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lame54

(35,287 posts)
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 04:37 PM Jan 2022

Trump's Failed Assassination Attempt

We thought Trump's boorish behavior at the Biden debate where he wouldn't stop interrupting was just an attempt to trip up Biden and possibly make him stutter in hopes of embarrassing him in front of the nation.

As it turns out Trump had covid and knew it
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/01/trump-tested-positive-covid-before-biden-debate-chief-staff-mark-meadows-book

What he was really doing by his constant interruptions was trying fill the air with his toxic sputum in hopes it would reach and infect Joe Biden.

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Trump's Failed Assassination Attempt (Original Post) lame54 Jan 2022 OP
attempted bio-terrorism DBoon Jan 2022 #1
+1 lame54 Jan 2022 #2
Agreed Rebl2 Jan 2022 #6
Send him to the Hague and then Gitmo....... DENVERPOPS Jan 2022 #17
The OP headline got me very excited! nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #3
Yes - as soon as it was announced he had COVID I knew he lisa58 Jan 2022 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #30
Not just Biden; consider how many people he was up close and personal with after Maraya1969 Jan 2022 #5
Just the Rebl2 Jan 2022 #7
Many Secret Service, as I recall... vanlassie Jan 2022 #12
Definitely DENVERPOPS Jan 2022 #19
Yes. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #23
#FailedCoupGuy threw a big party at Mar-a-Lagoon, imported the virus from Brazil, that's L. Coyote Jan 2022 #44
The whole Trump family showed up for the debate....maskless. RicROC Jan 2022 #46
Maskless & deliberately too late to be tested. Spawn of Satan. nt Hekate Jan 2022 #52
Truly satanic Achilleaze Jan 2022 #8
Because they are like him. dchill Jan 2022 #9
He gives them permission MontanaMama Jan 2022 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #31
Too true tikka Jan 2022 #49
He hates people and loves money. Iggo Jan 2022 #29
It seems to me... XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #43
And his family members refused to wear masks in the audience. They knew exactly what Gaugamela Jan 2022 #10
He definitely knew. They all did. nt crickets Jan 2022 #28
And Melania made a beeline for the Bidens onstage afterward. displacedtexan Jan 2022 #37
Is it too much to hope for? karin_sj Jan 2022 #11
Yeah, I remember realizing that. What a horrid man. C Moon Jan 2022 #14
Is there another link? This one just shows a logo. Thanks. TheRickles Jan 2022 #15
Worked for me lame54 Jan 2022 #16
same here, just a logo n/t halobeam Jan 2022 #20
It may be the google stuff at the beginning that's giving you trouble. crickets Jan 2022 #27
Yep, thanks! TheRickles Jan 2022 #36
We all knew it at the time. liberalmuse Jan 2022 #18
Yes, we all knew basically what he was planning for 1/6. NH Ethylene Jan 2022 #26
Exactly. liberalmuse Jan 2022 #40
After reading. Snackshack Jan 2022 #21
My opinion is that if someone knows they have this deadly virus and are walking around and turbinetree Jan 2022 #22
That sort of behavior is already criminalized Mad_Machine76 Jan 2022 #24
Did Dump have anything to do with hanging the Vice Pres and Speaker? scarytomcat Jan 2022 #25
Of the bomb outside the DNC where VP Elect Harris was? Generic Brad Jan 2022 #47
So many crimes... scarytomcat Jan 2022 #50
I think you are 100% correct malaise Jan 2022 #32
Silly conspiracy theory brooklynite Jan 2022 #33
He and his family showed up late so they wouldn't have time to be tested. Poiuyt Jan 2022 #34
Much worse than a narcissist The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2022 #35
No naysayers? moondust Jan 2022 #38
Bet the mortgage on it. Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #39
Yep. I accused him of this here, right after the debate, in response Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2022 #41
Win at all costs! Trump's motto! UCmeNdc Jan 2022 #42
"All is fair in love and war". Jetheels Jan 2022 #45
and still no direct charges against this future destroyer of democracy samsingh Jan 2022 #48
Chris Christie told Trump True Blue American Jan 2022 #51
It HAS been awhile since we've had a fresh conspiracy theory..... brooklynite Jan 2022 #53
If you say it a 3rd time we'll all concede lame54 Jan 2022 #54

