Shots fired near Donald Trump as he leaves his Florida golf club. "UPDATE: An account bearing the name of Ryan Routh was suspended early this evening by Twitter, but note this tweet from March 4th, 2020. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire has the first report I know of that the shooter actually fired shots, Palm Beach Shooter Was Targeting Trump, Exchanged Gunfire With Secret Service. Althouse, "Donald Trump has survived 'what appears to be an assassination attempt' after shots were fired at one of his golf courses in Florida, the FBI has said...."  Live Updates at CNN, September 15, 2024: Apparent Trump assassination attempt

Joseph Weber at JTN, What is known about alleged shooter in foiled Trump assassination attempt. At Twitchy, Second Trump Shooter Has Been Identified (And We THINK We Have His Socials). From Fox, Suspect 'Ryan Routh' in custody following second assassination attempt on Trump at Florida golf club. Insty, WELL, OKAY THEN: Daily Mail US@DailyMail, "Son of alleged would-be assassin says his dad hates Trump like 'all reasonable people' but he's never owned a gun and wouldn't do anything bats*** crazy https://trib.al/FM9DTyC." "Democrats and the media fomented that hatred, even while inveighing against “hate speech,” “misinformation,” and “stochastic terrorism.”"

NewsWeek, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Respond to Shooting Near Donald Trump  "Trump wrote in a statement released by his campaign on Sunday, "I AM SAFE AND WELL! Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER! I will always love you for supporting me. Unity. Peace. Make America Great Again."   At PJM, Dan Bongino Predicted Another Assassination Attempt on Trump Would Happen. Twitchy, In the Wake of Second Attempted Trump Shooting, a Video Emerges of Kamala Making a Sick Joke

And, YOU OWN THIS: Kamala Harris Gets WRECKED Following Second Assassination Attempt on Donald TrumpEnd Wokeness@EndWokeness, "You called him a threat to democracy and a day 1 dictator. You own this." Victor Davis Hanson VDHanson, "The Deadly Get Trump Climate Continues…. Just two months after the failed Trump assassination attempt of one Thomas Matthew Crooks, we witnessed today yet another foiled one by Ryan Wesley Routh—a would-be assassin and anti-Trump/radical pro-Ukraine War social media addict. Somehow he too once again got within relatively easy shooting range of ex-President Trump. Is there a continued pattern here of lax Trump Secret Service protection, coupled with a general social media and televised climate that equates Trump with Hitler and lowers the bar of the assassination? . . ." At What, Dr. Rollergator, PhD explains Stochastic Terrorism - A game of rhetorical asymmetry "The history and function of the increasingly common phrase explained." Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Liberal Media Reaction to This Second Trump Assassination Attempt Is What You'd ExpectCurtis Houck@CurtisHouck, "WATCH: MSNBC's Alex Witt argues *the Trump campaign* needs to turn down the rhetoric now that Donald Trump has been shot at for the second time in three months. "Do you expect there to be calls from within the Trump campaign to [tone it down]?" Elise Jordan replies she hopes Trump makes this "a unity-type" inflection point, but fears he won't do it." Rachel Vindman@natsechobbyist, "No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon."

Election Wizard@ElectionWiz, "BREAKING — Erik Prince, founder of the private security firm Blackwater, calls on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to immediately assume control of the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt. He adds, “The Feds have dropped the ball thoroughly on Butler PA. Time for Florida to save the day…” Paula Bolyard at PJM, DeSantis Takes Matters Into His Own Hands on Assassination Attempt.

And, of course, we're still not done with fallout from the July 13th attempt. Nick Arama at RedState, Bombshell Report: Cover-Up and Disturbing Info About Agent in Charge During Assassination Attempt. "Now, there's another bombshell that was just delivered from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Jesse Watters' show. Hawley has been in contact with whistleblowers, and they told him that the lead Secret Service agent who had been in charge that day in Butler, Pennsylvania, failed one or more of her training exams and was "known not to be a top quality agent."" I hope she's assigned to Harris' detail after the election.

Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: ABC News Whistleblower Affidavit alleging that Kamala Harris was given an unfair advantage in her debate with Donald Trump has been released H/T
@DocNetyoutube" Liz Stauffer at WaEx, First the pundits reacted to the debate. Then the people weighed in. Scott Pinsker at PJM, ABC News Is Perplexed: Why Isn’t Kamala Harris Getting a Post-Debate Bounce? The Answer Is… "the obvious implication: The media must’ve helped Kamala that much… because she needed the help. Clearly, she can’t do it on her own." Althouse, "Vote preferences haven't moved meaningfully.... Each is within a percentage point of its pre-debate level in ABC/Ipsos polling." "I'm reading "Harris seen as debate winner while maintaining slight lead over Trump: POLL/Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris shows little impact, the poll found" (ABC News)." At Hat Hair, Skeptical Face On: Harris Gains Bigly In Latest Iowa Poll  Sundance, Compare and Contrast – Trump and Harris Both Asked the Exact Same Question. Sarah Arnold at TownHall thinks Trump Had the Perfect Response to People Saying He Was 'Angry' at the Debate “'I was angry, and yes, I am angry because she allowed 21 million illegal aliens invading our communities. Many of them are criminals,” he said. “I’m angry about Venezuelan gangs taking over Aurora, Colorado, and illegal Haitian migrants taking over Springfield, Ohio. I’m angry about young American girls being raped and sodomized by savage criminal aliens. I’m angry about rampant inflation destroying our Middle Class—and the American people are angry too!” At Am Great Roger Kimball  On Truth and Lie in an Extramoral Sense. "The debate last week on ABC was, from one point of view, a dog’s breakfast, but, from another, it was a mesmerizing exercise in vertiginous, pseudo-Nietzschean legerdemain."  Reuters whines Voters narrowly support Trump's debate tariff pitch, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. It's only "narrowly" when it goes Republican's way. NewsMax, Voters Narrowly Support Trump's Tariff Pitch, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds. Da Mail, J.D. Vance hints at tension between him and Donald Trump: 'I've learned my lesson', "Trump broke with his running mate on the issue of abortion at Tuesday's debate". The Peacock, 'I don't like those comments': Vance responds to Laura Loomer's attack on Harris' Indian heritage. At Hat Hair, ABC Must Be Feeling the Heat: Martha Radditz Obliterates MA Gov. Andrew Surabian@Surabees ""Blood and soil" The @nytimes has now stooped to essentially calling
@JDVance a Nazi. Truly vile stuff from the supposed paper of record - If they had any ethics at all they would retract this and apologize."'Streiff' at RedState, Dana Bash Auditions for Spot on the Harris-Walz Team As She Berates JD Vance During a Very Ugly Interview, blames Trump, Vance for bomb threats in Springfield.  
Twitchy, FATALITY! JD Vance Takes ZERO Prisoners OWNING Dana Bash During Back and Forth on Springfield, OH (Watch). Matt Vespa notes CNN Actually Did Its Job and Slammed Kamala for Lying About Trump. CNN, Fact check: Harris campaign social media account has repeatedly deceived with misleading edits and captionsCollin Rugg@CollinRugg, "NEW: Kamala Harris has completely changed her position on the 2nd Amendment in less than 72 hours. During the debate on Tuesday, Kamala Harris blasted Trump after he said she wanted to take people's firearms away. Harris told Trump to "stop lying" and said she wasn't going to take "anybody's" firearms away. Less than 72 hours later during an interview with ABC News, Harris revealed she *does* support taking people's firearms away, announcing her plan for an "assault weapon" ban. Harris has also voiced her support for mandatory buybacks in the past."

Fox, Cats and dogs aside, Biden-Harris unleashed disaster on Springfield. "Diabolically mismanaged refugee plan renders hometown unrecognizable to longtime residents." Insty, MATT VESPA: The Left Is Powerless in Stopping the Haitians Eating Pets Story…And It’s Amazing to Watch. "I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, though in this instance, it’s not a statement regarding some appalling examples of liberal media bias. For the Ohio Haitians ‘eating the pets’ story, it’s pure entertainment, maybe a touch of schadenfreude: the liberal media is being tortured in their attempt to neutralize the story. Contrary to the establishment press, this story hasn’t been debunked. There’s no way within 48-72 hours that authorities can verify dogs and cats are not being eaten by the tens of thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. . . . Christopher Rufo goes in search of: The Cat Eaters of Ohio. "So, is there any truth to the charge? We have conducted an exclusive investigation that reveals that, yes, in fact, some migrants in Ohio appear to have been “eating the cats,” though not exactly in the manner that Trump described. . . Related: Trump Promises Mass Deportation of Springfield, Ohio Immigrants If ElectedChristopher F. Rufo@realchrisrufo, "CBS News has published a response to the “Cat Eaters of Ohio” story. It’s a supremely dishonest and completely partisan report, but let’s break it down, to show exactly how the establishment media maintains its lines of propaganda. . . . What did CBS not do? Journalism. The network, which has massive resources, did not send a reporter to the scene, interview the eyewitness, interview the neighbors, investigate the visual evidence, conduct background research, or provide a detailed analysis. They simply adopted “don’t believe your lying eyes” as their standard and repeated an empty, evidence-free statement from a partisan political figure." At Da Caller, ‘Criminally Liable’: Springfield Residents Know Exactly Who To Blame For Migrant Crisis Hitting Their Town. OTP, Dominican Illegal Alien Charged With Murdering Family Of 4 In New York. At Florida's Voice, Brevard Sheriff Ivey: Illegal migrant hit deputy head-on in DUI incident – ‘close the damn border’. At Da Maine Wire, Catholic Charities Maine Plans to Resettle 150 Refugees in 100-Mile Radius Around Bangor "Penobscot County is poised to receive an estimated 150 refugees over the next fiscal year."

