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[Order David Horowitz’s new book, America Betrayed, HERE.]
It is unsettling to realize that the shocking assassination attempt on Donald Trump less than four weeks ago seems to have already faded into the distant past.
This shooting of a former President and current presidential candidate is an historic incident that should have sparked serious, bipartisan, national self-examination, and a demand for answers not only about the would-be assassin but about the jaw-dropping security lapses that facilitated the shooting. Instead, the mainstream media has managed to shift the focus of the news cycle to the ginning up of enthusiasm for the Democrat candidate, a hopelessly inept and disliked far-Left radical installed as candidate via an internal coup directed against the sitting President.
Meanwhile the purportedly bipartisan investigation into the July 13 assassination attempt continues to collide with bureaucratic stonewalling. This is not helping to allay widespread suspicion on the Right that the Democrat Party itself, desperate to derail the juggernaut of the Trump campaign, might have played some sort of role in the shooting.
As columnist Benjamin Weingarten put it on X:
It remains inexplicable how Secret Service could have failed so glaringly and in so many different ways — we’re just supposed to chalk it up to sheer incompetence and unpreparedness. Perhaps more notably, we know almost nothing about a shooter who profiles as the perfect patsy.
This is a massive, massive scandal that cannot be allowed to fade away.
Not only is it being allowed to fade away, but the news media is making sure Republican concerns are dismissed as conspiracy-mongering. On July 31 the New York Times complained that “Right-wing lawmakers and candidates have made baseless suggestions that the shooting was orchestrated by Democrats or government actors.” The article went on to accuse the Right of “trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories,” “promot[ing] groundless claims that suit their political narrative,” and “drawing unsubstantiated theories and grievance-driven suspicions once relegated to the right-wing fringe into the mainstream of their party.” Loaded language like “insinuated” (used five times) and “misinformation” (twice) hammered home the point. In fact, the Times and other left-wing outlets like The Washington Post have gone overboard trying to delegitimize such suspicions as fringe lunacy – which in itself suggests that the state media has something to hide.
The Left cites such examples as Arizona Republican Rep. Eli Crane, who told Glenn Beck, “I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, but at the same time, I don’t want to, you know, rule anything out because I don’t put it past some of the people in our government to do anything necessary to hold on to power.” Considering the Left’s ruthless lust for power, Crane’s perspective seems more based than baseless.
Trump’s running mate JD Vance, too, stated last Saturday, “They couldn’t beat him politically, so they tried to bankrupt him. They failed at that. So they tried to impeach him. They failed at that. So they tried to put him in prison. They even tried to kill him.” Vance did not specify the Democrat Party but from the context it’s clear he was referring to those who want Trump kept out of the Oval Office by any means necessary. These days the Democrat Party is practically defined by that mission.
Are Crane, Vance, and others merely “trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories”? Let’s take a brief, objective look at the Democrat Party’s messaging and actions regarding their arch-nemesis Trump prior to the shooting.
As FrontPage Mag contributor Lloyd Billingsley sums up, echoing Vance: “Democrats had previously attempted to imprison Trump, drive him into bankruptcy, and have his name removed from state ballots. The Democrats also compared Trump to Hitler, portrayed him as an existential threat to democracy, and attempted to deny him Secret Service protection.”
Then on July 8, President Joe Biden upped the ante by telling Democrat donors, “It’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.” (Had Trump said something similar, the media would be apoplectic over his incitement to violence.) A mere five days later at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, a young gunman who somehow gained access to an unsecured rooftop with a direct line of sight to his target less than 150 yards away, got off eight shots – right under the noses of the Secret Service – that missed killing the Republican candidate by the thinnest of margins (and also, of course, killed a Trump supporter and seriously wounded two others).
