Month: July 2024

The Secret Service has confirmed that one Pennsylvania Trump rally attendee is dead, and another two are critically injured.

The attempted Trump assassin was also fatally shot.

In a press release, the Secret Service wrote, “During former President Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on the evening of July 13th at approximately 6:15 p.m., a suspected shooter fired multiple shots towards the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue.”

Secret Service releases a statement on the assassination attempt at Trump rally: pic.twitter.com/JWYYZ6dDX0

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 14, 2024

“US Secret Service personnel neutralized the shooter, who is now deceased. US Secret Service quickly responded with protective measures, and the former president was safe and being evaluated,” the statement continued.

The Secret Service confirmed, “One spectator was killed, two spectators were critically injured.”

None of the victims or the shooter had been publicly identified as of Saturday evening at the time of publishing.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, a man who identified himself as an emergency room doctor said that he tried to save a man’s life in the crowd after he was shot in the head.

The doctor spoke to CBS News reporter Jake Rosen, who said that he first thought it was fireworks — then heard someone saying, “he’s been shot, he’s been shot!”

“So, I made my way over. I said I am an emergency department physician. Let me help you,” the doctor explained.

An emergency room doctor I spoke with tried to save someone’s life in the crowd @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/OJvScwRLRk

— jake rosen (@JakeMRosen) July 13, 2024

The guy had become stuck between the benches and was shot in the head.

The doctor said that he saw a lot of scattered brain matter but that he started chest compressions and attempted to perform CPR.

Another witness told CNN that it was clear he was dead as soon as he was shot and that he was surrounded by his family when it happened.

This is a breaking news event. The Gateway Pundit will be providing updates as new information becomes available.

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Joe Biden took nearly two hours to release a statement on X following a shooting at President Trump’s Butler Pennsylvania rally, where his leading opponent was hit by a bullet.

They couldn’t take him out with lawfare and criminal charges, and now Trump has been shot two days before the RNC convention, where he will accept the Republican Party Nomination for President of the United States.

Why should we believe the Democrats didn’t play a role in this?

During Trump’s rally, gunshots were heard and President Trump ducked for cover as agents came to protect him and rush him off the stage.

BREAKING: ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT TRUMP RALLY, TRUMP RUSHED OFF STAGE – WATCH LIVE UPDATES (VIDEO)

However, as The Gateway Pundit reported, according to law enforcement, President Trump was grazed by the bullet. President Trump also released a statement, saying he is “fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.” Thank God!

Biden hired a sh*tty hitman.

Also, The Gateway Pundit reported that an eyewitness told the BBC that several people witnessed the shooter crawling on the roof of a local building with a rifle before Trump was shot, but they did not act until Trump was shot. We further reported that Secret Service agents may have had a clear view of the shooter from their position at a higher elevation than the shooter behind Trump, yet they did not act.

The gunshots were heard at approximately 6:10 pm. Biden remained silent on the subject until 7:58 pm, and Kamala Harris waited until 8:26 pm. Meanwhile, the White House has not put out an official statement.

X post from Joe Biden:

I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.

I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.

Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.

I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.

I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.

Jill and I are grateful to the Secret…

— President Biden (@POTUS) July 13, 2024

Additionally, As The Gateway Pundit reported, Biden delivered remarks from Delaware late Saturday evening on the assassination but refused to call it an assassination attempt. 

“I don’t know enough to — I have an opinion, but I don’t have any facts,” Biden replied, before wandering off of the stage while appearing lost and confused.

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Iconic picture!

In an image that’s sure to be etched into the annals of American political history, a bullet can be seen whizzing past the head of former President Donald Trump during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The striking photo was captured by Doug Mills, a renowned New York Times photographer. The image shows a bullet in mid-air, just above Trump’s shoulder and to the right of his head, moments after it hits Trump’s ear.

A remarkable photo captured by my former White House Press Corps colleague Doug Mills.

Zoom in right above President Trump’s shoulder and you’ll see a bullet flying in the air to the right of President Trump’s head following an attempted assassination. pic.twitter.com/FqmLBCytoW

— Haraz N. Ghanbari (@HarazGhanbari) July 14, 2024

Below is the sequence of photographs capturing the bullet that struck President Donald Trump.

