Hollywood actor and musician Jack Black announced the remainder of his band Tenacious D’s tour would be put on hold after his friend and sidekick Kyle Gass appeared to celebrate the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump during a concert in Australia on Sunday night. In a video from the event, Gass declares, “Don’t miss Trump next time,” while blowing out candles on a cake to celebrate his birthday.
“I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black said in a statement following the incident. The Joe Biden supporter added: “After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold. I am grateful to the fans for their support and understanding.”
Gass’s horrendous comment appears to have been in response to Black stating he should make a wish as he blew out the candles. The remark came just 24 hours after former President Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet while holding a rally in Pennsylvania.
Rallygoer Corey Comperatore was killed by the gunfire when he leaped on his family to protect them from the bullets. Two other Trump supporters were seriously injured.
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On Sunday, his bandmate Kyle Gass was presented with a cake on stage to celebrate his 64th birthday.
After blowing out the candles, Gass said, “Don’t miss Trump next time.”
Hollywood actor and musician Jack Black announced the remainder of his band Tenacious D's tour would be put on hold after his friend and sidekick Kyle Gass appeared to celebrate the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump during a concert in Australia on Sunday night. In a video from the event, Gass declares, "Don’t miss Trump next time," while blowing out candles on a cake to celebrate his birthday.
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Nearly three days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have finally gained access to the would-be assassin’s cell phone. “FBI technical specialists successfully gained access to Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone, and they continue to analyze his electronic devices,” the FBI said in a statement, noting that they have also completed searches of the deceased shooter’s home and vehicle.
Despite having had access to the phone since Monday evening, the FBI has yet to release any details regarding the shooter‘s motivations. While a delay in accessing a seized electronic device isn’t unusual, the lack of information regarding the would-be assassin’s life and movements in the day leading up to the attack is raising concerns.
Family, neighbors, and law enforcement officials have offered little public comment on how or why the 20-year-old Pennsylvanian was able to gain access to a roof just 400 feet away from Trump and successfully fire off several shots. One bullet struck Trump in the ear, while another struck and killed Corey Comperatore—a Trump supporter and volunteer fireman who shielded his family from the gunfire with his body. Two other rallygoers were also seriously injured.
According to the FBI, the phone and its data are being analyzed by its laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. Additionally, technicians are pouring through other electronic devices owned by the would-be assassin.
Accessing encrypted electronic devices can be difficult, even for law enforcement. In the instance of Apple products—such as the iPhone—the company has been resistant to allowing backdoor access to law enforcement. They claim doing so would enable governments to access all Apple customers’ phones easily.
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Nearly three days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have finally gained access to the would-be assassin's cell phone. "FBI technical specialists successfully gained access to Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone, and they continue to analyze his electronic devices," the FBI said in a statement, noting that they have also completed searches of the deceased shooter's home and vehicle.
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Nigel Farage has criticized the “mainstream media narrative” against former President Donald J. Trump following the assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania. “The narrative that is put out there about Trump, by these liberals that oppose him, is so nasty, it’s so unpleasant, that I think it almost encourages this type of behavior,” he said. “There are some things that are said on social media that aren’t acceptable. But there is also a mainstream media narrative and I’m afraid it’s very, very one-sided.”
Farage said the BBC, Britain’s state broadcaster, “is a part of this,” citing the way it has encouraged hatred against him, as well. “One of the many times that I had a drink thrown at me, a so-called comedian on a BBC show said, ‘Well, why not battery acid?'”
Farage also recalled recent comments by Joe Biden that “Trump must be put in the bullseye,” suggesting such rhetoric has contributed to a dangerous political environment.
Farage also referenced BBC presenter David Aaronovitch making a supposedly satirical social media post calling for Biden to “hurry up and have Trump murdered.”
While media and politicians have mostly condemned the shooting, MSNBC had to pull its flagship show, Morning Joe, on Monday, reportedly over fears one of its anti-Trump hosts or guests may say something inappropriate.
Prior to the shooting, a litany of celebrities, journalists, and politicians have called for violence against Trump, some even calling for him to be killed.
I remember when Jo Brand asked “why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?”.
When David Aaronovitch said “if I was Biden I’d hurry up and have Trump murdered”.
Nigel Farage has criticized the "mainstream media narrative" against former President Donald J. Trump following the assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania. "The narrative that is put out there about Trump, by these liberals that oppose him, is so nasty, it's so unpleasant, that I think it almost encourages this type of behavior," he said. "There are some things that are said on social media that aren't acceptable. But there is also a mainstream media narrative and I'm afraid it's very, very one-sided."
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A person claiming to work for the FBI sparked controversy by expressing disappointment on social media that the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump at a Pennsylvania political rally on Saturday was unsuccessful.
