Roughly 30 minutes before assassination attempt

'To top it off, it was also BYOB'

'Do you just not say anything because it may incite somebody?'

LMAO ... this is gold

Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. JFK, Ronald Reagan, and now, Donald Trump. The seemingly orchestrated campaign of national collapse our ruling elite is carrying out took a very dark turn over the weekend as yet another alleged lone wolf tried to take out yet another anti-establishment president. Many of us are old enough to remember four years ago when Joe Biden was promised as the return to normalcy after Trump. The calm after the storm. The adults are back in charge. Instead, of course, we got double-digit inflation; bank failures exceeding what happened in 2008; a national debt barreling toward $35 trillion; mass legalization of street crime that’s depopulating our greatest cities, replaced by the wholesale importation of 10 million—perhaps 20 million—illegal immigrants. And, to top it off, an obsessive determination to gin up World War III, nukes and all. If that’s adults in charge, maybe we need new adults. As Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds puts it, the Biden administration has been so crazy that it’s made Trump look like the return-to-normality candidate. We’ve actually been here before, starting in the 1960s. After JFK was replaced, the CIA-approved Lyndon B. Johnson embarked on the Great Reset 1.0—billed as the Great Society—Washington’s trillion-dollar project to remake America into a left-wing utopia. Of course, it delivered what socialism always delivers: the precise opposite of what was promised. Inflation soared and incomes collapsed, with unemployment hitting double digits for years on end. Great Society crime reforms collapsed our greatest cities into crime and disorder. Great Society welfare gutted the traditional family, especially urban families. Great Society education reforms turned public schools into propaganda factories turning out illiterate voters. The media naturally did everything they could to hide the collapse. But the Left had swung the pendulum too far too fast, and voters had enough. They wholesale rejected the elite-approved Jimmy Carter, handing the anti-establishment Ronald Reagan 44 states—one of the most lopsided victories in American history. That’s despite a savage media campaign against Reagan that we wouldn’t see again until Donald J. Trump. Then, just two months into office, that anti-Reagan media campaign bore fruit, as an obsessed fan tried to assassinate Reagan to impress a famous actress. As with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, intelligence failures—particularly by the FBI—were egregious enough to invite questions as to whether the Deep State effectively greenlighted the assassination. Fortunately, Reagan recovered and went on to win 49 states—the biggest landslide since 1936. That’s a number Biden’s handlers will be very aware of. So, what’s next, brought to you by Unchained.com? It’s almost eerie the degree we’re replaying the 1970s. We’re already living the long 1970s stagflation driven by federal spending on useless wars and welfare for illegals while middle-class Americans line up for food banks and our veterans are turned out on the street. Our cities are once again collapsing. The media is once again driving division. Washington is once again flirting with World War III while our manufacturing jobs flee overseas. In short, the radicals are back in charge, and they’re actually doubling down—from arresting the opposition to yet another perfectly timed lone wolf. The stakes just went up. At this point, it’s Trump or the abyss. Originally published by Peter St. Onge, Ph.D. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post With the Assassination Attempt on Trump, the Stakes Just Went Up appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson told Republicans gathering in Milwaukee on Monday that Americans should “be thrilled” by Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick.  Earlier in the day, as the Republican National Convention opened, Trump posted on social media that he had chosen Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, as his running mate in the Nov. 5 election. “So now JD Vance is the VP pick, and I think every person who pays close attention has got to be thrilled by that,” Carlson said in a speech to convention delegates.  “And if you don’t know much about JD Vance, I’m not even going to make a case for [him],” the former Fox News host said.  Vance, 39, became a celebrity after writing the bestselling autobiography “Hillbilly Elegy,” published in 2016. He won election to the Senate in 2022.  “I’m going to tell you what I just saw, which is that every bad person I’ve ever met in a lifetime in Washington was aligned against J. Vance,” Carlson quipped to the convention audience, referring to recent speculation by liberal media outlets and others that Trump would pick the conservative Ohio senator.  Carlson said Vance’s enemies are establishment politicians who support U.S. involvement in “pointless wars.” “Every single one of those people, in a line that would extend from Milwaukee to Chicago, was lined up over the last week to knife JD Vance,” Carlson told the RNC audience. “Not on personal grounds. I mean, he’s a perfectly nice guy. He’s like one of the only members of the Senate with a happy marriage.” The criticism of Vance came “because they thought he would be harder to manipulate and slightly less enthusiastic about killing people,” Carlson said. “That’s it. That he would be an impediment to their exercising power.” “And boy, they went after him in a way I’ve just kind of never seen,” Carlson said.  Carlson went on to describe what he sees as a “spiritual battle” America faces in light of the attempted assassination of Trump at a campaign rally Saturday evening in Pennsylvania. The gunfire wounded the former president in the right ear, narrowly missing his brain, seriously wounded two attendees, and killed a third.  “There is no logical way to understand what we’re seeing now in temporal terms,” Carlson told the crowd. “You just can’t.”  “These are not political divides. There are forces, and they’re very obvious now, … whose only goal is chaos, violence, destruction,” he said. “And there are the rest of us who … are not always certain we’re right, but we know that that’s bad. And we’re against that.” Carlson predicted that voters in November will return Trump to the White House because the former president showed “strength” Saturday night when he raised his fist and mouthed the word “fight” repeatedly after being shot as Secret Service agents sought to carry him offstage.   “Trump’s going to be president because he’s brave,” Carlson said. “Period.” The post Tucker Carlson: All the Right People in Washington ‘Against’ Trump’s VP Pick appeared first on The Daily Signal.

