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Assassination attempt on Trump. Surprised? Will it embolden others or not?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/19/politics/trump-rally-gun-police-officer/index.html

Posted - June 22, 2016

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  • 500

    Not surprised. Expected. I heard it was an illegal alien from the UK.

      June 22, 2016 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 386
      June 22, 2016 6:44 PM MDT
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  • No, but I am surprised more hasn't been said about it, particularly by him. Whether or not others will try remains to be seen, of course.

      June 22, 2016 6:51 PM MDT
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  • Not a Mexican, Muslim or African American ? Imagine that.

      June 22, 2016 6:52 PM MDT
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  • Bez

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    That link doesn't work. Whatever was there appears to have been removed.

      June 22, 2016 6:53 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    We have to poison him next.  He is looking for guns and terror in all the wrong places.  Send him a Trump Pizza with ...oh wait, this could be construed as an assassination attempt.

    NOTE TO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS.    I AM MAKING A LITTLE JOKE HERE.  NOT A TERRORIST.  LOOK ELSEWHERE. 

    So, maybe you can use your own imagination and dream a little dream of the Macabre regarding Hitler's Twin.  

      June 22, 2016 6:56 PM MDT
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  • 5354
      June 22, 2016 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Doesn't it strike you as something so inane as to be inexplicable.  Of course, he IS nuts. But he was smart enough to plan this thing and then something happens and it gets all messed up at the last minute.   I think he got a case of the nerves.   He almost made it, but he was so addicted to failure, it was never going to happen.   He was almost there.  He could have made it to the finish line but he caved. 

    I don't have to be happy about the result.  We could have gotten rid of 2 toxic substances.  The assassin and the one who is assassinating our whole system of life and liberty for all. 

      June 22, 2016 7:03 PM MDT
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  • 676

    Ooooooops , a white, english speaker, with no relation to Mexico or Islam.

    Muricans should hurry up and build a wall in the UK !!!!!!!!!!!!

      June 22, 2016 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    I don't quite see how a 19-year-old UK visitor who overstayed his visa (i.e. became an illegal immigrant) and was living in his car is necessarily going to inspire anyone.

    Given that Trump is such a polarizing figure, it would not surprise me if there were other attempts on his life, but I don't think the young Brit who tried to grab a police officer's gun will have much influence.

      June 22, 2016 7:12 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    So I've heard.

    A lot of people think it's just a big joke, an attempt on the life of the Republican Presidential candidate is funny to them. But just let someone throw a bucket of water at Hil-LIAR-y and then see how they react . . .

      June 22, 2016 9:21 PM MDT
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  • I'm not surprised at all. All you have to do is look at their current attitudes and the way they stereotype conservatives on this site and other places. Most people forget there's a whole political spectrum out there ranging from different classifications to political parties. it isn't all black and white. You know who thinks in black and white? Extremists.

    Let me tell you something about extremists... left and right. Extremism is hidden in every day behavior. This is why it is hard to spot and "why" most people shrug it off for the most part unless it's an "exaggerated" action. It is an extreme action of an every day normal behavior that we all do. Religion, politics, other polarizing issues... but the extreme forms of it.

    Technically people don't have to kill someone to be extreme and think in extremes.

    So yes I think others will most likely try.

    They seem to make the nut some kind of martyr even so on this site. A kid cuts off his hand for raising it to the wrong religious question and he's a hero to his people, a guy tries to kill Trump and instead of condemning him, he is being cheered on.

    When if it was Hillary or Bernie people would talk about how disgusting of an act it was. Bernie especially. People would be on it in a minute.

    Sick how that works. The only true act is in the act of self defense.

      June 22, 2016 11:47 PM MDT
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  • 739
    Yeah, I'm suprised. Usually, this doesn't happen until you guys have elected him president!
      June 23, 2016 5:44 AM MDT
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  •   June 23, 2016 5:47 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    Sorry..I have it fixed now.
      June 23, 2016 6:16 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    He was 19 yr old UK but I had not heard illegal...
      June 23, 2016 6:18 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    Credit security.
      June 23, 2016 6:19 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    I noticed that to. I still have not seen it mentioned on TV news.
      June 23, 2016 6:20 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    Yep that's the one.
      June 23, 2016 6:21 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    I just find it interesting the news is not covering it.
      June 23, 2016 6:24 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    Not doubt if an attempt was made on Hillary we would hear about it daily for months.
      June 23, 2016 6:26 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    I have yet to see it mentioned on TV news
      June 23, 2016 6:30 AM MDT
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  • 34300
    It happens more than we may realize:
    Teddy Roosevelt, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Wallace and now Trump.
      June 23, 2016 6:46 AM MDT
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  • 17602

    This is why assassination attempts are kept secret when possible.  

      June 23, 2016 9:44 AM MDT
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