At Althouse, "[Trump] would fire the absolute wrong person.... [He] had no idea what was going on, and he would just make something up." ""He just had to choose a name... And maybe that was the only name he remembered of the people sitting around.... Our job then was to reverse engineer the show and to make him not look like a complete moron.... to make the person who he fired look not as good." Said Jonathon Braun, who was a producer on "The Apprentice" (and on "Survivor"), quoted in "The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’/The inside story of how the producers of 'The Apprentice' crafted a TV version of Mr. Trump — measured, thoughtful and endlessly wealthy — that ultimately fueled his path to the White House" (NYT). Isn't selective editing like that the norm in these competitive reality shows?"

At WaEx, Luna accuses Democratic opponent of allowing supporters to dox and threaten her. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. (R-FL) is accusing her congressional opponent, Whitney Fox, of allowing her supporters “to publicly dox, coordinate, and solicit individuals to send threatening packages to my home address.” The congresswoman noted what appears to be a Facebook comment that reads: “If she is ‘hiding,’ I know where she lives if anyone is interested in sending her a love letter or……something. She dwells riiiiiight around the corner.” Luna has reported the harassment to local authorities and the FBI.
 
Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh "To be clear - this is not only a threat to democracy but is the sort of thing to be expected in 3rd world countries, not a technologically advanced and wealthy Republic. We need to get back to election DAY not election WEEK." Quote Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, "NEW YORK TIMES: "It is becoming increasingly likely that there will be no clear and immediate winner on election night and that early returns could give a false impression of who will ultimately prevail." "If a winner is not declared on election night, it will not necessarily . . . " Plenty of time to screw with the vote. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair comments "Reject the pre-planned excuses out of hand. If FL, the third largest state in the union, can get it all done in a couple of hours, there is ZERO excuse for anyone else. Git 'er done." Da Feds Shawn Fleetwood reports a Lawsuit: Democrat-Run Election Board’s ‘Digital’ Voter ID Guidance Violates North Carolina Law. The Center Square, NH, Sununu signs voter ID law, Democrats threaten lawsuits.

Charlotte Hazard at JTN reports  GOP fights to keep House majority as election nears despite division, struggling to pass agenda. "A disagreement currently going on in the GOP-majority House is funding the government using continuing resolutions. While members of the Freedom Caucus are refusing to cooperate, moderate Republicans seems willing to work on it."

From the Free Bacon, Most Voters Believe in American Dream But Find It Less Attainable, Citing High Housing Prices, Poll Shows. "Housing prices have jumped more than 30 percent under Biden-Harris admin." At WaEx, The data show voters are not better off under Harris. Fox, Harris mocked online for breaking out another 'new accent' at Congressional Black Caucus event. "X users mock Kamala Harris' 'new accent' at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner." Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian wonders Where Does Kamala Stand?, wherever she needs to to get elected. At the Free Bacon, WATCH: Veep Thoughts With Kamala Harris (Vol. 22) 'Celebrating women and allowing women to celebrate themselves as women'.

At Twitchy, Tim Walz DRAGGED Hilariously for SUPER-GENIUS Plan to Nag People at the Grocery Store to Vote for Kamala. Capt. Ed, Walz: Time to Accost Strangers in the Produce Aisle for Kamala, to remind them of how much food prices have risen during Biden/Harris. "And say ... whatever happened to "mind your own damn business," anyway? Is accosting strangers in the grocery aisles and lecturing them on your politics another form of Walz' "neighborliness"?" Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson "I can report that Tim Walz’ wife is now confirmed 1000x worse than Hillary Clinton I’m sorry you have to watch this." It's uncanny.

Fox, Melania Trump blasts FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid, says it serves as 'warning to all Americans'The First@TheFirstonTV, ""Barack Obama was aware of what the Clinton campaign was doing by vilifying Donald Trump as a Russian agent." @LeeSmithDC calls out former president Obama for his role in the first Russia hoax." 


Insty, GOOD: Jewish group expresses support for man who shot anti-Israel attacker in ‘self-defense.’ "People who defend themselves against lefty thugs should be supported, and prosecutors who go after people who defend themselves against lefty thugs should be held accountable."

At the College Fix, UConn ‘first-year women’ program faces federal complaint, "Freshmen females have opportunities not available to male peers, complaint states."

Fox, Navy launches USS New Jersey, first US submarine built for both genders "USS New Jersey is a fast-attack Virginia-class submarine with crew of nearly 135 Navy personnel." How long until the first baby is born?


The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Moving Indoors and FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series up on time and under budget.

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