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Gunshots reportedly fired at Donald Trump rally - as former president rushed off stage

Trump rally shooting: Ex-president injured in assassination attempt at rally that leaves spectator and gunman dead

https://news.sky.com/story/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally-as-former-president-rushed-off-stage-13177651

The former president ducked to the floor as shots rang out and was mobbed by Secret Service agents, while the sniper, who was killed by security forces, has been named as Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Trump rally shooting: Ex-president injured in assassination attempt at rally that leaves spectator and gunman dead

Video clip: https://x.com/Acyn/status/1812249329203286464

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grid11

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He got shot and he says "let me get my shoes" wtf? Didn't he notice that somebody (supposedly) wanted him dead?

DragonConsort

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Tbh that's the most characteristic thing about Trump. Saying things so outrageously stupid, so far outside common sense and so detached from reality that people end up thinking about them more than they should.

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