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Botany

(77,627 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:12 AM 13 hrs ago

I just woke up and I'm just not buying "it."

I don’t know all the facts and I really didn’t watch the coverage of the shooting but
this incident just doesn’t pass my smell test.

Did Trump really say something like “the show must go on?”

And how many shootings has been involved in?

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riversedge

(81,266 posts)
1. I also just tuned in a bit ago and reading about it now. Hard for me
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:14 AM
13 hrs ago

what is true or not at this point.

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AverageOldGuy

(4,039 posts)
4. Things that make you say "Hmmmm????"
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 06:47 AM
11 hrs ago

White House Pres Secretary Leavitt said ". . . shots will be fired." Was she saying Trump will fire verbal shots, or, was she saying . . . .

In his press conference, he started out by praising Secret Service,, US Capitol Police, DC Police. Praised the SS agent who was shot. Then he started in on the ballroom where the event was held -- "it is not secure" -- but ". . . my ballroom that everyone for 150 years has said we need will be secure . . . bulletproof glass . . . very secure . . . . we really need it . . . "

Gunman somehow gets pistol, shotgun, and knives into the building.

Trump did not attend the event during his first term.

Judge recently ruled Trump's ballroom for not be built for "non-security reasons."

Botany

(77,627 posts)
5. Look I know I am nuts but things about this shooting seem a little too convenient.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 07:29 AM
11 hrs ago

Did Levitt really say, “shots will be fired?”

Maybe he was unstable and wanted to commit suicide by cop?

How did he get a shotgun inside the building?



niyad

(133,362 posts)
10. Yes, lying leavitt did say that. Saw the video clip. She also said krasnov
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 07:56 AM
10 hrs ago

would be funny.

Katinfl

(861 posts)
11. Trump did not hesitate to post a picture of him on TS.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:14 AM
10 hrs ago

he was shirtless but don’t think he was naked.

Emile

(42,807 posts)
13. When he ran by SS he had his shirt on. Is that common practice to strip people after apprehension?
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:23 AM
10 hrs ago

Looks like they covered his ass with aluminum foil.

Takket

(23,757 posts)
15. his clothes were remove to ensure he was't concealing any other weapons or a bomb
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:36 AM
9 hrs ago

Takket

(23,757 posts)
17. Not that I know of but rushing a huge event where the president is
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 10:44 AM
7 hrs ago

Protected by the secret service elicits a greater response.

ashredux

(2,945 posts)
7. It was all staged.... Just like a TV show..... He knew he was going to get roasted....
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 07:39 AM
10 hrs ago

He had his script ready, he read part of it, he did his stream of consciousness nonsense…

Botany

(77,627 posts)
12. It has a Reichstag Fire thing about it.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:14 AM
10 hrs ago

I might be wrong but it just doesn’t pass my smell test. Look how brave President Trump is
and how is working to protect America but to do so he needs his ballroom completed for
his security because it will have bullet proof glass.

Again Botany =



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