Following a gunman’s attack at the rally, social media posts surfaced with statements like “don’t miss next time” and “so close,” reflecting disturbing reactions to the violent incident.
The staffer, identified as Jenna Howell, also criticized those mourning the political violence, posting, “Y’all gun-toting, 2nd Amendment-loving hillbillies better just sit down and stay quiet unless you’re gonna change your mind on gun control.”
Details about how the gunman obtained the firearm have not been disclosed by law enforcement.
According to former FBI analyst Chris Toompas, Howell previously worked in the NICS Firearms Background Check Unit, which assesses individuals’ eligibility to acquire firearms. Currently, she is reportedly assigned to the FBI’s Identity Research Department.
Toompas, who claims to have worked alongside Howell before his termination due to his refusal to comply with the Covid-19 vaccine mandate, expressed criticism of her actions.
“The only thing leftists love to do is hate those who disagree with them, and in this instance, wish for their death,” Toompas remarked, highlighting a contentious environment within the FBI.
Toompas further shared his own experience, stating, “I went to Facebook during my suspension to voice my disdain for the mandate and share my suspension story. When I did so, [Howell] threatened to report me to the FBI for violating the FBI’s Facebook policy. The irony.”
Anti-Trump views among the FBI are not uncommon as at least one whistleblower has claimed the Bureau has forced out those who vocally support Trump.
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A person claiming to work for the FBI sparked controversy by expressing disappointment on social media that the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump at a Pennsylvania political rally on Saturday was unsuccessful.
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The United States Secret Service (USSS)—as well as Pennsylvania local and state law enforcement—suffered what can only be described as a catastrophic failure at Saturday’s campaign rally when a 20-year-old with a rifle was able to get within 400 feet of former President Donald J. Trump and fire several rounds—nearly killing him. A matter of centimeters separated Trump from life and death, but video evidence from the thousands of rally attendees concerningly suggests the USSS and local law enforcement had several minutes to respond to the threat but failed to do so.
TWO MINUTES TO RESPOND.
According to witness descriptions and video, attendees of the Trump rally—outside the security perimeter—pointed out that an individual armed with a rifle had climbed onto the roof of a manufacturing plant just over 400 feet north of the Butler Farm Show grounds where former President Trump was speaking. Footage taken by those present shows a lapse of nearly one minute in which the would-be assassin was visible on the edge of the roof and when he opened fire on Trump, speaking just over 150 yards away.
Additionally, eyewitness testimony indicates that law enforcement was alerted even before this point to a suspicious individual who was seen scaling a ladder onto the manufacturing plant and then moving across the building’s rooftop. This suggests lawenforcement had at least several minutes to identify and respond to the threat.
In several moments captured on camera by audience attendees, what appears to be a USSS tactical officer walks behind the rally grandstands and peers across the open field toward the manufacturing plant and then abruptly turns around and heads back towards the agency’s command center behind the central risers. The same video shows a local, uniformed law enforcement officer in the background—within feet of the manufacturing plant—walking towards the shooter only to duck when the first shots ring out. That officer then can be clearly seen running away from the shooter and gunfire.
KNOWN VULNERABILITY.
The video evidence of rally attendees desperately trying to alert and draw the attention of law enforcement to the would-be assassin and the reaction of local police and the USSS suggests an inexcusable and utterly disastrous breakdown in communications occurred. Reports that a local lawenforcement officer had climbed the ladder and tried to confront the gunman—only to retreat after the rifle was then pointed at them—begs the question of why there was not a USSS agent or police officer stationed on the roof to begin with. After all, according to multiple news reports, the USSS had identified the roof as a high-priority point of vulnerability.
Answers may come next week. USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to appear before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on July 22 in what promises to be a historic hearing on Capitol Hill following the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
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This combined footage is astonishing. The shooter was up on the roof for 2 minutes. People were literally pointing and shouting at him.
The United States Secret Service (USSS)—as well as Pennsylvania local and state law enforcement—suffered what can only be described as a catastrophic failure at Saturday's campaign rally when a 20-year-old with a rifle was able to get within 400 feet of former President Donald J. Trump and fire several rounds—nearly killing him. A matter of centimeters separated Trump from life and death, but video evidence from the thousands of rally attendees concerningly suggests the USSS and local law enforcement had several minutes to respond to the threat but failed to do so.
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Liberal celebrities, journalists, and politicians, up to and including the sitting president, had been steadily intensifying incitement against Donald Trump prior to the assassination attempt against him on Saturday.
CELEBRITIES.
Hollywood liberals have been threatening violence or wishing violence upon Trump for years. Among others, Robert De Niro called Trump a “dog” and a “pig” in 2016, seething about wanting to “punch him in the face.”
