Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost
Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost
A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by just one percentage point ahead of November's election.
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lol
It feels like the novelty of an attempted XPOTUS assassination wore off in less than 48 hours. That's crazy.
Nobody around me is even talking about this anymore - not at work, not on social, not at the grocery store, nowhere.
Idk if that's due to everyone being super jaded or because it's Trump. If it's because it's him, then I wonder if it's because nobody gives a shit about him or if it's just not surprising someone would take a shot at him or just because it's irrelevant to his candidacy or what else.
It's just right-on-right violence; nobody cares.
It's just another convicted felon getting shot outside a major city, typical gang on gang violence
Especially the right. If this kid had a little more left in him they'd never stop. Introspection about the normalization of political violence among conservatives is not something they're interested in.
They certainly got quieter once they found out he was a registered Republican.
I mean, they're not going to stop regardless -- they'll be blatantly lying about the assassination's motivations to smear the left until the election and beyond. Still, from an election strategy point of view, that's definitely better than them being able to make "both sides" claims that are true.
If the kid had been a hair left of THEIR perceived center MAGAs would had declared civil war.
I actually have a different perspective on it, I think people stopped caring because it was a shooting where "only" 1 person was killed. Gun violence is so normalized that the only 2 reasons it got any coverage at all is because of the timing and the target.
This is potentially the grimmest perspective I’ve ever read. I don’t think you’re wrong, either.
Yea, it's a pretty dark realization. I don't feel bad for Trump. I feel bad for every single gun death that has occurred leading to this incident being a minor footnote.
We didn’t even mention gun violence, the only conversation was motive.
The same week that Jamar Clark, there was a mass shooting at the warehouse district blue line stop. 3-4 people died with a few more shot.
Jamar was shot by cops. The others were shot in a gang dispute (the victims were not associated, but mostly black, the shooter was black, iirc,)
You won’t find the names of the victims anywhere online.
Also, before Sound Bar closed down, there were weekly gang fights spilling out of the joint, into the streets/lot out back.
People were shot monthly with a string of deaths for about 2-3 years.
Then a C-tier Vikings player got winged and suddenly they yeeted the liquor license.
We’re absolutely desensitized and the only time we know about a stranger getting shot is because there was something about the case- killed by cops, the shooter was famous, the victim was famous, or it was some kid, or it was in the context of a mass murder and nothing else was going on.
Mannnnn flashback to me working valet at sound bar the night of their last shooting. Heard them pops inside the joint and we all book. Ladies spilling out the door tripping over each other. Goofy fucking night
That entire stretch of 3rd ave was sketchy. Pyramid (used to be tenth inning,) but the sign was spelled “Pyrmid”…
Frankly, the most shocking part to me is that it took this long for someone to try, with how unendingly controversial he is
Given how much he owes construction contractors in New York, yeah.
Hopefully it doesn't take as long for the second time
If the initial shot had been aimed for center mass instead of going for a head shot, we wouldn't need a next time.
Wasn't Trump wearing a bullet proof vest for a while? I wonder if he still does
Well, even if he was wearing one over the weekend, it'd have to be one of the discreet ones that go under your clothes. I don't think those are actually rated for stopping rifles, and I definitely wouldn't trust someone of his age and health to not seriously get fucked up even if it did.
And it's not like they're light and comfortable to wear. Spoiled man baby couldn't handle it for long, no matter how scared he is now.
This wasn't the first attempt there's been a good number. This is just the most successful.
Anywhere I can read about the others?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots
Not comprehensive but it's got two more. I think there was another where a dude hopped the Whitehouse fence.
It makes sense to me, like, it does not make me want to vote for him.
You'd think the writers of the last couple Game of Thrones seasons shot him!
Previously unmatched in their ability to hit an easy target, but a new contender has emerged!
It's like a lottery ticket off by one number. Sure, it was almost a reason to throw a party, but almost doesn't really get people talking.
I get your point, but damn I'd love to have a Powerball ticket that was off by one number. That's more than enough money to retire on. Not that I need it, it'd just be nice to retire at 43 rather than 49.
I feel like this is just the state of America now. When everyone was freaking out that this was the downfall of the election yadda yadda.. I was just thinking to myself “this is the country where kids get slaughtered in school and we’re sad for like 2 days… I give this a week at most”
Really? I was at the gym yesterday and they couldn’t stop framing things with the assassination attempt. “Two days after assassination attempt, day two of the RNC.”
Like, that was literally the chyron on CNN. Yesterday evening.
https://lemmy.ca/post/25179438
Yes, really! I thought you might find the post I'm linking above interesting. It was at the top of my feed this morning and may be relevant here.
I am curious if maybe you were witnessing people of the Boomer generation (or older GenX) discussing this because they are more likely to be consuming mainstream broadcast news?