#Trump’s Baseless Claims [ #lies] About the Assassination Attempt Are #Dangerous

His growing effort to blame #Biden & #Harris for the shooting isn’t supported by ANY #evidence. But experts say it could stir #violence.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/

Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against #Trump, he & his allies have promoted unfounded #ConspiracyTheories & blamed #Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From #JDVance to Trump’s sons & #MAGA#Republicans in #Congress, many have used the same rhetoric to declare that Trump’s political opponents sought to have him murdered at his campaign rally in Butler, PA.

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The deceased 20-yr-old gunman was a registered #Republican voter, as noted throughout national media coverage…, there appears to be NO solid #evidence that he was driven by partisanship or ideology. A sweeping #FBI investigation, including analysis of his digital devices & interviews w/ >450 people, has found no clear motive, acc/to congressional testimony from FBI Dir Christopher Wray.

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NO ONE has furnished ANY #evidence to support that claim. And while #Trump himself was relatively quiet in this regard during the initial aftermath, he has since been POURING FUEL on the fire, starting w/a campaign speech on Aug 5 in Atlanta, where #JDVance introduced him by emphasizing that Trump’s opponents had “even tried to kill him.”

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Later in the interview, #Trump returned to the shooting unprompted, focusing blame on President #Biden & MVP #KamalaHarris.

“I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault & Harris’ fault. And I’m the opponent. Look, they were weaponizing govt against me, they brought in the whole DOJ to try & get me. They weren’t too interested in my health & safety,” he claimed w/o evidence.

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In the video, Kozma calls the idea of #gender fluidity “evil.” Another speaker, Katie Sullivan, who was an acting asst AG at the #DOJ under #Trump, takes aim at executive actions by the admin of President #Biden that created gender adviser positions throughout the #federal govt. The goal, Biden wrote in one order, was to “advance #EqualRights & opportunities, regardless of gender or gender #identity.”

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The #Project2025 videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts & bolts of governing to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing #FOIA disclosures & ensuring that #conservative #policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine…. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the #federal govt works & what it does.

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One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for #Project2025’s #PresidentialAdministrationAcademy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling >14 hrs of content — were provided to #ProPublica & #Documented by a person who had access to them.

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#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

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Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

But it’s not clear that #Project2025 itself is ending, as #KevinRoberts reportedly is taking over its ops. (#HeritageFoundation, the #Trump campaign, & #HarperCollins did not respond to multiple requests for comment before publication.)

Whether #JDVance’s foreword to Dawn’s Early Light survives this dustup is anyone’s guess.

New Republic published the text of #Vance’s forward in full.

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