Donald Trump has blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for last month’s failed assassination attempt against him by accusing them of making it difficult for the Secret Service to protect him.
The Republican presidential nominee’s claim – for which he offered no evidence – was made on the television talkshow Dr Phil, hosted by Phil McGraw, on Tuesday. The remarks follow disclosures that several Secret Service agents from the Pittsburgh field office had been placed on administrative leave after the 13 July shooting.
At a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month, Trump was grazed on the ear by a bullet after a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from the roof of a nearby building. One rallygoer, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two others were seriously wounded. The gunman was shot dead by a Secret Service officer at the scene.
“When this happened, people would ask, whose fault is it?” Trump told McGraw. “I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and Harris’s fault. And I’m the opponent. They were weaponising government against me, they brought in the whole DoJ to try and get me, they weren’t too interested in my health and safety.
Wasn’t the shooter republican and/or conservative?
Kinda sorta, he changed and registered republican before the shooting, but was a dem before and donated to act blue.
historically seemed to be conservative, donated a few bucks to a dem thing, didn’t have an online presence. It’s safe to say he was more extreme than right wing, and more right wing than far right or “right wing extremist”
I heard that those donations actually came from an older dude with the same name, has that been disproven?
Yes, the donor’s information was from Bethel Park instead of Pittsburgh https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-shooter-donation/
yeah idk, i saw that later on, couldn’t tell you but i remember hearing about it being postulated, i just couldnt remember whether or not that was true or not lol. Accidental misinfo moment.
Even then it’s fairly minor.
