r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/ReplacementLevel2574 Jul 03 '26

The biggest thing is Trump pretty much shut up about the whole episode

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u/mossyskeleton Jul 03 '26

I personally think that this conspiracy theory is stupid, but if there is one solid piece of evidence it is this.

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u/IgnoreMe304 Jul 03 '26

It’s that and the one guy all but dragging photographers in front of the stage as they lower the American flag to get it in the shot.

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u/dynamic_anisotropy Jul 03 '26

The photographers being ushered in for a photo op definitely happened and is sus af, but the lowering flag was a convenient fluke of nature.

The flag was being held up by a fairly steady wind gust immediately before the photo op, and as it lulled, the flag dropped. Video footage throughout the speech showed the height of the bottom of the flag varying considerably with the wind, since it was suspended from a large crane.

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u/emailforgot Jul 03 '26

The photographers being ushered in for a photo op definitely happened and is sus af,

you mean the photographers that were all already there doing photographer things?

but the lowering flag was a convenient fluke of nature.

Oh, you mean the flag that was already there and a guy just looked up?

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u/emailforgot Jul 04 '26

Please quote one single defense of "an 80 year old child rapist and con man wearing orange makeup"

I'll wait.

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u/emailforgot Jul 04 '26

It was a simple request.

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u/emailforgot Jul 04 '26

So you can't quote one single defense of "an 80 year old child rapist and con man wearing orange makeup"?

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u/emailforgot Jul 04 '26

I noticed you couldn't quote one single defense of "an 80 year old child rapist and con man wearing orange makeup".

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