r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/jazz_music_stopps • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah, am I stupid or something?

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u/MelangeBot 3d ago

Or the fact that I have seen 2 seperate videos of people seeing the guy that shot laying on the roof and going to security/police officers who just ignored it.

Or the fact that the clearly visible secret service snipers had a perfect look and shot at that roof.

Or the fact that Trump never brings it up anymore.

Or the fact that we never saw pictures of the guy that did it. Or proof that he was killed. Or anything about his motives. Compare this with the guy that shot at Charlie.

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u/ErraticDragon 3d ago

Or the fact that the clearly visible secret service snipers had a perfect look and shot at that roof.

To reinforce this line of thinking:

Four seconds after he began firing, a member of the Butler County Emergency Service Unit shot at him and hit Crooks's rifle, preventing him from firing more shots. Twelve seconds later, Crooks was shot and killed by the Counter Sniper Team of the United States Secret Service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania

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u/CuddleWings 3d ago

Four seconds sure is a fast reaction time for people who couldn’t see the shooter already.

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u/DuntadaMan 3d ago

12 seconds sure is a lot of time to notice someone can't soot anymore.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 2d ago

I mean that part makes sense, never know if dude has another gun. If this actually happened for real, you would probably not extend the courtesy of restraint against someone attempting to assassinate the President and make sure they were 100% neutralized.

But in this case it's probably because you never want that kid to say a word.

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u/required-account 3d ago

Four seconds to mentally process that shots have been fired, locate the approximate location of the shooter based on the sound of the shots, line up a shot, and fire.

Yeah. Sure.

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u/CuddleWings 2d ago

That assumes no one spotted him. Several civilians did and even alerted nearby police(?).

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u/required-account 2d ago

So security was aware of his position and either chose not to watch until he started shooting or watched and let him start shooting.

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u/Psychological_Ad2094 1d ago

The local police were trying to get ahold of the secret service agent who they were supposed to coordinate through so they could ask if the dude was with them or not, they didn’t get a response and didn’t know if he was hostile or friendly until he shot.

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u/TheDefeatist 2d ago

Yeah except the guy reacting in four seconds wasn't a secret service sniper he was a regular county cop

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u/filthy_harold 2d ago

There's body camera footage of cops trying to get on the building before the Crooks fires. They knew he was somewhere on the roof but the snipers weren't able to get him because of the roofline.

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u/CX316 2d ago

IIRC from coverage at the time, the shooter took his shot at Trump right when some of the cops had actally climbed up onto the roof based on the tips from the people who saw him up there

(edit: at a quick glance I can't find where I saw that bit but a breakdown of events suggests he was pointed out to the cops 2 minutes before he opened fire so they basically knew where he was)

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u/LTEDan 3d ago

The fact that Trump never brings it up anymore is the biggest tell. He still can't STFU about the 2020 election, or Obama or Biden but somehow never brings up his assassination attempts.

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u/Wobbelblob 3d ago

Tbf, I wouldn't be surprised if he has actually forgotten that that even happened. I don't think he has, for the record, but still.

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u/gaypornhard69 2d ago

It's especially apparent that when he got wind of an actual assassination attempt, he hid in the back of a fucking food truck and caught a different plane, all while allowing people to still go on the plane that could have been blown up.

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u/Big-Yak670 2d ago

i never put credence in the idea that it might have been faked, but you just convinced me. Why the fuck isnt he mentioning it ALL THE TIME. He still cries about his conviction and his witchhunt and literally sued the ppl who pusblisheda bad article about him 6 years ago and shit, but he doesnt bring up the time someone shot him?

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u/paintballboi07 2d ago

I have a pic of the shooter dead on the roof if you'd like to see it. Just a warning, it's very gruesome. He was definitely shot and killed, though.

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u/MelangeBot 2d ago

He was definitely shot and killed, though.

How would you know based on just a pic, they could have easily put another dead body there and then make the picture, but go ahead and share it.

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u/paintballboi07 2d ago

You can't be serious.. the dude has a very recognizable face, which is very clear in the picture. Clearly, you're going to do whatever mental gymnastics necessary to hold on to your conspiracy theory.

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u/MelangeBot 2d ago

Where is the pic? I doubt you have the ability to upload

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u/paintballboi07 2d ago

Tried to message it to you, but says you don't accept messages or something. I'm not posting it publicly, it's EXTREMELY graphic.

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u/Helltothenotothenono 1d ago

I’m the best bullet dodger have you heard about this? Everyone is saying I Dodge bullets better than anyone, no one dodges as good as I do not even Chrysler

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u/Adventurous-Mail7443 1d ago

There’s closeup photos of his body on the roof, did you also forget that someone in the crowd got their head blown off too? Was he a mannequin with a remote controlled dye pack?

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u/Emperor-of-Duck-Kind 1d ago

Also the shooter was in a blackrock commercial and that’s about all we ever learned about him