The Secret Service response on the scene was so inept – right down to panicked female agents fumbling with their weapons and sunglasses – that outrage and stupefaction briefly reigned on Capitol Hill, eventually causing director Kimberly Cheatle to resign against her will. Cheatle is a left-wing ideologue whose self-professed focus at the Service was boosting the number of female agents. It later came to light that she also was behind the push to destroy the cocaine stash discovered in the White House last summer, apparently to suppress evidence that likely would have put Biden’s drug-abusing son Hunter at the center of another security scandal.
Cheatle is only one anti-Trump player, however, in the Deep State culture that seems to suffuse every government agency from the IRS to Homeland Security to the FBI, an organization Americans now distrust as having been politicized by the Biden regime against political opponents like parents protesting education policies. Up the chain of command is Homeland Security honcho and open borders enthusiast Alejandro Mayorkas, Cheatle’s boss; FBI director Christopher Wray, in his investigation testimony, unhelpfully questioned whether Trump’s wound resulted from a bullet or shrapnel; FBI deputy director Paul Abbate also seemed to be stonewalling when he claimed the shooter’s motive was “still not clear”; and of course, the buck ultimately stops with Joe Biden, who has done as much or more to publicly demonize Trump as anyone. At every step of the way, Democrat leadership seem to be incapable of either protecting Donald Trump or getting to the bottom of his shooting.
As a curious aside: a Chinese citizen was arrested a week ago after repeatedly trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. The 38-year-old claimed he had documents tying the Chinese regime itself to the assassination attempt, although it’s unclear whether any were turned over to authorities. Perhaps the individual is just mentally unstable; but if he is telling the truth, then this adds a whole other layer of suspicion to the CCP-beholden Democrat Party’s possible malfeasance in the shooting. Why has there been no update?
In a recent episode of the Freedom Center podcast The Right Take with Mark Tapson, I asked pundit and author Kurt Schlichter whether the Secret Service assassination debacle resulted from ineptitude or malice, He pointed out that “there comes a point at which gross negligence is so grossly negligent that it effectively becomes indistinguishable from malice.” So, whether out of incompetence or malice, responsibility for the near-assassination of President Trump must be laid at the feet of the Democrat Party.
Why is Republican leadership not pressing this issue harder? The issue of the Democrat obsession with demonizing Trump as Hitler 2.0, fear-mongering about him as A Threat to Democracy™, and even inciting violence against him? If the situation were reversed and Joe Biden had been the target of a MAGA loyalist sniper, Democrats would have seized upon that and weaponized it relentlessly to crush the Republican Party’s chances in November, regardless of whether the Party had any connection to the shooting. Republican lawmakers need to push the investigation into the Trump shooting back to the forefront of the national conversation, demand transparency and answers, and blast the Left for creating the conditions in which an assassination attempt was inevitable, and for the leadership failures that allowed it to be carried out.
Again, we cannot allow the Left to bury this massive scandal; the country can and should only move forward after a committed Republican push ensures that the truth is brought to light for the American people, and the Democrat Party is held accountable.
Follow Mark Tapson at Culture Warrior
When school children are shot up and murdered every week in America (thanks NRA) why should the life of one person who was “almost” shot be taken more seriously? The idea that Trump’s shooting should be talked about a month after it missed is to assume Trump’s life matters more than anyone else killed in shootings. We don’t worship Trump like a god here, well some of you do but most don’t.
That, and Republicans found out the shooter was a right-winger and couldn’t exploit it any further so they buried it.
Your comment is appalling and monstrous and illustrates what’s wrong with this country and the upcoming election.
Onzeur Trante :
Really? That’s very kind and gentle of you to say such nice things about a disgusting liberal maggot.
I would’ve taken the low road and called upchuck (aka, slamdunk) something so vile and disgusting that it would’ve surely gotten me immediately censored!
Wow, a leftist gun grabber who is spreading lies about the shooter. Hey derp you are on a conservative site.
