Well, there are the folks pointing out “who looks toughest” is the favorite, and they were just treated to an image of a triumphant Trump with his fist held high surviving an assassination attempt to play alongside a droopy-mouthed Biden fading into incoherence.
We can hope.
Most of the people claimingTrump looks tough in the picture are already in the bag for him so I don’t see it having much impact.
And “droopy faced Joe” has been a thing the MAGAts have been pushing since 2020 with the “sleepy Joe” nickname.
I still believe the GOP/Trump hate rhetoric is more of a negative for them with voters than the two things above will end up being positives.
I dunno. I hate him with every fiber of my being, but that’s a badass picture. I can see some stupid unmotivated voters having their minds changed by it (from not voting to voting for Trump).
Anybody can look triumphant after being rescued by the Secret Service. I like candidates who are brave while being shot at, and don’t cower behind a podium.
If the election were in a couple of weeks I could see it having more of an impact. Most voters are easily distracted by the next thing to come along.
You can check her post history. Lots of coherent, consistent tweets. She’s replied coherently to several comments on her tweet. And she has thousands of followers who are themselves (at least in part) obviously not bots. Definitely not a bot herself, and probably not a troll.
Sincere contemplator? Well I’m not sure much deep contemplation is going on since a cool pic got her to vote in a certain way. But people with poor contemplation skills still get a vote, just like you or me.
Anyway, it’s just one person. But it would not shock me in the least if there are many people out there for which that pic moves the needle.
As I have said IRL, great, now Trump looks tough for getting shot in the ear and ducking. At the same time, I wouldn’t expect anyone to stay standing there at the podium as bullets wiz by.
Perfect for this thread – thanks for this link.
I assumed that the Washington Monthly was some newfangled online-only news outfit. They’ve actually been around since the 1960s.
No idea, I just saw it linked elsewhere.
I’m terrified, but all is NOT lost. America can rise up to save itself.
I doubt he had a choice. Didn’t the Secret Service knock him down and cover him with their own bodies? I’m pretty sure that’s their job if they hear bullets flying.
I will say I was kind of surprised to see that picture instead of one with him huddled under something with his arms over his head. But by the time they let him stand up they’d probably done so because they’d been told the shooter was down, and Trump would have heard that too.
From the video I’ve seen, first Trump slaps at his ear, then ducks. Only after that do other people (presumably Secret Service) appear in that space. (They may be covering him with their bodies, but the camera angle doesn’t show that.)
No, he got hit in the ear, flinched, then ducked. The Secret Service then swarmed the stage to cover him.
Ah. Thanks for info.
However, I’ve got to agree that ducking when somebody’s shooting at you is a good idea.
I would recommend it.
ikr? And whine about their shoes. Loser big league.
Maybe those shoes have lifts in them and he didn’t want that going public.
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Desantis
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Yeah, knee-length white boots definitely would NOT have been knocked off, no matter how hard the Secret Service tackled!
(I know that’s not what you meant, but…)
Update: I’m no longer panicking. You?