So Now Donald Trump’s Disciples Are Decrying Violence…
But where was the conservative outrage before the ex-president was shot at during a MAGA rally in Pennsylvania?
We’ve known for ages that the U.S. Republican Party is the grand old party of hypocrisy, so anyone who didn’t see the latest rhetorical twist coming hasn’t been paying attention.
On Saturday, July 13, former President Donald Trump was shot at during a MAGA rally in Butler, Pennsylvania (above). According to news reports, shots rang out while he was speaking on stage, and he suddenly dropped to the ground as blood spurted from his right ear, which had apparently been grazed by a bullet.
Trump will be fine, but the gunman, who has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel, Pennsylvania, and a rally attendee were killed and two others were critically injured.
Naturally, Republicans are outraged over the violence at the MAGA event, blaming President Joe Biden and his recent “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye” comment while demanding an unbiased investigation and unbiased coverage. Yes, unbiased. It’s that word they love to toss around, even though they’ve never met a biased angle they wouldn’t exploit. No motive has been disclosed for the shooting on Saturday, but it is…
