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President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, taking a grazing bullet wound in the ear. He responded with bravura, pumping his fist at the crowd and telling them to “fight” as the Secret Service tried to hustle him off. Several progressives on X alleged that the shooting may have been fake. This would not explain the death of Trump supporter Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his family at the scene.
BREAKING: The Trump rally attendee who was murdered yesterday by Matthew Crooks has been identified as Corey Comperatore.
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) July 14, 2024
A family member has released a statement on their Facebook page about the situation.
Prayers up for Corey and his family. pic.twitter.com/WAK9p4xuUw
Still, that did not stop baseless speculation.
And yes, the billionaire DNC mega-donor @reidhoffman is and long has been one of the nation's most deranged and demented scumbags.https://t.co/g4hGWEGXey pic.twitter.com/B8iQ8KjsZx
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 14, 2024
I certainly hope this is not a staged act. But...🙄
— State Representative Antonio Parkinson (@TNRepParkinson) July 13, 2024
If you don't think that shit was staged? Look at how fast they got trump outta there at just the mention of someone in the crowd having a gun in 2016. Then look at this goofy as shit. pic.twitter.com/zqZMHRO5jT
— Ok (@FirstName736928) July 14, 2024
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CNN initially did its best to downplay the assassination attempt.
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Others simply regretted that the shooter missed:
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Guy spends his last 24 hours tweeting at catturd and going to a trump rally. Maybe he’s better off dead, I would kill myself if that was my life. https://t.co/XZEPffgygd
— store (employed) (@3ric_en) July 14, 2024
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