The View addresses White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Leah McElrath41

Agree. The “manifesto” read like a deeply rationalized suicide note, complete with apologies, rather than an actual manifesto in the usual sense.

Courtside Karenina8

I think he just incorrectly -- but not outlandishly -- thought he was doing a good thing.

Mark Anderson7

His letter sure reads that way.

Nick5

from what I read, he saw his likely death as a necessary but ultimately incidental part of what he was doing which was trying to set an example (and in doing so propose a set of rules of engagement for those he hoped to inspire)

EuphoricFuzion🕯️3

Did you not read his message that he sent to his family? He was trying to do what he felt was the only way to stop the torture and killing this administration is guilty of doing. www.newsweek.com/cole-allen-m...

Kamalalogy2

He was following Ukraine war & reposting @faineg.bsky.social & he still went for guns not drones, so yeah

TrueBlueVA7

That’s convenient. Another staged attempt for President Miracle Ear with no one left alive to tell the tale.

Heard on MSNow by a journalist who was there that it is *not* known the person killed had a gun.

Kristin6

I was cracking up..all those rich MAGAs were so traumatized by the event they were running around stealing the wine bottles off the tables. No one can convince me this wasn’t a ridiculous false flag because trump’s numbers are tanking. And the press can’t get enough of it.

Andre5

Is it too much to wish for someone with aim

cbgo6.bsky.social5

He didn't look too alarmed, and was smirking while the women either side showed shock. His dementia or .........? Also, did he fall when they were leading him away or were they going down some stairs?

chrysalis1.bsky.social4

Has anyone actually confirmed that the "gunman" had a gun??

Matu3

I am so numb to the performative nature of Trump that my first thought is that this is staged to shift the narrative away from Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the Epstein files. Which could be true!

badspine23.bsky.social3

Oh my God, somebody dropped a plate run for the hills

Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦3

Pretty calm for a shooter in the house. Another staged sympathy tour?

Lil O 🇺🇦🌻2

another perp who cannot be questioned

jane57lisa2

I don't believe he was even shot once. He's in custody.

Guess….2

What will be missed, because of the women reacting, is Trump complete lack of comprehension of what’s going on - he’s dead behind the eyes

belgram.bsky.social2

He probably planned this one too.

Show ME any kind of evidence of cartilage regeneration.

💙Michigan Girl 💙🫘 Ω14

Hey, he’s eroded so much trust and has proven time and time again that he is a craven asshole with no boundaries that will do anything to keep himself in power. At this point, the burden of proof is not on proving that it was staged, but rather proving that it wasn’t staged.

CheesieSoufflé14

I think casting doubt on every single thing that happens or this admin does is a good thing. They need to be ruthlessly mocked as a result of their constant flood of lies, and treated in every instance like the boy who cried wolf.

Poorer Richard13

Oh, its just good clean fun. You know, like suggesting Paul Pelosi was beaten w a hammer by a lover.

aka Uncle Cracker9

… it’s Trump and his cabal, anything is possible - staging events or at least capitalizing seems quite plausible. Add you to the high-horse brigade, you don’t need to be this prickly, man.

Mummified Yeti Hand6

This administration is too incompetent to plan a conspiracy. They do their criming right out in the open.

Kim Nichols6

Why wouldn’t I think this fake? Everything he does is a sham, everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. He staged a war and he staged this too, and you know why. Trump Epstein files.

patwah 🇯🇲5

You can’t prove or deny anything. No investigations have not been conducted to disprove conspiracies. We all want the truth but it’s hard to trust dishonest people.

Gabe Burgess5

Until I hear direct testimony from Secet Service agents why they literally did not follow all standard protocol by allowing Trump to expose himself after gunman identified, stop to pick up his shoe and make sure he could get a photo op you aren't convincing me Butler wasn't staged.

Ziggypiggy5

Can I say it looked staged without hard evidence. So we can't pose a hypothesis anymore? If all investigations had to wait until they had the "smoking gun" nothing would get done. Circumstancial evidence exists for a reason. Real humans get to decide it's validity.

Gerg Nayr4

old guy, not a conspiracist...normally balks at conspiracy theory...but believes the current administration is completely capable of multiple conspiracies of the 'reichstag fire' genre of conspiracies (and they will be ongoing until the midterms). This one was effing planned, no doubt in my mind.

A. Eriksson4

@sethabramson.bsky.social - that’s the point. When they know hard evidence is demanded, they just have to create enough confusion to make a conclusion impossible based on those Vulcan standards. We didn’t stop being human. We didn’t stop being able to sense a sham from the “other” signals. Did you?

GORT4

If it wasn't staged, then the President of the United States is oblivious to his immediate surroundings and the panicked looks on the faces of everyone around him, therefore he's unfit to be president. #QED Watch how he smirks *after* shots are fired and everyone around him freaks out. 👇👇 [==*==]

gingerheart11.bsky.social3

In Butler why did the FBI allow him to stand and pump his fist when he could still be in danger There is also video showing security ushering the press in front right before the shooting. There was very little press follow up on this shooting

Sneag2

I promise not to believe any conspiracy theories if you can: a) explain how the ear cartilage grew back b) give one example of when the child rapist hasn't lied when his lips were moving.

AiLx2

The rumor mill is not just producing noise. The emotional reactions are clustering around authority, distrust, and contested gatekeeping. That makes the rumor ecology a visible behavioral signal of widespread distrust and legitimacy failure.

baaabyblu.bsky.social6

Donald is just sitting at the table?

Blue Kentucky Gal5

Is that Markwayne Mullins hiding behind the table? Familiar pose from January 6.

Steven5

Hmm sort of like the fa at his fist so-called assignation attempt? I’m shocked he didn’t come up with another bloody ear. This time it didn’t work though, these agents were not bribed.

Jack5

I wonder if he actually shit himself

angrygrrrl and Fucking Bitch2

So they took JD out *first*??? Dafuq?

Rafe Meager (they/them)12

you're gonna learn to turn replies off today

wallymcfly.bsky.social2

You can absolutely recognize that the experience of a spree shooter event is terrifying and generally worthy of sympathy in the abstract. However, in light of this group's galling lack of sympathy for the victims of [list of atrocities they enable], a sense of just desserts is also understandable

Gluten-free Seitan2

There was no spree shooting and the only thing they went through was hearing some gunshots then seeing the Secret Service belatedly waving guns around

DNC polling expert 🔻19

Really embarrassing to publish this when we know the shooter is alive.

tutti3

Is this a previously scheduled post? 🤔

Neil Mick3

"Instead of a traditional roasting by a comedian, the event was set to feature an Israeli mentalist...who performs mind reading demonstrations." Another red flag that this was fake. Who wants to sit through 'mindreading tricks' from an Israeli performer, when Israel does 'tricks' by the hour?

SarahAndDC 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇩🇸🇩🇾🇪🇭🇹🇸🇾🇦🇫🇮🇷2

What.....how do you not know he isn't dead?

Cryptkeeper Sophie Luther4

Until secret service agents are being canned for dereliction of duty, it stays sus in my book.