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This is horrifying. Can anyone compare this to previous elections? I hadn't seen any news coverage but I imagine it would be a bigger deal.
When is the last time there was even an assassination attempt against someone? Obama?
The fact that we've had four in a handful of months should be deeply concerning to anyone wanting to keep America free from bloodshed. Look at how the Roman empire fell if you want an example. Trump needs massively beefed security, immediately, whether you like him or not.
Four? By my count, this would be number three. The bomb and/or dog thing didn’t pan out.
Though apparently there were two attempts years ago! One by an autistic UK tourist who didn’t know about retention holsters. Another by a forklift thief.
A Canadian lady apparently tried Ricin.
For this incident, my current understanding is that the only evidence that he intended an assassination attempt is a loaded weapon in his trunk, while he denies any such intention, and appears to be an enthusiastic Trump supporter. My bet is that he was not actually an assassin.
Against: his political advocacy, the official statement from Trump’s campaign.
For: fake ID, fake plates, multiple weapons, bringing all these things into a security checkpoint??
I dunno, it’s hard to apply normal logic to a guy who thinks this was a good idea. Only time will tell.
Don't forget he's also a Sovereign Citizen -- he probably just told the FBI that they can't touch him because he's a Free Man on the Land, and they knew that they had to cover the whole thing up if they didn't want to face an Admiralty Tribunal!
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concur that time will tell, and if there's any solid evidence of intent, I'm open to hearing it.
My understanding is that the fake ID and fake plates is standard sovereign citizen behavior. they make their own license plates and IDs routinely (or use novelty reproductions) because it's part of the sovereign citizen memplex; they believe they're the "real" united states government, so they issue themselves "official" ID. I've heard he claims not to be a sovereign citizen, but I'm not sure if that's just a permutation of the meme, where he'd claim to actually be a "free citizen traveling" or whatever not-actually-a-distinction.
Multiple weapons isn't that weird. When I travel with guns, I usually travel with more than one.
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The good news is that after the first attempt, they seem to be catching the would-be assassins before they get a chance to do anything.
True but every attempt needs another OOM of security imo.
Trump getting assassinated is the only real doomsday event for the republic I see at the moment. At least the largest probability one. Once the spiral of political violence starts it's nigh impossible to stop.
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