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==Incitement leading to crime==

==Incitement leading to crime==

 

It came after years and moreso in recent weeks, [[the left]] and [[liberal media]] has been vilifying president Trump<ref>[https://mynorthwest.com/3965866/rantz-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-rhetoric-democrats/ Rantz: After failed Donald Trump assassination attempt, will you stop claiming he’s Hitler?], MyNorthwest. Jul 13, 2024, 7:10 PM</ref> as being supposedly a "danger to [[democracy]]." In A hot mic caught Journos joking about Trump being assassinated while attending a [[lawfare]] hearing in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Tommy Christopher, [https://www.mediaite.com/news/hot-mic-catches-journos-laughing-and-joking-about-trump-being-assassinated-at-appeals-court/ Hot Mic Catches Journos Laughing and Joking About Trump Being Assassinated At Appeals Court], Mediate, Jan 9th, 2024. mediaite.com</ref> On July 7, 2024 some [[leftist]]s called him a "[[Hitler]]." After [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]]'s disastrous debate performance and calls from his own party and the [[liberal media]] to resign,<ref>[https://archive.is/VXMfq#selection-5665.0-5727.12 The Almighty Calls for Biden], The Editorial Board, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', July 7, 2024.</ref> five days before an assassination attempt, Kenneth P. Vogel of ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Biden told donors, "We’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye."<ref>[https://archive.is/nmJdB Biden told donors on a private call this afternoon: “It’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.”], Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel. x.com/kenvogel</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/13/report-biden-told-donors-it-was-time-to-put-trump-in-the-bullseye/ Report: Biden told Donors it was ‘Time to Put Trump in the Bullseye’'], ELIZABETH WEIBEL, [[Breitbart]]'', 13 Jul 2024. breitbart.com</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/biden-july-8-were-done-talking-about-debate/ Biden on July 8: ‘We’re Done Talking About the Debate, it’s Time to Put Trump in a Bullseye’], By Cassandra MacDonald, ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', Jul. 13, 2024. thegatewaypundit.com</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vswiX81IqhQ "Totally Irresponsible": Megyn Kelly Calls Out Biden Saying "Put Trump in a Bullseye" Days Ago], [[Megyn Kelly]], July 12, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref><ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/flashback-5-days-ago-biden-said-put-trump-in-a-bullseye/ar-BB1pWbB1 Flashback: 5 Days Ago Biden Said 'Put Trump in a Bullseye'], by Jack Davis, ''The Western Journal, July 13, 2024. msn.com</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/XZ0RE Biden Threat ‘To Put Trump in a Bullseye’ Met With Shrugs, in Contrast With Firestorm Over Palin ‘Crosshairs’], DEAN KARAYANIS, ''New York Sun, July 10, 2024. nysun.com</ref>

It came after years and moreso in recent weeks, [[the left]] and [[liberal media]] has been vilifying president Trump<ref>[https://mynorthwest.com/3965866/rantz-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-rhetoric-democrats/ Rantz: After failed Donald Trump assassination attempt, will you stop claiming he’s Hitler?], MyNorthwest. Jul 13, 2024, 7:10 PM</ref> as being supposedly a "danger to [[democracy]]." In A hot mic caught Journos joking about Trump being assassinated while attending a [[lawfare]] hearing in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Tommy Christopher, [https://www.mediaite.com/news/hot-mic-catches-journos-laughing-and-joking-about-trump-being-assassinated-at-appeals-court/ Hot Mic Catches Journos Laughing and Joking About Trump Being Assassinated At Appeals Court], Mediate, Jan 9th, 2024. mediaite.com</ref> On July 7, 2024 some [[leftist]]s called him a "[[Hitler]]." After [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]]'s disastrous debate performance and calls from his own party and the [[liberal media]] to resign,<ref>[https://archive.is/VXMfq#selection-5665.0-5727.12 The Almighty Calls for Biden], The Editorial Board, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', July 7, 2024.</ref> five days before an assassination attempt, Kenneth P. Vogel of ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Biden told donors, "We’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye."<ref>[https://archive.is/nmJdB Biden told donors on a private call this afternoon: “It’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.”], Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel. x.com/kenvogel</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/13/report-biden-told-donors-it-was-time-to-put-trump-in-the-bullseye/ Report: Biden told Donors it was ‘Time to Put Trump in the Bullseye’'], ELIZABETH WEIBEL, [[Breitbart]]'', 13 Jul 2024. breitbart.com</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/biden-july-8-were-done-talking-about-debate/ Biden on July 8: ‘We’re Done Talking About the Debate, it’s Time to Put Trump in a Bullseye’], By Cassandra MacDonald, ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', Jul. 13, 2024. thegatewaypundit.com</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vswiX81IqhQ "Totally Irresponsible": Megyn Kelly Calls Out Biden Saying "Put Trump in a Bullseye" Days Ago], [[Megyn Kelly]], July 12, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref><ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/flashback-5-days-ago-biden-said-put-trump-in-a-bullseye/ar-BB1pWbB1 Flashback: 5 Days Ago Biden Said 'Put Trump in a Bullseye'], by Jack Davis, ''The Western Journal, July 13, 2024. msn.com</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/XZ0RE Biden Threat ‘To Put Trump in a Bullseye’ Met With Shrugs, in Contrast With Firestorm Over Palin ‘Crosshairs’], DEAN KARAYANIS, ''New York Sun, July 10, 2024. nysun.com</ref>