LIVE Blog: Night One of the Republican National Convention

ABC’s The View – like the rest of the liberal media – had used incendiary rhetoric against former President Trump for years and had hosted many calls for violence against their political opponents. Yet, in the wake of the assassination attempt against Trump, the liberal ladies opened their Monday show with mealy-mouth lip service to the need to tamp down the rhetoric; refusing to issue any apology for what they’ve said and allowed on their program, and blamed gun rights for the attack. After playing a clip of the shooting and a soundbite of President Biden’s Oval Office address where he said “We can't allow this violence to be normalized,” moderator Joy Behar agreed by questioned if it could happen: “I think we all agree with Biden…Is that even possible, ladies?” Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin was the first to speak. She didn’t walk back any of her previous hyperbolic and incendiary claims that Trump was an existential threat to the country, but opined about how it was “a moment for reflection on the tone and tenor of our politics, and one thing that is fundamentally American is the right to criticize policies. It is also the right to criticize the character of our politicians, but the way in which we do it matters.” “And we live in an era where escalatory rhetoric and saying the most damning and inciting thing is oftentimes what’s rewarded. And I think it’s incumbent on all of us to just check how we engage,” she proclaimed without looking in a mirror. Up next was famously Never-Trump Republican Ana Navarro and to her credit, was the only cast member to mention how they internalized what they witnessed and would change their behavior. “So, you know, I'm very happy Donald Trump is safe…And I'm very happy for President Biden. I'm very happy he's taking the opportunity to be on air now three times asking us to call on our better angels, asking us to unite, asking us to tamp down the rhetoric. I'm going to try to heed his words,” she said.     Unfortunately, she did pivot and used the incident to call for gun control while also injecting race into the equation: And I also need to say I hope that at some point in this country, we do have a conversation about what is happening because we can't just react when it is our side. What was this again? It was, you know, a 20-year-old lone wolf, white wack job with easy access to a gun, and we have to have conversation about that. Cause it wasn't a drag queen. It wasn't an immigrant. It wasn't a pissed off liberal woman. This is – And this keeps happening, and we need to react not as left or right, not as Republicans or Democrats. We need to react as Americans, and we need to ask better. Behar responded with her own ignorance of about firearms; wondering what a “white guy” who “bought 50 rounds of ammunition” didn’t have the police called on him by the gun store owner. “Shouldn't that have been reported?” she scoffed. Depending on the type of ammo being bought, 50 rounds could be as little as one box. Staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) also refused to commit to tamping down on her dangerous rhetoric. She too tried to make the assassination attempt about stripping gun rights away from law-abiding Americans. She was afraid the focus would instead be on holding the Secret Service accountable for the security failure (click “expand”): HOSTIN: I think what's going to happen is we're going to have more of this rhetoric of, had there only been more good guys with guns, this may not have happened. And so -- BEHAR: Well, the Secret Service had guns. HOSTIN: They had guns. BEHAR: Those are the good guys. HOSTIN: My guess is they're going to say the Secret Service screwed up, if there were other people with guns. And I think gun ownership will probably – because of this event, go up in this country instead of going down, and that is my fear. Again, The View has been a dangerous sources of incendiary rhetoric targeting Trump and conservatives. The day before the attempt on Trump’s life, Behar proclaimed that Project 2025 was a “blueprint for a fascist regime” being cooked up by Trump’s people, which she did not apologize for. The View cast did not push back on leftist-extremist guest Jane Fonda when she declared that her solution to dealing with the existence of pro-lifers was to “murder” them. They also defended author John Grisham when he fantasized about assassinating U.S. Supreme Court justices. They also encouraged leftist mobs to assail the homes of conservative justices and Behar cheered on Justice Alito feeling unsafe to leave the house. After the assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh and his family, The View decried calls for increasing security at the justices’ homes. Hostin also said it was “ridiculous” for Kavanaugh to fear a liberal mob that targeted him at a restaurant not long after the attempt on his life. And it’s been clear for a while that The View doesn’t respect Trump’s life. Behar insisted that “comedian” Kathy Griffin’s bloody-Trump-head threat as just “a picture.” Meanwhile, moderator Whoopi Goldberg refused to say Trump’s name, choosing to call him “you know who.” Goldberg slipped up late last month and said his name, she quickly spit on the floor in disgust. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View July 15, 2024 11:03:37 a.m. Eastern (…) PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We can't allow this violence to be normalized. [Cuts back to live] JOY BEHAR: I think we all agree with Biden. Right? And trump said that he's rewriting his RNC speech to call for unity also. So, they're both trying to lower the temperature. Is that even possible, ladies? ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, first and foremost, I want to say thank God that the former president is okay. I applaud secret service. There will be postmortems on what went wrong, but those who rushed the stage to make sure he's okay. Because we're milliseconds and millimeters from a very different outcome and a very different conversation we would be having in our country today. I think it's a moment for reflection on the tone and tenor of our politics, and one thing that is fundamentally American is the right to criticize policies. It is also the right to criticize the character of our politicians, but the way in which we do it matters. And we live in an era where escalatory rhetoric and saying the most damning and inciting thing is oftentimes what’s rewarded. And I think it’s incumbent on all of us to just check how we engage. And looking to the fact that we live in the era of information warfare. On our phones, there are algorithms that are pumping to us information every day made meant to hate our fellow Americans. Our former adversaries are on social media. They are there putting information to validate our worst assumptions about fellow Americans. We can have different political viewpoints in this country and we can still respect each other and respect each other's right to different opinions and come together as a country. Because the way you defeat America, it's not with bombs, it's not with missiles; it's tearing us apart from within. If you care about democracy, listen more, say less. ANA NAVARRO: So, you know, I'm very happy Donald Trump is safe, full stop, period. And I condemn all forms of political violence. I'm simply heartbroken for the family of Corey Comperatore, a volunteer fire chief, a father, a husband who lost his life shielding his family simply for going to a political rally. And I was watching it live because I thought he was going to announce his VP that day. That was part of what was being said, and I immediately thought it was a shooting. And I was shocked and I was heartbroken because I fled political violence in Nicaragua. And to me, this is something that's not supposed to happen in America. I felt the same way when I did watching January 6th. These attacks on democracy, on America don't happen in this country. They happen in other places. And I'm very happy for President Biden. I'm very happy he's taking the opportunity to be on air now three times asking us to call on our better angels, asking us to unite, asking us to tamp down the rhetoric. I'm going to try to heed his words. Today is a day I think and an entire time for self-reflection and a call to unity. I truly hope Donald Trump uses the platform he has to do that. And I also need to say I hope that at some point in this country, we do have a conversation about what is happening because we can't just react when it is our side. What was this again? It was, you know, a 20-year-old lone wolf, white wack job with easy access to a gun, and we have to have conversation about that. Cause it wasn't a drag queen. It wasn't an immigrant. It wasn't a pissed off liberal woman. This is – And this keeps happening, and we need to react not as left or right, not as Republicans or Democrats. We need to react as Americans, and we need to ask better. BEHAR: All right. I just want to add that the shooter -- yes, it was a 20-year-old kitchen worker from nearby Bethel Park in Pennsylvania. According to a CNN reporter, senior law enforcement officials said that he bought 50 rounds of ammunition from a local gun store hours before the rally. Shouldn't that have been reported? Somebody buys -- a 20-year-old white guy. I mean, we've seen that many times now. Young, white men with guns. Nobody reported that he bought 50 rounds of ammunition? (…) 11:15:19 a.m. Eastern SUNNY HOSTIN: 10 percent of those surveyed said that the use of force is justified to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president. A third of those who gave that answer, also said they owned a gun. Then seven percent of those surveyed said they support force to restore Trump to the presidency; half of them said they owned guns. So, I know everybody always says, it's too soon to talk about guns, and we should -- because there has been a terrible death of a father of two, but, that thoughts and prayers should be where we go. I say no. I say now is the time to talk about the common denominator when it came to this assassination attempt, is America's fascination and obsession with owning guns, and – [Applause] It just -- that's the truth. I would like to think -- BEHAR: Not just guns, they're rifles. They’re high capacity rifles. HOSTIN: They’re AR-15s and bump stocks, and the Supreme Court just found that it's fine to have bump stocks. And so, I’d like to think that the issue of gun control would resonate now more, and -- but rather than that, I think what's going to happen is we're going to have more of this rhetoric of, had there only been more good guys with guns, this may not have happened. And so -- BEHAR: Well, the Secret Service had guns. HOSTIN: They had guns. BEHAR: Those are the good guys. HOSTIN: My guess is they're going to say the Secret Service screwed up, if there were other people with guns. And I think gun ownership will probably – because of this event, go up in this country instead of going down, and that is my fear. I think we need to have an honest and real conversation about real gun control legislation. (…)