The photograph sequence of the bullet that hit President Donald Trump.

Doug Mills/The New York Times pic.twitter.com/5UdGjJgNo2

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) July 14, 2024

Following the assassination attempt, Trump released the following statement.

BREAKING: President Trump Makes First Statement After He Was Shot At PA Rally From Medical Center

 

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With reports of Trump’s attempted assassination today at a rally in Pennsylvania, less than a week after Joe Biden told his elite donors that he needed to “put Trump in the crosshairs” the possibility exists that Biden is also signaling to the Secret Service and bodyguards around Trump that they should assist in the murder.

Reports are coming out that the shooter was in easy view of Trump from the roof of a nearby structure. This is a location that the Secret Service would have investigated and controlled access to prior to the event, again making it suspicious that this event happened.

Witnesses claim they alerted the Secret Service to a man on the roof with a rifle and they did nothing until the assassination started.

JUST IN: A guy outside the rally saw the shooter crawling on a roof and attempted to warn police and the Secret Service.

“We noticed a guy bear crawling on the roof with a rifle.”

“I’m standing there pointing at him for two to three minutes, and the Secret Service is looking at… pic.twitter.com/27h6qf3uUS

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) July 13, 2024

Video from the rally and of the shooter on top of a building after engaging with the SS pic.twitter.com/MIIcOalfWl

— Mel (@Villgecrazylady) July 13, 2024

Team Trump was asking for extra Secret Service protection recently and had been turned down.

BREAKING: A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS.

DHS, which oversees Secret Service…

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 14, 2024

The history of political assassinations in America has key ‘deranged individuals’ attempt to kill an upstart political leader who threatens the political establishment. The Secret Service has 150 offices and 7,000 employees.

The Secret Service guards current and former presidents, vice presidents and their families; major presidential candidates; visiting heads of state; diplomatic missions; and “major events.”

Pro-Trump activists have complained in the past that the Secret Service would arbitrarily limit who could get access to Trump, even when they were obviously not threats and were willing to go through extra screening. The Secret Service won’t let Trump loyalists near the President consistently, but apparently have no problem with a guy with a rifle walking around the roof of a nearby building.

The Secret Service has a history of either complicity, or massive incompetence. The far-left political elites have a long history of using political violence to stop leaders who challenge the regime.

the current leadership of the Secret Service

The current director of the Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle comes from heading security at Pepsi.

President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The exact circumstances of the assassination have been in major dispute ever since, but one common issue that many witnesses noticed was that the Secret Service agent driving Kennedy’s limousine braked before the fatal, final, shot that blew off a large portion of Kennedy’s head.

The Secret Service agents were allegedly slow and hung over from partying the night prior.

In Orville Nix‘s video of the Kennedy assassination, you can also see the limo driven by Secret Service agent William Greer, slow down for the fatal third shot. Notably, the Zapruder footage, does not show the limo slow down. Several have claimed that the intelligence community has adjusted the Zapruder film to help cover up the Secret Service’s involvement in the Kennedy assassination.

Kennedy’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., aka “RFK” was assassinated on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

RFK’s son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is currently running for President as an independent and has been involved in multiple security incidents. RFK Jr. has said that he believes that Eugene Cesar is the one who shot his father in the back, not Sirhan Sirhan, as is presented to the mainstream. Cesar died in 2019 and was hired as security for RFK Sr. mere days before the assassination. Cesar is claimed to have intelligence community connections through his prior employer, Howard Hughes.

The Biden Administration has repeatedly denied RFK Jr.’s requests this past year for Secret Service protection. 

The media constantly said the Secret Service was overworked dealing with a 400% increase of threats against President Barack Obama, only to later admit that the opposite was the truth: the incoming threat quantities were comparable to Bush and Clinton.

In 2012, 11 members of Obama’s Secret Service advance team were sent home from a Presidential trip to Colombia after a night of booze and hiring local prostitutes.

When Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. on March 30, 1981, the Secret Service had committed a major security failure by allowing unscreened members of the public to get within 15 feet of President Reagan. This failure allowed Hinckley the proximity he needed to fire six rounds at Reagan, injuring four people, including the President. Reagan very nearly died from the shooting, losing over a third of his blood.

Bill Clinton‘s Secret Service and personal protection detail as Governor of Arkansas were the recipients of violence rather than watching it happen to the source of their protection. Of the four agents who died at the raid at the Waco compound in Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993, three of the four who died were former Clinton Secret Service protectors.

The four who died at the Waco Siege on April 19, 1993 were: Todd McKeehan, Conway Le Bleu, Steve Willis, and Robert Williams.

This very odd coincidence was memorialized and noticed by President Clinton in a speech on the matter to Treasury Department employees on March 18, 1993 when he said:

“My prayers and I’m sure yours are still with the families of all four of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents who were killed in Waco: Todd McKeehan and Conway Le Bleu of New Orleans, Steve Willis of Houston, and Robert Williams from my hometown of Little Rock. Three of those four were assigned to my security during the course of the primary or the general election.”

The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig wrote a history of Secret Service failures, “Zero Fail” in 2021, a work that won the Pulitzer Prize.

 

 

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President Trump was a target of an apparent assasination attempt today during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One Trump supporter was killed an another is in critical condition. The shooter’s “head was blown off,” according to an eyewitness.

An eyewitness to the shooting told a BBC reporter that he tried to alert the Secret Service and police that a man was crawling on a rooftop with a rifle, but said they ignored him. Watch the eyewitness interview HERE.

Trump shooter eye-witness

The Secret Service has now made the following statement regarding the assasination attempt of the Republican candidate for President and former President of the United States. Here’s what they had to say:

“During former President Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on the evening of July 13th at approximately
6:15 p.m., a suspected shooter fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue. US Secret Service personnel neutralized the shooter, who is now deceased. US Secret Service quickly responded with protective measures and the former president is safe and being evaluated. One spectator was killed, two spectators were critically injured. The incident is currently under investigation and the Secret Service has formally notified the Federal Bureau of investigation.”
Anthony Guglielmi

Here is the tweet:

Here is the latest information from our investigation. We are grateful to the Secret Service team and our law enforcement partners for their swift action. Our thoughts go out to the families affected by this tragedy. pic.twitter.com/E8FazqtUVZ

— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) July 14, 2024

Many people are asking how the Secret Service could have missed the shooter.

Elon Musk shared a video that reportedly shows the shooter who allegedly attempted to assasinate President Trump, lying dead on top of the director of the Secret Service:

Exactly https://t.co/9dxmQbHFQb

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2024

In a follow up video, Elon Musk called for the resignation of the director of the Secret Service:

The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign https://t.co/ihlEC5NP1w

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2024

Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino is demanding that the director of the Secret Service “step down immediately!” Bongino says she is “utterly unqualified,” and that this is an “emergency situation right now,” that needs to be resolved first.

In the video below, Bongino says “It’s time for President Trump to have a full presidential package” because his threat level is “apocalyptic!”

Screenshot

Watch:

.@dbongino calls on Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle to resign immediately after attempted Trump assassination.

“It is time right now for Kim Cheatle to get her head out of her ass and do the right thing. I could tell you stories for days about her putting politics ahead of… pic.twitter.com/8ewszu5qFH

— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) July 14, 2024

Travis may have said it best with this truth-bomb tweet:

Do you all understand what transpired today?

A man on a roof, in clear view, fired at the leading Presidential candidate, and the only thing that stopped him was his aim. One inch to the right and we’d be having a different conversation.

This is the hostility the left has created with their rhetoric against Trump. They’ve convinced a large group of America that Trump is a monster for simply wanting to save America.

I respect secret service, but the ball was dropped today big time. It should’ve never been that close. That man should’ve never had the opportunity.

God bless America, and thank God Donald Trump is alright

James O’Keefe had this to say about the inept actions of the Secret Service.

DEVELOPING…Shooter found dead on rooftop with vantage point to stage.