Try not to be so predictably left and stupid. The NRA? Really?
slamdunk:
You’re hatred of Trump and anyone who is not a lowbrow democRat maggot like you is quite obvious. Here’s a bit of free advice: Take your hatred somewhere else where it’s welcomed. This isn’t the place for it.
Your dishonesty is a Democrat attribute from their nefarious beginnings.
The shooter was NOT a “right-winger.” That is a lie and you know it.
But it doesn’t bother you because you’re not concerned with truth.
Oops. You dropped your tinfoil hat, sir.
Dear slam dunk:
If people are being ‘shot in America’ you can chalk it up to blue jurisdictions and their Soros DA’s who either don’t charge the gang bangers or offer plea bargains that dismiss Gun charges and release the perpetrators, which allows them to shoot all over again.
It is the most dishonest and disgusting revolving door in America.
Get four facts straight.
K
EVERY ONE of the “daily shooters of school children” you mention were known derelicts with anger and hate issues,which were not properly dealt with, including the guy who took his shots at Trump,along with his two or more accomplices that also fired at the same time and place.
Don’ know on which planet YOUR news sources are published, but it can’t be this one.
Get a life, loser.
First the shooters politics are unclear he contributed to a leftist organization just before the shooting. Leftists jurisdictions have gun controls out the Ying yang & are gun crime ridden hellholes . What.makes you think banning guns will make them go away in the first place? Opioids have been illegal since 1913. You can’t find that stuff anywhere right? Before synthetic opioids like fentanyl you had to import opioids from overseas the opium poppy couldn’t be grown here & we had no trouble getting them. Making guns illegal will only create another lucrative black market that criminal gangs could easily exploit. Anyone with access to a 3D printer or a machine shop could easily create a firearm. Banning.them would be totally ineffective.
We’re supposed to forget what happened less than four weeks ago, but remember what didn’t happen in 1619.
What are you referring to that didn’t happen in 1619?
Check out the article titled “The Revolutionary Dishonesty of the ‘1619 Project'” (a search should bring it up).
the democrats wont investigate and the republicans will go weak at the knees . the MSM will file it in the rabbit hole . now we know that the keystone cops are in charge we can all rest . sorry mark , but no one cares about the american people . least of all their govt. the left will bury it along with all the democrats who have broken the law and ignored the constitution . the MSM are going to be too busy promoting the queens new clothes .
The answer is in that photograph.
Didn’t Earn It
And Alex Soros who opposes prisons is now practically related to the Clinton’s by way of Huma Abedin.
That was supposed to be a reply to Ken. In reply to Mo de Profit, the answer is far higher up the chain than incompetent DEI hiring by the Secret Service. This assassination was planned and carried out by the agencies.
We at home in TVland are horrified at the gushing favorable excited focus on Kamala ( previously known for sleeping her way to the top and for word salad).. Tune in to Fox to see the Chiron telling us she’s 6 points ahead! She’s so popular and fabulous this new savior of America!
Somebody tried to kill Trump.? Ho Hom. Yesterday’s news. He is behind in the polls or it’s “ neck & neck” This BS fertilizes the ground for their upcoming election fraud.
We have no say in what’s on TV or in the mainstream press. They create a reality and fake elections.
It’s time to NOT accept another steal. I hope we can peacefully reorganize and leave them out of whatever we come up with.
The deep state and the shadow government that rules them determine what is news.
FYI… Fox is not your friend. If you are here you are on your way to some real news.
Turn off the TV!
Frontpagemag
Citizenfreepress
American Thinker
The Stream
X
Go to any of these sites. You’ll be amazed at what you have been missing. Branch out from there.
Where else are we looking for real news? Please share.
Cat:
Other than the History channel or the Science channel, I rarely watch TV. I’ve been around a long time and know bias and bullsh*t when I see it and TV is full of it. It’s a veritable wasteland where an inquisitive and active mind goes to be dumbed down, stultified into stagnation and ultimately rotted out.
