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brewens

(14,796 posts)
1. It wouldn't have mattered any more than we care whether it was shrapnel or a bullet when a guy gets a purple heart.
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 11:42 PM
Jul 26

Purple heart guy doesn't go around saying he took a bullet when it was shrapnel though. He has no reason too. If he's claiming bullet knowing it was glass or plastic, that's an unforced error. LOL He could have just told us the truth. I don't have a bit of sympathy for anyone that is or was 100% in favor of everything that put that kid on that roof with that gun.

Rhiannon12866

(216,074 posts)
2. One would think that anyone who came that close would immediately come out and support gun reform
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 11:53 PM
Jul 26

And work to reauthorize the Assault Weapons Ban - as two Republican and two Democratic presidents and former presidents worked to get passed! President Clinton called on all the living former presidents for support and they all signed on - Carter, Ford - and Reagan!



ret5hd

(21,060 posts)
3. the "truth" he's hiding is the fact that...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:14 AM
Jul 27

the ONLY way…the BEST way…(and i’m REALLY glad he didn’t…what a fool! this was handed on a silver platter!) he shoulda handled that “shot”…

was to be on tv 2 MINUTES LATER, standing, angry, unphased, shaking a fist saying “they tried! they tried but couldn’t!”

instead he walks around for a few days with a maxi-pad taped to his head!!!

oh thank god for idiocy!!!

Rhiannon12866

(216,074 posts)
4. And, unlike Steve Scalise who was critically injured by a shooter at a congressional baseball game,
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:20 AM
Jul 27

This was the perfect chance to call for gun reform and to reauthorize the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban! But, of course, instead he made it all about HIM!

Rhiannon12866

(216,074 posts)
6. If anything, this was a lucky break for TFG, since it put the attention back on him
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 02:34 AM
Jul 27

As opposed to President Biden's historic Oval Office speech (and I read that TFG expected equal time!) and the national attention that VP Harris has been receiving...

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