The alleged comedienne Kathy Griffin infamously posed with a bloody model of Trump’s severed head in 2017. She claimed to be remorseful after receiving backlash—and a drop in job offers—but repeated the stunt in 2023.
Theater director Oskar Eustis put on a version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar portraying the Roman leader as Trump, complete with a bloody assassination, the same year.
While in the United Kingdom in 2017, Johnny Depp asked a festival audience, “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? … [I]t’s been a while and maybe it’s time”—referencing the murder of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.
Previously, Madonna had said she “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House” at the 2017 Women’s March.
Mickey Rourke, like De Niro, spoke of his desire to give Trump a “left hook from hell” on multiple occasions, most recently in 2019.
JOURNALISTS.
The corporate media has been inciting the public against Trump for many years, ramping up its efforts with particular intensity in recent weeks as he rises in the polls.
Earlier this month, The New Republic ran a cover portraying Trump as Adolf Hitler, complete with mustache, under the strapline ‘American fascism,’ insisting he is “damn close enough, and we’d better fight.”
In December, Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post ran an article titled, ‘Yes, it’s OK to compare Trump to Hitler.’
On July 2, The Huffington Post website ran an article on the Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have a presumption of immunity from prosecution—if not impeachment—for official acts with the headline, ‘Supreme Court Gives Joe Biden The Legal OK To Assassinate Donald Trump.’
Similarly, BBC presenter David Aaronovitch responded to the ruling with a “satirical” social media post recommending that Biden should “hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America’s security.”
Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe issued an unhinged rant in November warning Trump was “running to end American democracy” and would exile, imprison, and even “execute” his opponents once reelected.
POLITICIANS.
Politicians have also played a prominent role in stirring up fear and hatred against Trump, largely by scaremongering about him becoming a dictator.
“It’s just unquestionable at this point that that man cannot see public office again. He is not only unfit, he is destructive to our democracy, and he has to be eliminated,” Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman recently told former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki, in a clip that has been widely recirculated following Saturday’s assassination attempt.
Robert Kagan, the war hawk neoconservative husband of war hawk former Biden official Victoria Nuland, wrote a 6,000-word essay declaring that a “Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable,” adding: “When a marauder is crashing through your house, you throw everything you can at him—pots, pans, candlesticks—in the hope of slowing him down and tripping him up.”
In April, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, actually put forward legislation to strip anyone sentenced to a year or more in prison for a federal or state felony of Secret Service protection, in anticipation of a possible prison sentence for Trump in Manhattan. This was widely interpreted as a move to make it easier for someone to kill him.
In 2017, Democratic state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal of Missouri posted, “I hope Trump is assassinated!” on Facebook. Congressman Maxine Waters said she wanted to “go and take Trump out” the same year.
As long ago as 2015, Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson said the “GOP donor class” was “going to have to go out and put a bullet in” then-candidate Trump.
BIDEN.
Perhaps no politician has done as much to incite the public against Trump as Joe Biden. The incumbent, up to the day of the assassination attempt, was posting on social media that Trump means to become a dictator.
On July 5, referencing the aforementioned immunity ruling, he claimed the former president “really could” become a dictator if reelected.
“Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. He’s a threat to our freedom. He’s a threat to our democracy,” he said on June 28, adding: “He’s literally a threat to everything America stands for.”
It is a theme he has been playing on for years: “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soulofthis country,” he posted in 2022.
Biden uses similarly inflammatory rhetoric in private, telling donors in a July 8 call reported by the press: “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”
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Liberal celebrities, journalists, and politicians, up to and including the sitting president, had been steadily intensifying incitement against Donald Trump prior to the assassination attempt against him on Saturday.
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MSNBC’s flagship Morning Joe show is not airing on Monday. Executives at NBCUniversal News Group are fearful the hosts or their regular guests could say something “inappropriate” about the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
CNN reports a source “familiar with the matter” told them the “decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole.”
NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, MSNBC president Rashida Jones, and Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski supposedly made the decision jointly.
The husband-and-wife duo have been amongst the most hyperbolic Trump critics in recent months. In November, Scarborough claimed Trump “is running to end American democracy as we know it” and suggested only the judiciary stopped him from governing in the style of Adolf Hitler in his first term.
“Just because he hasn’t done it yet doesn’t mean he won’t do it when he gets a chance to do it, and if he is voted into office… he will imprison, he will execute, whoever he’s allowed to imprison, execute, uh, uh, uh, uh, drive from the country,” Scarborough ranted.
Senior Republicans such as J.D. Vance have suggested rhetoric like this, from both the corporate media and the Democrats, inspired the assassination attempt against Trump.
