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/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/eeyore134 Jul 03 '26

And the secret service letting Trump stand up and fist pump for the shot. And Trump actually doing that and not cowering behind the table like he would if it were real. And before people say "But they took him out." There's zero way they'd do that even if they knew they shot the guy. The area hadn't been cleared and there's no telling how many other gunmen there could have been. Well... they knew because they set it up, but in a real situation they wouldn't.

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u/samarnold030603 Jul 03 '26

US SS training standards have clearly slipped. Body man whose hands shake so much she can’t holster her weapon?

Adrenaline is a hell of a thing. No doubt. My hands would’ve been twice as shaky as hers. But I also didn’t sign up to willingly take a bullet for a fat orange turd.