Secret Service tasks counter assault teams to cover ALL vantage points — rooftops most obvious.

Counter assault teams are outsourced professionals. Unlikely they make these mistakes, even “B” team tasked to cover Trump.

Glaring error or intentional overlook. Confirmed with former CA team organizer and trainer.

While massive errors are possible, plausible intentional overlook of rooftop is more likely with CA team assignments given by SS. Who makes those possible? Deep State Intel Community?

DEVELOPING…Shooter found dead on rooftop with vantage point to stage.

Secret Service tasks counter assault teams to cover ALL vantage points — rooftops most obvious.

Counter assault teams are outsourced professionals. Unlikely they make these mistakes, even “B” team tasked to…

— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) July 13, 2024

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Tucker Carlson predicted there would be an assassination attempt on President Trump in the fall of 2023 and was mocked by the media for doing so.

Where does Tucker go for his apology? Where do we all go for apologies?

Everyone knew something like this was coming.

Here’s how NBC News covered Tucker’s comments at the time:

Tucker Carlson stokes conspiracies, claims U.S. is ‘speeding towards’ assassination of Trump

Tucker Carlson, the far-right media personality who was fired by Fox News earlier this year, claimed without evidence this week that the United States is “speeding towards” the assassination of former President Donald Trump — a comment that has started to gain traction with prominent voices on the conservative fringe.

In an interview with the comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla, Carlson was asked to comment on what “the future holds” for Trump, who is leading the field for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Carlson proceeded to rail against the fact that the former president was twice impeached and faces four indictments.

“If you begin with criticism, then you go to protest, then you go to impeachment, now you go to indictment and none of them work. What’s next? Graph it out, man. We’re speeding towards assassination, obviously. … They have decided — permanent Washington, both parties have decided — that there’s something about Trump that’s so threatening to them, they just can’t have him,” Carlson said in the interview, which was posted online Wednesday…

The comments have been picked up by other media personalities on the far right, including conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and former Fox News host Dan Bongino, who now posts content on Rumble, an online video platform known for hosting far-right personalities.

Watch Tucker’s comments below:

Tucker Carlson was ridiculed six months ago for saying this.

Tucker was 100% correct. pic.twitter.com/jaamHLthV2

— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 13, 2024

It’s amazing how many things the media has labeled as ‘conspiracy theories’ have actually come to pass or turned out to be true.

They should all hang their heads in shame.

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President Trump was shot today during an assassination attempt while he was speaking to a crowd of tens of thousands at a rally in rural Butler, Pennsylvania.

One Trump supporter was killed by the shooter, and another is in critical condition. According to an eyewitness, “the Secret Service blew his (the shooter’s) brains out.”

Only moments ago, President Trump posted his response to the shooting on his Truth Social social media platform. He is allegedly still receiving medical care for his gun shot would at a nearby facility.

“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.

It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country.

Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead.

I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

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Joe Biden finally addressed the nation about the shooting of former President Donald Trump — but refused to call it an assassination attempt.

Trump was shot in the face at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.

Biden spoke from Rehoboth Beach in Delaware at approximately 8:15 p.m. local time. Trump was shot roughly two hours earlier at 6:11 p.m.

“I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information. Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety,” Biden said.

Biden continued, “There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.”

After giving the very brief statement, a reporter asked Biden if he would classify the shooting as an “assassination attempt.”

REPORTER: “Do you think this was an assassination attempt?”

BIDEN: “I don’t know enough to — I have an opinion, but I don’t have any facts.” pic.twitter.com/YrE4yqqdL2

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2024

“I don’t know enough to — I have an opinion, but I don’t have any facts,” Biden replied, before wandering off of the stage while appearing lost and confused.

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President Trump was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump grabbed his neck after he was hit and pumped his fist as the Secret Service helped him walk away to the ambulance.

New photos have emerged allegedly showing the deceased shooter on a rooftop adjacent to the president’s podium. He was reportedly situated to the right side of Trump when he shot 8-10 bullets toward the rally.

I’m fine. I seen it. I heard it pic.twitter.com/nVREmRVLBw

— Jack (@S19Tor) July 13, 2024

@ the Trump Rally pic.twitter.com/I1ZquojCq0

— Jack (@S19Tor) July 13, 2024

Things do not add up, however, as video footage from the rally clearly shows what looks like two Secret Service agents standing watch on the Rooftop directly adjacent to where the shooter allegedly fired from.

The live video feed, broadcast by RSBN, shows Trump being introduced at the rally at 6:04 PM EST. Two agents can be clearly seen standing on the rooftop behind him on the same side he was shot. Furthermore, their rooftop was higher elevation than the shooter’s. How did they miss him?

What is the deal here?!

Look:

The Secret Service rooftop is slightly more elevated than the shooter’s rooftop. They should have at least been able to see something. pic.twitter.com/lTlBRzLYbo

— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 14, 2024

Before the shooting took place, concerned rallygoers alerted authorities to a man crawling on the rooftop. However, they were apparently ignored. Secret service likely had this information, one of the men who saw the shooter explained to BBC at the rally.

BREAKING: Eyewitness tells BBC that he informed police, Secret Service about a suspicious man on a roof with a rifle.

He was ignored. pic.twitter.com/Cvfb7znZtZ

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 13, 2024

Eyewitness Claims He Saw Trump Shooter Crawling on Roof With A Rifle… Warned Secret Service and Police– They Did Nothing—“Secret Service blew his [shooter’s] head off!” After He Shot Trump [VIDEO]

This is a developing story check back for updates.

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By Wayne Allyn Root

The takeaways from today’s assassination attempt on President Trump…

First, thank God, President Trump is okay. It’s a miracle. This was a head shot. The bullet clearly grazed his ear. One inch in the wrong direction, and this could have been a very different story.

Secondly, let’s give thanks to God for keeping President Trump safe from evil. Trump has God’s protection.

Third, pray for bystanders who were shot at the scene. It is now reported by the AP that a rally attendee was killed. Prayers for their family. This brings home how close Trump came to death.

Fourth, God bless the Secret Service and our First Responders. What heroes these brave men and women are. They are truly the “Thin Blue Line.” They are always willing to sacrifice their lives for us. Forget “Defund police.” We will always “Re-fund the police.”

Fifth, we have to ask the brutal question- is it true Trump’s Security detail has repeatedly requested more agents and resources from the Biden administration, and was rejected, or ignored each time? If true, this is a national disgrace.

Most importantly, now that we know President Trump is fine, we can breathe a sigh of relief and say it out loud…

Trump is amazing. Trump is super-human. Trump is one-in-a-billion.

Trump is “The Chosen One”- chosen by God to be our warrior. To lead the fight of our lives. To inspire us to give everything we have to give, in this fight of our lifetimes.

That photo of a bloodied President Trump, surrounded by Secret Service, with the American flag waving in the background, refusing to leave without his shoes, then pumping his fist again and again, mouthing “Fight” “Fight” Fight” will now be the iconic image of our lifetimes.

Trump’s instant reaction was “other worldly.” No other politician in history would react like that. Actually, no other politician in history has ever reacted like that.

That’s not something you can script. That’s not from a teleprompter. That’s pure instinct. Now you know the real Donald J. Trump. When the going got tough, with his life on the line, he was defiant.

Any other politician would run, hide, crumble, crawl, cry. Trump wanted to fight.

That’s the spirit of America.

That is what a great American leader looks like. Trump will never back down. He has inspired us. We have your back. We will never back down.

Lastly, a message to the left, to the Deep State, to the DC Swamp, to the evil traitors hiding in the shadows in this country, to our foreign enemies…

You took your best shot. You failed miserably. Your efforts have inspired us. Your efforts will lead us to victory. Now everyone knows…

You can’t stop Trump. You can’t stop MAGA. You can’t take down America.

We will run up a hill, on broken glass, carrying a US flag, to return President Trump to the White House, to take our country back, to make America great again.

Now we know how a hero responds while under fire. Now we know how a real leader acts.

Now we know how to fight and how to win.

Thank you, President Trump for showing us the way.

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