MORNING JOE: “In a 2nd term, Trump will imprison, he will execute whoever he is allowed to imprison, execute, drive from the country. Just look at his past. It’s not really hard to read” pic.twitter.com/3bs2YnC82K
MSNBC's flagship Morning Joe show is not airing on Monday. Executives at NBCUniversal News Group are fearful the hosts or their regular guests could say something "inappropriate" about the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
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Corey Comperatore, the volunteer firefighter who was killed shielding his family from a sniper’s bullets during the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is being celebrated as a selfless family man and community member.
Comperatore, 50, died Saturday night while protecting his wife and family from gunfire. A sniper had managed to sneak onto a roof and open fire on former President Trump. He only struck the president’s ear, but three bystanders were more seriously wounded.
Eileen Shamanski, whose children grew up with Comperatore’s daughters, described his actions as characteristic of his selfless nature. “It’s just so typical of him, protecting his wife and daughter by throwing himself on top of them when the shooting started,” Shamanski said.
The Christian family man’s friends and relations have been left devastated by the incident. Shamanski noted that despite Comperatore’s demanding schedule as an engineer and volunteer firefighter, he never missed his daughters’ soccer events. She expressed disbelief upon hearing the news from her daughters, who called her in tears.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called Comperatore a hero, saying he “dove on his family to protect them.” Allyson Comperatore, one of his daughters, shared a heartfelt tribute to her father, describing him as “the best dad a girl could ask for.”
“He loved his family. He truly loved us enough to take a bullet for us,” she said.
“Corey put everyone and everything first before himself. It showed in his leadership as Fire Chief, Husband, Father, and Son. He died a hero because he was a hero. Putting others first,” concurred Mark Lauer, former president of the Butler County Fire Chiefs Association.
A fundraiser for Comperatore’s family had raised around $850,000 as of the time of publication.
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Corey Comperatore, the volunteer firefighter who was killed shielding his family from a sniper's bullets during the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is being celebrated as a selfless family man and community member.
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Donald Trump Jr. slammed CNN after correspondent Jamie Gangel scolded his father for his “rhetoric” after he was shot on Saturday. “I do want to say there was one thing that when I watched the tape, I found odd, because of all of the heated rhetoric,” she said. “And that is after he was hit, former President Trump got up and said, ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!'”
Bloodied after being shot through the ear, the America First leader paused the Secret Service agents attempting to hustle him from the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania while he raised a fist and delivered the rousing message to his alarmed audience.
“I think what we’re hearing from people is that’s not the message that we want to be sending right now. We want to tamp it down,” Gangel complained.
“Someone attempted to assassinate my father tonight and this is what CNN is focused on,” Don Jr. posted on social media. “These people are vile.”
Gangel did not stress the “heated rhetoric” of Joe Biden over recent weeks. Shortly before the assassination attempt, the 81-year-old claimed Trump intends to become a “dictator” if reelected.
On Monday, Biden told donors it was time to “put Trump in a bullseye.” He warned Trump “really could” become a dictator following a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity on July 5. He said Trump “is a genuine threat to this nation… a threat to our freedom [and] our democracy” on June 28.
Senator J.D. Vance, a leading candidate for Trump’s 2024 running mate, says the “central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” arguing, “This rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
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Donald Trump Jr. slammed CNN after correspondent Jamie Gangel scolded his father for his "rhetoric" after he was shot on Saturday. "I do want to say there was one thing that when I watched the tape, I found odd, because of all of the heated rhetoric," she said. "And that is after he was hit, former President Trump got up and said, 'Fight! Fight! Fight!'"
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Comcast NBCUniversal’s Sky News reacted to the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, by questioning whether the America First leader has changed “the rules of engagement” in politics.
One of Britain’s leading news broadcasters, Sky published the article ‘Nothing justifies an assassination bid – but did Trump play a part in changing the rules of engagement?’ within hours of the shooting, which injured President Trump and left at least one of his supporters dead.
U.S. correspondent James Matthews said Trump had “joked about the brutal assault on the husband of former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi” and “downplay[ed] a kidnap plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer“—which turned out to have been orchestrated in large part by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plants and informants.
Matthews claimed Joe Biden and the Democrats responded to the assassination attempt with “benevolence”—making no mention of the fact that the 81-year-old incumbent had been fearmongering about Trump’s supposed plans to become a “dictator” shortly before the attack.
Sky News also expressed shock that the shooting was able to take place, suggesting the “agents charged with Donald Trump’s protection, Secret Service or otherwise, face a grilling on a failure in the fundamentals of the job.”
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Comcast NBCUniversal's Sky News reacted to the assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, by questioning whether the America First leader has changed "the rules of engagement" in politics.
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