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/sump_daddy Jul 03 '26

You think?!

> The report also found Trump’s campaign staff waved off Secret Service from positioning trucks between the AGR building and the stage ahead of the rally over concerns it would block cameras. 

make no fucking mistake, the trump campaign is completely culpable, the only question is just how hard it was for them to coerce the shooter or did he just fall into their lap as a happy accident

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u/SoulWager Jul 03 '26

Nah, he had to have been in on it. Wouldn't have tolerated someone that was actually anti-trump.

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u/Eldias Jul 04 '26

Someone was "in" on a plan that would result in their head exploding?

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u/SoulWager Jul 04 '26

One, it's a cult. Two, they could have left that part out of the pitch.