Your 2024 Presidential Election Thread

[DA SWO]

Yeah, I posted "attempts" meaning unsuccessful attacks. It's just as common for Democrat POTUS as Republican POTUS.

Who tried to shoot Obama?

 

[Marauder06]

Who tried to shoot Obama?

List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots - Wikipedia

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Political banter, but interesting that the state would pursue criminal legal actions. This doesn't sound like your normal joint federal, state, local government investigation stuff.

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[AWP]

A "plot" and pulling the trigger (also explosives, car wrecks, whatever) aren't the same.

I can plot to overthrow the state of Alabama (America would be better off to be sure), but until I'm dropping physical violence on another person...are they the same?

Context matters. Let's be honest.

 

[TLDR20]

A "plot" and pulling the trigger (also explosives, car wrecks, whatever) aren't the same.

I can plot to overthrow the state of Alabama (America would be better off to be sure), but until I'm dropping physical violence on another person...are they the same?

Context matters. Let's be honest.

So Trump only had one attempt? As far as I can tell this last idiot didn’t get any shots off.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Man I remember showing up to a dinner party with a six pack, got told I was trying to sabotage dinner...You know, perception.

 

[Kraut783]

Maybe, sitting in hide (a bad one), setting up plates for protection, and a go pro, with a rifle...and not pulling the trigger because USSS engaged him....that could probably be classified as an attempt.

But just planning, maybe buying gear, some overt surveillance...etc....probably are just plots.

 

[ThunderHorse]

So Trump only had one attempt? As far as I can tell this last idiot didn’t get any shots off.

That's an attempt.

 

[TLDR20]

That's an attempt.

I agree, I’m going off what @AWP said.

 

[Gunz]

Of all the presidents, presidential candidates, and former presidents who have been assassinated or attempted to be, all were Republican except one, Kennedy. I am not saying that as to imply some larger picture, just an interesting bit of trivia.

To add to this, even though Kennedy was a democrat he was an ardent anti-communist, shot by a guy with extreme left-wing tendencies.

RFK was shot by a Palestinian.

Both Kennedys were essentially conservative when it came to foreign policy.

 

[AWP]

So Trump only had one attempt? As far as I can tell this last idiot didn’t get any shots off.

I need some coffee for this response, but I admittedly painted with a narrow brush. My poorly stated point is you'll see "plot to kill" and "attempt to kill" thrown around in the media for a number of important figures. We, the general public, should probably put a bit of intellectual energy into what's reported vice what happened. This guy was an attempt, but I'll bet a dollar "plots" and "attempts" are overstated in the media and by people who should know better, but need clicks on their platform.

 

[BlackSmokeRisinG]

Nobody got anywhere close to Obama. You know how I know? Because they'd be talking about that instead of what they should be talking about when a guy put a rifle barrel through a fence a few hundred yards from Trump.