In other words, TV watching is how dimwitted democrats are a produced. For example: ever watch some network TV show and afterwards, get a headache and feel dumber for having watched it?
One who is keeping this issue alive is Dan Bongino on his daily podcast.
And check out Legally Armed America on You Tube.
Bongino is a smart guy and smart detective….he understands the whole process that the US is suffering from. Basically the left is trying to install a totally Socialist-Communist government and attacks on our laws, our values, and our military. President Trump is in the way of Global Government and so are the people who support him.
There’s simply too many sinister coincidences for me to give the SS the benefit of the doubt
If this attack had happened AFTER the GOP convention, or even a month before , but the fact
that it occurred a few days before seems just too much of a coincidence for me
THE DNC were behind it by actively planning it , or by encouraging it by dismissing their
security proceedures . Either way, they WANTED IT TO HAPPEN
They risk being prosecuted for treason if Trump wins and the Republicans take the Senate and the House. That’s a lot of motivation to have him assassinated.
Sadly typical Lefty screed there “slamdunk.”
One is often disappointed in the unhinged Lefty POV, but very seldom surprised.
I’m never disappointed by that ilk. They’re disgusting maggots. What else do you expect from them? Maggots are who and what they are and do what is their nature to do.
During Christopher Wray’s Congressional testimony, he admitted that the FBI was not looking into who failed to pull Trump off the stage when danger was imminent. Why aren’t they actually investigating this?
The Pennsylvania rally was said to be one of the only Trump rallies which was covered live by CNN. Who made the decision at CNN to place a live crew at the rally and who had that CNN employee been in contact with?.
It was reported that this was the first Trump rally in which a USSS counter sniper was on site. Who ordered this sniper placement and why was this particular rally chosen for this “enhanced layer of protection?”
So many questions.
Intentional not coincidence. No way.
Why do we Republicans allow the lying Democrats to control our media, schools, and universities
with hardly any push back?
Why do we Republicans tolerate vile traitors and hypocrites to remain among us like Liz Cheney
and Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, etc?
Because we don’t love truth and goodness as much as Democrats love to murder babies, make wars,
support terrorism, spread lies . . .
They love evil more than we love good.
Power corrupts. The carrot and the stick. Plata o Polmo, silver or lead.
The RINO led GOP did NOTHING to reel in the Deep State in 2017-2018 when they controlled the Senate, House when Trump was Ptresident.
They cheerfully sat on their hands waitng for Trump to be impeached.
McConnell and the rest must be expelled………NOW!
Not one dime do we give to Rinos….they allowed the whole progression of things and wouldn’t help President Trump, they even ignored the election fraud which was proven. They (destroyed infrastructure, and economy, and now want to be bailed out by the people of America. ( The hard working, responsible, families, patriots, and stable Americans are tired of being treated like Serfs.)
One thought – Cheney, Christie, and Romney serve their masters well. I’m convinced that our republic has degenerated into an administrative state that sees the constitution and bill of rights as quaint little pieces of paper. We have witnessed three ways the deep state tried to detroy Trump – politically through impeachment, financially through the courts, and now fatally. This isn’t over yet. In fact, this shooting has been only the first act. Next will be the mysterious plane crash of Trumpforce 1, and if that doesn’t work, the mysterious heart attack caused by the right chemicals. Classical CIA/deep-state modus operandi. I pray for Trump.
For the record: I’m a former republican who left the republican party circa 2003 when George W. Bush, and the RINOs and neocons forced me out of the party. Since then I’ve been a registered independent have no desired to ever become a republican again.
When Trump ran in 2016, it was the first time I had voted for a presidential candidate since GW Bush’s first term in 2000. I didn’t vote for him a 2nd time for obvious reasons nor did I vote for McCain or Romney. They were/are both RINOs. RINOs and democrats are the same creature as far as I’m concerned. It’s akin to the difference between a donkey and a jackass. Semantics….
