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Thoughts, Prayers and Questions

By July 18, 2024July 23rd, 2024No Comments

New details emerge as the investigation of the Trump Rally shooting progresses.

We deplore this assassination attempt, and we send our deepest sympathy to Corey Comperatore’s family, who lost their loved one; we wish the two seriously injured people at the rally a strong recovery.

Here are some of the many questions that remain, e.g.,

We can’t help but ask:  Six Secret Service members rushed on stage to protect Trump, risking their lives as they wrapped their bodies around him to protect him should there have been more shots.  But Trump did not want to leave the stage.  First, he demanded to retrieve his shoes.   Why did Trump need his shoes?  What shoes?  Didn’t he have shoes on?  Then Trump pulled away to do the fist bump.  Why was he allowed to expose himself to do the fist bump?

The media is criticized for being slow to report both timing and how journalists covered the story.  MY RURAL AMERICA has questions, too, so we share several media stories—Opinions, hard news, and others that are a mix of both, with the idea that our readers likely have questions, too.

Pavdmal Farlhi, The Washington PostHow the media’s wait for the facts in Trump shooting fed a backlash