I usually wait to comment on the news, taking my sweet time to analyze what it all means. I feel that I’ve done enough analyzing since about 6:15 last night when we were as aghast with the political violence as many other Americans were. After all, we hadn’t had an assassination attempt on a president since Reagan! Beyond that, though, I have some comments to make that you might find interesting.
One. I feel a bit guilty: My knee-jerk reaction, after seeing that “f*&^ing moron” take a swipe at his bloody right ear, was, “Too bad he missed! Trump’s one lucky SOB!” That would-be assassin (FYI: reportedly, a registered Republican), using an AR-15-like military-style automatic rifle, unloaded on ex-president Trump from a rooftop off to the side of a crowd of about fifteen thousand MAGA maniacs, and the FPA’s candidate for president (that’s the Republicans aka the Fascist Party of America, because they’re all for Trump maybe with the lone exception of that shooter?) came within an inch of being killed. That’s luck, no matter who your candidate is! A shot from two football field’s away (reportedly 600 feet!). “Quite a f&^ing shot!” anyone from the NRA will have to admit!
Donald Jackass Trump brought all this on himself, of course. Remember during the 2016 campaign when her told another crowd of MAGA maniacs to beat somebody up? Remember his comments after Charlottesville? On the debate stage when he told the Proud Boys to get locked and loaded? And on January 6, 2021, when the GLOAT (“Greatest Loser of All Time!”) sat for three hours in the White House enjoying that spectacle at the US Capitol? Trump’s often called for violence by anyone but Fox News, and yesterday evening it figuratively came and bit him back on his fat ass! Or literally almost ripped his head off!
Two. Violence against one stupid politician, that “f^%$ing moron” according to ex-SecState Tillerson, whom the Donald basically fired, can’t possibly be compared with the violence launched against US House and Senate members on January 6, 2021! Our very own Il Duce-wannabe wanted his followers to kill Mike Pence by hanging or otherwise! You reap what you sow, Donald Jackass Trump! You are the one mostly responsible for dividing this country and fomenting political violence.
We’ve had political violence before, but the nation has recovered. Now, especially if Narcissus le Grand wins in 2024’s November election, it can only become worse as the schism becomes an unbridgeable chasm of political unrest…and even more violence ensues. Mark my words!
Three. I repeat: The shooter used an AR-15-like military-style automatic rifle. Which presidential candidate once engineered a ban on this type of weapon? Not Narcissus le Grand! In the last few months, I’ve seriously considered many times the purchase of a gun to protect me and my family from rampaging fascists. Unlike Donald Jackass Trump, though, I’m a peaceful man (okay, let’s say I believe my words can be more powerful weapons than any gun), and I eschew violence. The FPA’s candidate isn’t a peaceful man except for his cowardliness (why he mocked John McCain!), so he reaped what he sowed. The MAGA maniacs’ lord and savior’s close call, a near assassination, is the responsibility of every gun nut that thinks private citizens need a military-style automatic weapon with a large magazine in their homes.
Trump the Chump has enjoyed the backing of both the Christian right and NRA members (there’s considerable overlap between those two groups, of course). Both these groups promote violence against their political enemies, but will they see things differently if the violence is turned upon them? Here’s a fact that’s an absolute truth, not one of Kelly Anne’s “alternate facts”: MAGA maniacs, your extremely irresponsible candidate came within an inch of being a dead man shot by a crazy nut reportedly from two football fields away. No Secret Service team can protect against that because they don’t have the manpower to establish that kind of perimeter!
Ban those fuckin’ guns!
Four. My prediction: The violence will continue. The FPA accepts it. Their candidate wants it. He and his family will milk it for everything they can, especially for the attack on their fascist patriarch who makes Gabo’s dictator look like an angel. We are watching the USA bleed and burn, all because of the Donald. If that “f&^%ing moron” wins the election, we’ll deserve that. If Mr. Biden wins, he and his security detail must be ever vigilant…because the MAGA maniacs will still be out there with AR-15s!