DENVERPOPS

(8,817 posts)
17. Send him to the Hague and then Gitmo.......
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:32 PM
Jan 2022

Biological Warfare is outlawed by the Geneva Convention....

lisa58

(5,755 posts)
4. Yes - as soon as it was announced he had COVID I knew he
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 05:30 PM
Jan 2022

Intended to infect Joe Biden. He bitched about plexiglass- didn’t test - and screamed at the top of his lungs to get enough virus in the air to infect Biden. Attempted murder….

Response to lisa58 (Reply #4)

Maraya1969

(22,479 posts)
5. Not just Biden; consider how many people he was up close and personal with after
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 05:35 PM
Jan 2022

he got that diagnosis. I can't imagine him doing anything to protect anyone.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
44. #FailedCoupGuy threw a big party at Mar-a-Lagoon, imported the virus from Brazil, that's
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 11:12 AM
Jan 2022

how the Secret Service and White House became a covid hot spot. Bolsonaro's plane load was infected.
https://www.axios.com/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus-trump-meeting-mar-a-lago-bed77ec8-f768-4d8d-a6b0-ae463361e558.html

They partied while the rest of us were in lockdown doing our part to prevent the pandemic from getting worse. And then #FailedCoupGuy sent the USA his bill for services rendered.


Response to MontanaMama (Reply #13)

Iggo

(47,552 posts)
29. He hates people and loves money.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:29 PM
Jan 2022

They don’t seem to get that he hates them, too.

But yeah, that’s why they love him.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
37. And Melania made a beeline for the Bidens onstage afterward.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 08:26 PM
Jan 2022

The Bidens kept as much distance as possible, though.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
18. We all knew it at the time.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:33 PM
Jan 2022

We also all knew many, many months before 1/6/21 that Trump was planning violence to overturn the election. I now understand why we used to have the death penalty for treason. People like Trump and about 99% of Republicans are a poison and pox on humanity and will never stop trying to destroy our democracy in their quest for absolute power. I wish I could see the timeline where Hilary won and didn't completely fuck up the Covid response.

NH Ethylene

(30,811 posts)
26. Yes, we all knew basically what he was planning for 1/6.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:05 PM
Jan 2022

Which is why it was such a surprise that it came as a 'surprise' to law enforcement.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
21. After reading.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:43 PM
Jan 2022

About DTs knowing he had it. His late arrival that made testing moot, complaining about COVID protocols and then watching his behavior during the debate I have always thought that this was exactly what he was trying to do.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
22. My opinion is that if someone knows they have this deadly virus and are walking around and
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:44 PM
Jan 2022

giving it to other people .....they should be charged.....

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
25. Did Dump have anything to do with hanging the Vice Pres and Speaker?
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:58 PM
Jan 2022

or killing people in the insurrection. Attempted murder? People did die. Conspiracy...?
That is what I thought you might be raising by your headline

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,807 posts)
35. Much worse than a narcissist
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:44 PM
Jan 2022

He’s an out-and-out psychopath. I will give my life to defend this country from him and his scumbag traitors.

 

Jetheels

(991 posts)
45. "All is fair in love and war".
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 11:22 AM
Jan 2022

magats have pulled off the gloves awhile ago.
Their end game is authoritarianism.
Unless anyone does anything about these obvious out in the open crimes, on tv, on social media,
It’s pretty much complicity. We are at the 11th hour. Time is running out.
I’m not optimistic.
And I don’t think our senators tweets, while brave, are gonna cut it.
Look what happened to the one person who first spoke the truth and called out tfg. He and his brother lost their job.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
51. Chris Christie told Trump
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 04:26 PM
Jan 2022

To keep interrupting Biden, make him stutter. Failed. Biden told him to shut up, like you would to a kid!

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