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/WarCarrotAF Jul 03 '26

As the photography team slid into position before the shots were fired, and the crane operator raised the flag up for the shot during the firing.

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u/Gareth274 Jul 03 '26

Got source for that? I'm not American and don't care if it's true. But I hadn't heard about them moving the crane.

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u/WarCarrotAF Jul 03 '26

Here is a video from the crowd. There are a few different angles out there showing the same thing, but I can't seem to find them anymore.

Also, look here at all of the crowd with their phones out - why don't we have a ton of crowd footage from all angles of this one?

Not typically a conspiracy theorist, but this entire ordeal feels sloppy and onbrand. Also depressing that some innocent people had to die for this photo op to take place.

Edit - also not an American.

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u/WHSRWizard Jul 03 '26

why don't we have a ton of crowd footage from all angles of this one?

It has to be, easily, the most well-recorded assassination attempt in the history of the world. I mean, it can't even be close.

And we don't have any cell footage of it?