What we know from videos and interviews of witnesses.
At least two witnesses warn nearby police of a man with a rifle climbing up a building minutes before the attempted assassination attempt. Video shows secret service pointing a rifle in his direction before the would be assassin fires and wait until after the assassination attempt to respond. Despite having police presence below, and nowhere to run, they make sure to kill him, though he already failed to carry out his assassination attempt. The building is well within the range that should be cleared for an outdoor event. At the very least, this combination stinks of incompetence. If not incompetence, then very worrisome, regardless of one’s political leanings.
What we “know” circumstantially.
Biden says its time to put Trump in a bullseye and later pulls down the post off social media. Democrats try to pass a bill to reduce Trump’s secret service protection before the assassination attempt. With as often as democrats call for violence, indirectly or directly, and try to use political machinations against rivals, I’m not sure we can call either of these “evidence.” Petty, yes, perhaps even malicious, but still nothing more than circumstantial. One appears to be in the context of fund raising, the other about the potential of a felony conviction.
What we know so far about the would-be assassin.
They say the would-be assassin registered republican, donated democrat, and was not old enough to vote in a presidential election until this year, but died prior. Considering there is no test to register for either party, or to donate, in order to prove one’s political leanings, not sure we can garner much from that, other than the fact we know he could not have legally voted in a presidential election during his lifetime. He also apparently had no recognizable social media accounts. Speculating on his political leanings at this time appear to be just that. Speculation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com..../investigations/2024 (regarding witnesses)
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c51yly4085lo (witness interview)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/....us-news/video-shows- (video of secret service counter snipers)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw0y9xljv2yo (commentary on bullseye)