Nearly 30 minutes before he fired, law enforcement officials spotted and reported the suspected shooter who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump and even took a photograph of him, according to new sources. WPXI-TV reported the revelation on Monday. Officials have said they have not concluded what motivated the alleged shooter.Multiple sources said Thomas Matthew Crooks had been spotted on the roof near the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, at about 5:45 p.m. by one of the members of the Emergency Services Unit of Beaver County. That person called in the report of a suspicious person and also took a photo of the man who was later confirmed to be Crooks, according to the report. WPXI said it was unclear whether Crooks had a gun when he was first spotted. About 26 minutes later, the gunshots were fired at the former president. The revelation will likely increase the scrutiny placed on the Secret Service agents and other law enforcement officials who were tasked with protecting Trump at the rally. Trump was injured in the ear while one of his supporters was shot and killed. Another two rally participants were seriously injured. Crooks was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper. Other sources said that explosives were found in the car and residence of the 20-year-old suspect. The AR-15-style rifle allegedly used in the attack was reportedly registered to his father. Officials have said they have not concluded what motivated the alleged shooter. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Just two days after a deadly shooting that nearly took the life of former President Donald Trump, the Biden campaign and media leftists have employed hyperbolic language to describe his VP pick, Sen. J. D. Vance (R-Ohio).In the hours following the shooting at Trump's rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Democrats and their media allies called for toning down the political rhetoric. In an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, Joe Biden encouraged everyone to "lower the temperature in our politics."'If the GOP under Trump has indeed evolved into an authoritarian party, then Vance hails from its authoritarian wing.'"While we may disagree, we are not enemies," Biden said, according to a White House transcript. "We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. And we must stand together.""We all have a responsibility to do that."The Biden campaign even suspended all its public communications — including attack ads that present Trump as "an existential threat to our democracy."'Divisive, MAGA-aligned': Leftist outlets weigh in on VanceThose calls for unity seem to have been short-lived. After Trump announced Vance as his vice presidential candidate, leftist outlets Vox, Mother Jones, and MeidasTouch and even the "Biden-Harris" campaign resorted to the same incendiary language Biden had seemingly put on hiatus.Vox editor in chief Swati Sharma wrung her hands that Vance had dared challenge the 2020 presidential election, advocated on behalf of J6 defendants, expressed support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and crossed the aisle to try and advance policies that benefit the working class."If the GOP under Trump has indeed evolved into an authoritarian party, then Vance hails from its authoritarian wing," Sharma wrote."His worldview is fundamentally incompatible with the basic principles of American democracy."Sharma tiptoed up to the line of calling Vance a threat to democracy without ever crossing it, though she came close, insisting that Vance has occasionally evinced deeper "anti-democratic fervor" than Trump.Inae Oh, a senior news and engagement editor at Mother Jones, was similarly careful. Oh described Vance as having "a deeply MAGA persona" and as using "divisive, MAGA-aligned rhetoric." With Trump and Vance together, Oh claimed the top of the Republican ticket is "steeped in election lies."By contrast, MeidasTouch author Aaron Parnas seemingly made no attempt at subtlety or circumspection and openly called Vance "one of the most extreme VP picks in recent memory."Biden does about-face on lowering the temperatureWhile Parnas' words may seem inflammatory, he seems to be echoing the sentiments of the Biden-Harris campaign, which claimed Vance would help advance Trump's "extreme MAGA agenda," according to a statement shared by MeidasTouch."Over the next three and a half months, we will spend every single day making the case between the two starkly contrasting visions Americans will choose between at the ballot box this November: the Biden-Harris ticket who's focused on uniting the country, creating opportunity for everyone, and lowering costs; or Trump-Vance — whose harmful agenda will take away Americans' rights, hurt the middle class, and make life more expensive — all while benefiting the ultra-rich and greedy corporations," the statement apparently concluded (emphasis added).In an interview on Monday with Lester Holt of NBC News, Biden expressed few regrets about his language regarding Trump."How do you talk about the threat to democracy — which is real — when a president says things like he says? Do you just not say anything — because it may incite somebody?" Biden asked.Though Biden did admit that calling to put Trump "in a bullseye" — as Biden did last week — was "a mistake," he indicated his overall point was obvious. "I meant focus on him. Focus on what he’s doing. Focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told at the debate," he explained."I’m not the guy that said, 'I want to be a dictator on day one.' I'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. I'm not the guy who said he won't accept the outcome of this election automatically," Biden continued. Biden insisted that while Trump has continued to unleash vitriol about a possible "bloodbath" if he loses, he has remained above the fray. "I am not engaged in that rhetoric," he said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!