Dimitri Mehlhorn, the top political adviser to Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman, pushed reporters to consider Saturday’s attempted assassination on Donald Trump as “encouraged and maybe even staged,” according to a leaked email, Semafor reports. ?NEW: Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider 'staged' shootingA top adviser to megadonor Reid Hoffman, facing criticism over a recent joke about Trump becoming a "martyr," sent a long memo Saturday night urging the press to question whether the attack was a…— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 14, 2024 In the email sent to journalists on Saturday at 7:34 PM, Mehlhorn said one “possibility — which feels horrific and alien and absurd in America, but is quite common globally — is that this ‘shooting’ was encouraged and maybe even staged so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash.” “This is a classic Russian tactic, such as when Putin killed 300 civilians in 1999 and blamed it on terrorists to ride the backlash to winning power,” Mehlhorn continues. “Others who have embraced this tactic of committing raw evil and then benefitting from the backlash include Hamas on October 7. If any Trump officials encouraged or knew of this attack, that is morally horrific, and Republicans of decency must demand that Trump step down as unfit.” Semafor also reported that Mehlhorn previously said on a private conference call: “Reed and I have invested nine figures of our own money to prevent Trump from getting back into office.” The Reid Hoffman’s of the world got their dearest wish … but then the martyr lived pic.twitter.com/laaRBc5yol— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2024 Puck News reports that Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, recently joked at the Allen & Company Conference for tech entrepreneurs that he wishes he made Trump “an actual martyr.” The post Dem Political Adviser Pushes Trump ‘Staged Shooting’ to Media appeared first on The Daily Signal.