I’ll have a longer “Under the Fedora” tomorrow on the subject of Biden’s withdrawal but please keep this in mind over the next 120 days because as of this moment that same media that gaslit you for months and turned on a dime to push Biden out of this race will be back to treating the left with kid gloves and advancing and parroting whatever false narratives the Democrats choose to advance without question.
Ebenezer Scrooge: “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strove within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me that I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
Kafni:I can not give you my belief or my devotion, so I’m afraid my honesty is all I have to give after giving up my daughter. Jesus: I understand. I ask a lot from those who follow me, but I ask little of those who do not.
The Chosen Thunder 2021
What a difference a week makes.
As recently as one week ago tonight was going to be a moment that had been repeated many times in American History in a four year cycle. Tonight is the night when one of the major party candidates for president makes his case publicly to both his party’s convention and to the American people in a prime time speech.
As such a moment it would be of news value and depending on the result of the election and how the speech is received of some history value as well. Something that the chattering classes might talk about for a bit but nothing that would be considered earth shattering
But that was then.
Now instead of just Donald Trump, the former president and GOP nominee making a speech to the nation, it’s also Donald Trump, the man who missed being murdered by the tiniest of tiny margins giving his first public address the nation after facing death.
Salena Zito who had been scheduled to interview Trump that Saturday and who was feet away from Trump on the same grandstand as Corey Camperatore who died saving his wife and daughter interviewed Trump the next day and wrote this report:
“That reality is just setting in,” he said. “I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?”
Talking as he boarded his plane in Bedminster, New Jersey, for Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention starts Monday and lasts through Thursday, Trump said his speech will meet the moment that history demands. “It is a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance,” he said.
Early Sunday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening” and that he would “fear not.” Again, in talking to the Washington Examiner, he invoked “God” for his deliverance.
“This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together. The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago,” he said.
I have written in the past that Donald Trump as a man of 78 is set in his ways. It is very difficult for such a man to change the habits of a lifetime, but if there is anything that CAN do such a thing it’s the hand of God allowing him to walk away from certain death.
One of the most important things for a soul is to see itself in the light of truth and Donald Trump was given the incredible gift of being able to see that every remaining day of his life, is a gift from God.
In short, he’s been given an incredible grace, today we find out what he chooses to do with said grace.
The world will be watching. I suspect he will not disappoint.
Captain Darling:So you see Blackadder. Field Marshall Haig is most anxious to eliminate all these German Spies.. General Melchett:Filthy hun weasels, fighting their dirty underhanded war! Captain Darling: …and fortunately one of our spies… General Melchett: Splendid fellows, brave heroes risking life and limb for Blighty!
Black Adder Goes Forth General Hospital 1989
I’ve written a lot about how things changed on June 27th because the media was shown to be either willingly incompetent: We didn’t know that Biden had elder issues or lying through their teeth: We knew what shape Biden was in but we weren’t about to tell you and disrupt the Democrat narrative.
This was a solid crisis for the MSM/left because the debate which apparently the Biden campaign figured Trump would duck due to the insane conditions that were set showed every single person in the media and government who INSISTED that those who said Joe Biden had elder issues. It was a real 2 Book of Samuel chapter 12 verse 12 moment when the Prophet Nathan says to David concerning his arranging the murder of Uriah the Hittite
You have done this deed in secret, but I will bring it about in the presence of all Israel, and with the sun looking down.'”
And thus for the last 16 days we’ve had report after report from the MSM concerning the mental health issues of Joe Biden from the same people who denied it for years.
The reaction from the MSM was panic as not only was this going on, but Donald Trump wasn’t stepping on this story media site after media site kept asking why wasn’t Trump stealing the spotlight? Even Meta & Instagram suddenly revoked the bans on Trump’s use of those accounts in the last 48 hours in the hopes that there might be a statement or image to change the story of Election 2024 from Joe Biden and return it to Donald Trump.
Be careful what you wish for.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump raises his fist as he is rushed off stage after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. @apnewspic.twitter.com/VoAYqRC4QV
Before I say another word let me give a shout out to this photographer who as this video shows, ran to the point of danger to get this shot. He showed the same guts under fire that Trump did.
Pulitzer-prize winning photographer @evanvucci running across the podium — amidst gunfire and screams — to get the iconic photo everyone is sharing pic.twitter.com/DzJ86TX5lL
— Alana McLaughlin🏳️⚧️Ⓐ☭ (@AlanaFeral) July 13, 2024
Suddenly the media turned on a dime. The same media who has for weeks been telling everyone that if Trump is re-elected it would be the end of democracy as we know it, who said Trump must be stopped at all costs, who have compared him to Hitler and INSISTED the comparison was apt.
This was a left-wing magazine's cover one week ago.
They wanted this to happen. Every day, they fanned a fire they had created to make this happen.
In the last hour there was an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump he appears to be wounded in the ear. There are conflicting reports of if anyone else was killed or wounded (other than the shooters). This is from Byron York
From @AP: 'Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said in a phone interview that the suspected gunman was dead and at least one rally attendee was killed.' https://t.co/0he6hafiqW
As I’m tying this the report is one attendee is dead and another wounded. Right now on twitter there are a bunch of leftists complaining “How can you miss” to the point where it is trending on twitter. I have this question for Elon Musk:
question would those lamenting the failure of the assassin to kill @realDonaldTrump to the point where said lament is trending be considered to have violated the hate speech rules of X/Twitter ?
I wonder if those upset that Trump survived are consoled that they managed to kill at least one of his supporters.
Here are the headlines from the MSM at the time I posted this one twitter:
So far @nbcnews@abcnews & @cbsnews are all not calling it an assassination attempt ABC: Trump rushed off stage by Secret Service as possible shots heard at Pennsylvania rally NBC: Secret Service rushes Trump offstage after popping noises heard at Pennsylvania rally
CBS: Trump safe after being rushed off rally stage when possible shots fired PBS Trump rushed off stage by secret service after apparent gunshots heard at Pennsylvania rally CNN: Trump injured in incident at Pennsylvania rally They won't say assassination attempt #unexpectedly
Well I guess when you scream that Trump is a threat to democracy and that he’s Hitler for a year this is not a shock. On the plus side for the media they now have an excuse to stop talking about Joe Biden’s mental health but I suspect this is going to hurt their chances in November even more.
My first thought and it’s actually a rather terrible one, Given the left’s continual Trump derangement fed by the media, academic, Hollywood and Democrats in congress I’m really shocked that it’s taken this long for someone to try to kill him.
I’ll close with this:
The number of leftist lamenting the shooter missing @realdonaldtrump speaks volumes both about the left & what the false rhetoric of them and their allies of the MSM have produced.
As a #catholic I'm required to love my enemies and pray for them, but they don't make it easy
If you're going to share this photo, please give credit to @evanvucci who was risking his neck to get this shot, and his agency @AP. This will be in "100 photos that changed the world" books for generations to come. pic.twitter.com/4NBSwMNoR7
The White House has put out a statement but Joe Biden hasn’t spoken on it, that makes sense because the last thing democrats need is the contrast between the pair emphasized.
Update 3: Boy was I wrong. Heard Joe Biden’s statement on the radio on the way to supper. I don’t think it could have been more perfect in the situation. Furthermore it was his best public performance and the most presidential thing he has done in a long time.
I don’t think this was a calculation in this moment but I’d say this speech guarantees that he stays on the ticket
“I don’t know enough, I have an opinion but I don’t have any facts so I want to make sure we have all the fact before I make some comment or comments.”
The world would be a better place if a lot of people took that last line to heart.
Update 4: Donald Trump put out a statement on Truth social:
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