Moreover, if the republican party clings to it’s old ways. For example: fecklessness, cowardice. quick to acquiesce/capitulate to democrats and terrified of democrats and the various canards they use to browbeat republicans into submission (e.g., the race card, the homophobic card, the misogynist card, the xenophobe card, etc.)
For those reasons, I want no parts of the republican party until they stop being squishy wusses and man up (many of the republican women have more balls than the men!)
Quoting from Mark Tapson …. very insightful ….
” ……the Secret Service assassination debacle resulted from ineptitude or malice,
” …. there comes a point at which gross negligence is so grossly negligent that it effectively becomes
indistinguishable from malice.”
” So, whether out of incompetence or malice,
” responsibility for the near-assassination of President Trump must be laid at the feet of the Democrat Party.”
This is a good article, but it is based on two wrong assumptions.
1) It’s wrong to presume as though the Right means the Republican party, and…
2) It’s wrong to presume as though the Republicans are the true opposition, and I wrote about this extensively: http://judeochristianamerica.org/FAQ.htm#10 The Repoops did not resist nor expose the 2008-2016 imposture by Obama/Soetoro, and on January 6, 2021, they certified the election stolen from themselves. Why to expect from them anything better now?
And yes, this is a great quote by Kurt Schlichter: “there comes a point at which gross negligence is so grossly negligent that it effectively becomes indistinguishable from malice.”
IMO, the Repubs have acted the way they have because they are just as corrupt as the Dems, at the end of the day. Everyone in Washington has enough baggage to self-destruct under the right circumstances.
The GOP wants Trump dead as well as every one of his supporters.
You would think most would have realized this by now.
‘Why is the Right Not Hammering the Left About the Trump Shooting?’
Dan Bongino is, each and everyday on the radio and his podcast. He said just yesterday, he is not letting this go.
Kudos to him.
I watch over and over the ineptitude of “our” side of the aisle.
The podium “we” speak from is just about to disintegrate from so much pounding.
The only sense I can make of it is “somebody” has dirt on every single one of us. A dossier, a file, a photo, a hard drive.
So much low hanging fruit and essentially crickets at the begining, middle and the end of every event.
With “friends” like these we do not need enemies.
Can someone help me out here?
If people really want to know and understand why these events and the theft of the election in 2020 happened and worse will continue to watch this webinar about our corrupted politicians in our current and past decades of Government to see who is and has been involved and where much of the ccp infiltration into our Govt. started…hint…. California and their corrupt DEM system and cabal.
A CPDC (Committee on the Present Danger China) WEBINAR
Xi’s Dream:
America’s Counterintelligence Nightmare
Can We Afford Lax Security Protocols in Time of War?
https://presentdangerchina.org/webinar-xis-dream-americas-counterintelligence-nightmare/ START AT 31 MINUTES (This most important info is by Trevor Loudon…. MANY things, most of us are UNAWARE of!!) Once you know you will see things for what and why they are and BOTH DEMS & GOP are on the dole and in on the destruction of our country. See how far gone our country is estimated to be gone by now due to these pay-to-play and infiltrators into our gov branches everywhere in America!
You can measure the value of a candidate by the number of bureaucrats who want him gone.
You’re onto something there. It’s no secret that Trump terrifies the deep state and they want him eliminated. Trump is disruptive to the status quo and they can’t tolerate that. We the American people are getting screwed and ripped off 24/7/365. The can’t have that brought to light among other things they don’t want the people to know or ever find out about.
For example: No new wars? The military-industrial complex cannot/will not abide that. Eliminating entire government departments? The bureaucracy (aka, the deep state) cannot/will not abide that. Cutting back on spending and not growing the deficit? The legislative branch cannot/will not abide that.
Those are some of the things that Trump stands for and for those reasons, he’s an existential threat that has to be eliminate.
