# Trump bloody after shots fired at a Trump Rally: Jul 13, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 13, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162 "2024-07-13T22:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/673 "2024-07-15T23:56:59Z")
But the video and reaction does. You can also look at the series of photos from the photographer to get a sense of the movement. It’s possible it’s something other than a bullet. Google NYT/Trump/Doug Mills photos to see the series of photos. They are on legit sites. it’s not a defect with the image or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/674 "2024-07-16T00:06:04Z")
You probably recall that Trump was hollering for his shoes as he was being surrounded by the SS guys. Here’s a video that shows one of the shoes being tossed offstage, and the lift/insole flies out. > ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/675 "2024-07-16T00:22:33Z")
> **hid off topic** > > There’s a lot I don’t understand about MAGA, but what’s the point of chanting “USA USA?” I get it at the USSR/USA hockey game in Lake Placid. In any other environment, it seems meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/676 "2024-07-16T00:27:32Z")
removed due to mod note. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/677 "2024-07-16T00:27:48Z")
Please stay on topic. **Moderating** ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/678 "2024-07-16T00:52:24Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > > > Do we know which shot hit trump? I can’t tell by the video, but to me it looked like the reason trump moved his head was in reaction to the sound of the first shot(s). > > From the news reports, Trump wasn’t hit directly by a bullet, but by a glass fragment? As far as I know that was early conjecture that was never confirmed. I haven’t seen anything official about that and I haven’t seen any broken glass. If a photo was able to see a bullet whizzing by I would think we could see glass flying. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/679 "2024-07-16T00:58:59Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Here’s a video that shows one of the shoes being tossed offstage, and the lift/insole flies out. Could just as easily be orthotics. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/680 "2024-07-16T01:18:55Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > Here’s a video that shows one of the shoes being tossed offstage, and the lift/insole flies out. > > Could just as easily be orthotics. I think he’s more concerned with his weird lean than with his height at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/681 "2024-07-16T01:23:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think he’s more concerned with his weird lean than with his height at this point. I suspect that’s the main reason, but to be fair, it would’ve been a pain in the ass to walk around with one shoe until he can get his other one back. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/682 "2024-07-16T01:27:33Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Do we know which shot hit trump? I can’t tell by the video, but to me it looked like the reason trump moved his head was in reaction to the sound of the first shot(s). Just a reminder that bullets travel faster than sound. He could be reacting to getting hit, and we heard the sound of the shot 1 second later. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/683 "2024-07-16T01:32:57Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > eric trump just said on the convention floor that his father had half his ear shot off Sure looks like at least 95% of his ear is still present in the photos of him at the scene. Eta: Sorry, Idk why it shows me responding to CoolHandCox. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/684 "2024-07-16T01:44:45Z")
Because I posted a dumb picture to that post. He’s speaking tonight at RNC. We should get a good look but I’m guessing it’ll be bandaged. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/685 "2024-07-16T03:31:49Z")
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/686 "2024-07-16T03:36:02Z")
Helen Comperatore got a personal phone call from Joe Biden, which she refused to take. The Trump camp has not, to my knowledge, reached out to her. > **[Trump hasn't called family of supporter killed at rally, wife says](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joe-biden-corey-helen-comperatore-wife-called-rally-1925577)** > > "I didn't talk to Biden. I didn't want to talk to him," Helen Comperatore said in an exclusive interview with the New York Post. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/687 "2024-07-16T03:42:32Z")
LOL. What is that on his ear?! It looks like a tiny pillow. He is going to be so vain about this “disfigurement”. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/688 "2024-07-16T04:17:52Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He is going to be so vain about this “disfigurement”. ETA: forgot this is likely a hijack… ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/689 "2024-07-16T04:42:23Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > It looks like a tiny pillow. Oops, forgot where this was and just saw the post above. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/690 "2024-07-16T05:04:20Z")
Sorry, didn’t mean to derail. I was overcome with giggles and forgot where I was. On topic, I’d been wondering why no one saw the shooter as he walked from his car to the grounds carrying a rifle. I know that open carry was at play here but still it must have been noteworthy. And it looks like he was seen before he was on the roof. [Alleged Trump shooter spotted by law enforcement nearly 30 minutes before shots fired, sources say – WPXI](https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/alleged-trump-shooter-spotted-by-law-enforcement-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-sources-say/Q6GIK5RP6RBY5PHIMYBNXRTEBI/) > [@](#): > > According to multiple sources, a law enforcement officer had also previously seen Crooks on the ground and called him in as a suspicious person with a picture prior to 5:45 p.m. Our sources tell us an officer checked the grounds for Crooks at that point, but did not see him where the first picture was taken. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/691 "2024-07-16T05:46:44Z")
Per Snopes, a bullet hit him, not glass. > **[Rumor that Shards of Glass, Not Bullet, Injured Trump in Assassination...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-rumor-shards-glass-232900180.html)** > > Did broken glass from a teleprompter cause Trump's wound, as online posts have claimed? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/692 "2024-07-16T11:16:26Z")
Just curious. Was there an ambulance on scene already? Did they patch him up and fly him to Walter Reed? Treat him locally? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162.md?page=35)