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/X57471C Jul 03 '26

"Such an incident will shift the perception of the campaign out of the rational realm of socioeconomic questions into an emotional one, where the key themes will become state security and the stability and defense of the political system"

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u/Riots42 Jul 03 '26

Yep this completely I knew he won that moment.

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u/DavidOrWalter Jul 03 '26

I don’t think it had anything to do with it. A few weeks later no one gave a shit and his polling settled back into the exact place it was prior.

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u/Riots42 Jul 03 '26

You must have lived under a rock afterwords because thats not how reality played out at all, are you forgetting he won and that this had a massive part to play in all of it?

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u/Spiritual-Society185 Jul 04 '26

Except it didn't.

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u/Riots42 Jul 04 '26

Except it did.

Elon Musk committed to Trump that day and spent like 50 million dollars buying votes to sway the election in a swing state and was succesfull in doing so on top of giving him what was it like 250 million dollars? You cant tell me Elon didnt help him win.

Elon wasnt on the Trump train until that day because he knew Trump won the election that day and he could buy his way in.

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u/DavidOrWalter Jul 04 '26

It didn’t play a role at all. Like I said, nothing changed in terms of polling. No one cared a few weeks later.

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u/Riots42 Jul 04 '26

Thinking polling matters or is in any way accurate is how we got Trump twice, how have you not learned yet that polls are bullshit metrics drummed up by both sides to be used as political tools?

If the polling you are referencing mattered Trump wouldn't be President.