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Dulcinea

(7,603 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:48 AM Nov 4

Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss

LITITZ, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump delivered a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before Tuesday’s presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

In remarks Sunday that bore little resemblance to the speech he’s been delivering at his recent rallies, the former president repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and resurrected old grievances after trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump intensified his verbal attacks on what he cast as a “demonic” Democratic Party and the American media, steering his rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at one point to the topic of violence against members of the press.

He noted the ballistic glass that is used to protect him at outdoor events after a gunman’s assassination attempt in July and pointed to openings between the panels.

“I have this piece of glass here,” he said. “But all we have really over here is the fake news. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much.”

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kamala-harris-presidential-election-a310fbc211ad8f0f5e290547ec284187

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Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss (Original Post) Dulcinea Nov 4 OP
Here we are...................... Lovie777 Nov 4 #1
Get a load of this: intrepidity Nov 4 #2
Not Left the White House? roscoeroscoe Nov 5 #3

Lovie777

(15,220 posts)
1. Here we are......................
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:56 AM
Nov 4

a lunatic and his cult putting the USA in peril quite often using mental terrorism and spouting physical violence upon any opposition which started years ago and have mushroom into where we are now. I have family and friends pondering should they and their family stay home November 6.

Welcome to the USA.

intrepidity

(7,926 posts)
2. Get a load of this:
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 08:24 AM
Nov 4
“The President’s statement about protective glass placement has nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. Instead he claimed that Trump was suggesting that reporters were in “great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also. There can be no other interpretation of what was said. He was actually looking out for their welfare, far more than his own!

Uhhhh....this doofus thinks we're all as stoopid as their maga cult. Dude, what part of "And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much.” don't you get Steven?!? Cheesus crackers dude.

roscoeroscoe

(1,642 posts)
3. Not Left the White House?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:52 AM
Nov 5

What a freaking mess that would have been. I can't even imagine. What a pathetic a-hole..

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