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At a rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday, Donald Trump said he would be OK with someone trying to assassinate him by firing through a group of journalists. “To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much,” Trump said, when discussing the bulletproof glass protecting him.

The Trump campaign tried to clean up the Republican candidate’s comments…by suggesting people should not believe what they heard, and repeating baseless claims that Democratic rhetoric was to blame for the assassination attempts against him. Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign, claimed in a statement that the ex-president “was stating that the Media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, 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!”

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you have to offer multiple paragraphs of explanation for barely a sentence or two of his statements, you've already lost people's attention, to say nothing of blatantly engaging in an Argument from Silence.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, what? Just report on it with no further commentary than "Yeesh."?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not the reporting, the Trump campaign trying to justify a few sentences with paragraphs.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago

It's frankly terrifying that there's an essentially 50/50 chance this man will be elected, again...

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

Literally nothing is disqualifying for his supporters. This is what they want and believe. This is what a lack of proper critical-thinking-based education wreaks.

If Kamala wins, and the house gets Democratic control, this nightmare, for now at least, will be over, despite any threats Trump and his ilk will lob. If either of those turn out the other way, I do not expect this will end well.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

Heros put themselves in front of bullets to protect others.

Trump puts others in front of bullets to protect himself.