Former US [[Attorney General]] [[Bill Barr]] [[tweet]]ed:<ref>[https://x.com/chicksonright/status/1812288720013570197]</ref>

Former US [[Attorney General]] [[Bill Barr]] [[tweet]]ed:<ref>[https://x.com/chicksonright/status/1812288720013570197]</ref>

<blockquote>The Democrats have to stop their grossly irresponsible talk about Trump being an existential threat to democracy - he is not.” </blockquote>

<blockquote>The Democrats have to stop their grossly irresponsible talk about Trump being an existential threat to democracy - he is not.” </blockquote>

 

Commentators<ref>''Fox News'' Anchor Trace Gallagher, interviewing Kaylee McGhee White, Aaron Cohen on July 14, 2024. 1:20-1:35 ET</ref> brought up Democrats' reaction to [[2020 Marxist insurrection|Antifa 2020 violence]]. As well as violence at the anti-[[Israel]] riots ([[Oct 7 War]]) and most of the charges at [[Columbia University]] rioters [https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/opinion/answer-us-columbia-and-da-bragg-why-drop-rioters-charges/ dropped] by [[Alvin Bragg]], an elected [[Democrat]]; the reaction to the (Genocidal) "[https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/From-the-River-to-the-Sea From the river to the sea]."

Commentators<ref>''Fox News'' Anchor Trace Gallagher, interviewing Kaylee McGhee White, Aaron Cohen on July 14, 2024. 1:20-1:35 ET</ref> brought up Democrats' reaction to [[2020 Marxist insurrection|Antifa 2020 violence]]. As well as violence at the anti-[[Israel]] riots ([[Oct 7 War]]) and most of the charges at [[Columbia University]] rioters [https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/opinion/answer-us-columbia-and-da-bragg-why-drop-rioters-charges/ dropped] by [[Alvin Bragg]], an elected [[Democrat]]; the reaction to the (Genocidal) "[https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/From-the-River-to-the-Sea From the river to the sea]."

==The shooter==

==The shooter==

 

The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally].

The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally].

By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, was bear-crawling up the roof<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/what-we-know-about-the-suspected-trump-rally-shooter/ What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter]. Damita Menezes and Sean Noone, News Nation, 14 July 2024</ref> of an elevated structure a few hundred metres away outside the venue.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/trump-rally-shooting-distance/index.html Gunman was a few hundred feet away from Trump, CNN analysis shows] By [[CNN]] Staff, July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks had explosive devices in his car parked near the rally,<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/suspected-shooter-had-explosive-devices-in-his-car-sources-say-nqpDI2AqQQNtSvYtEpS9 Suspected Shooter Had Explosive Devices in His Car, Sources Say]. ''WSJ'' Jul 14, 2024</ref> showing he had an elaborated plan.

By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, was bear-crawling up the roof<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/what-we-know-about-the-suspected-trump-rally-shooter/ What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter]. Damita Menezes and Sean Noone, News Nation, 14 July 2024</ref> of an elevated structure a few hundred metres away outside the venue.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/trump-rally-shooting-distance/index.html Gunman was a few hundred feet away from Trump, CNN analysis shows] By [[CNN]] Staff, July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks had explosive devices in his car parked near the rally,<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/suspected-shooter-had-explosive-devices-in-his-car-sources-say-nqpDI2AqQQNtSvYtEpS9 Suspected Shooter Had Explosive Devices in His Car, Sources Say]. ''WSJ'' Jul 14, 2024</ref> showing he had an elaborated plan.

"Federal campaign-finance records show" Crooks "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref>

"Federal campaign-finance records show" Crooks "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref>