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Search results for "A shooter got close to President Trump at an event"

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Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts:
Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:
A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.”
By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024
Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts:
ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump.
By Jeff Cercone• July 26, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender.
By Ranjan Jindal• July 23, 2024
Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:
Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018
Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post:
A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 14, 2024
Kamala Harris stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation:
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:
The media was silent that "the Colorado school shooter is a transsexual, Trump-hating, Christian-hating, leftist freak."
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2019
Pamela Geller stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet :
"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.
By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015
Jim Rubens stated on March 24, 2014 in in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.:
Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.
By Jim Haddadin• June 6, 2014
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts:
Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt.
By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024
Rush Limbaugh stated on August 27, 2018 in in a blog post:
"It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'."
By John Kruzel• August 28, 2018
X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022
X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video:
Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 17, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts:
The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2021
Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters:
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2018
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads:
Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
By Ranjan Jindal• July 16, 2024
Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a video on Instagram:
Active shooter drill at high school in Uvalde, Texas, two months before the elementary school shooting shows the event was a false flag.
By Madison Czopek• May 31, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post:
Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.”
By Grace Abels• July 15, 2024

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By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

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