I don’t understand why bulletproof portable ballistic shields are not being used 360 around speaker platform with approach under grandstands and behind the speakers area. Expensive, but cost should not be a factor. Don’t allow Trump any option to nix this, like JFK reportedly did. Do not allow rallies at any sites with elevated structures within 2000 yards.
“Why is Republican leadership not pushing the issue harder?”
Why is said leadership weak on so many fronts?
The seem to lack the gravitas, the will, and the bravery required to pull this nation back from the brink.
Meanwhile, we raise our fists to the sky, frustrated and sometimes a bit surprised at various turns of events (such as the memory holing of the assassination attempt). But if we are frustrated and/or suprised that just reveals how naive and behind the curve we are. The left is ruthless and playing for keeps. We, on the other hand, appear weak, disorganized, and most critically, locked out of power.
We are not up against liberals. We’re up against Marxists, communists, and fascists and these people are making headway.
And the mainstream media isn’t fake news. It’s a Stalinesque conglomerate that is silencing certain voices as it shoves the desired narrative in our faces.
We are not meeting the left head on. Case in point: When JD Vance met with members of the media on the tarmac where Harris’s plane was, he was coy and self-consciously cute. It was ridiculous that he behaved that way, feigning belief that the media should do better, as if he didn’t know they have no interest in doing better. Call them what they are! Pravda! Tell them the way they function is reminiscent of the Soviet Union, China, etc. Not that they’ll care but at least the video clip will be serious and not silly.
I think many of us are still in a state of disbelief that our beautiful country really could transform into a totalitarian state. But it’s happening. And our side is not hammering on any and all fronts. Instead, Trump is rambling on Truth Social about how Harris is getting hammered in the polls, when that’s not the case at all and it makes him seem like an unhinged person divorced from reality.
We are losing and there appears to be no strategy, plan, or candidate to turn that around.
Sarah, yes and watch this video I posted above which expounds on what you posted and gives exact details as to why we are losing our country.
If people really want to know and understand why these events and the theft of the election in 2020 happened and worse will continue to,
Watch this webinar about our corrupted politicians in our current and past decades of Government to see who has been involved and where much of the ccp infiltration into our Govt. started…hint…. California and their corrupt DEM system and cabal.
A CPDC (Committee on the Present Danger China) WEBINAR
Xi’s Dream:
America’s Counterintelligence Nightmare
Can We Afford Lax Security Protocols in Time of War?
START AT 31 MINUTES (This most important info is by Trevor Loudon…. MANY things, most of us are UNAWARE of!!) Once you know you will see things for what and why they are and BOTH DEMS & GOP are on the dole and in on the destruction of our country. See how far gone our country is estimated to be gone by now due to these pay-to-play and infiltrators into our gov branches everywhere in America!
Objectively speaking, I cannot disagree with you. I like Trump and intend to vote for him, (for a 3rd time) but his campaign seems to be stuck in 2nd gear and not gaining any momentum.
Perhaps that’s due to it being the dog days of summer and the media’s 24/7 proselytizing on Kamala Harris’s behalf. Worse yet, He’s getting very little support from the GOP establishment who quietly detest Trump and the MAGA movement. (Trump is anathema the Washington DC political establishment.)
I would believe the Republicans want the investigation to play out by local and national investigators without interference from party members. If the Republicans were doing the investigation, people would believe that the results were biased.
So are you suggesting that only the democrats can conduct a legitimate investigation? By that reckoning, why not just disband and outlaw the republican party and turn the country over to democrats? After all, from what you implicitly suggest is that the dems/left/liberals are the only legitimate authority in this country that anyone will believe. I reject the notion in it’s entirety but I digress.
Totalitarian rule has been the democrats/neo-Marxists objective for decades. The people you’ve alluded to have already been conditioned, via the American education system, to passively accept and comply with totalitarian rule. That is a characteristic of Stockholm Syndrome.
Why? Because for many it is too painful to admit the attempted assassination of President Trump was part of a Democrat coup.