Of course, they didn’t. Doing the *bare minimum* means they’ll have to do investigating. That’s *work*, which is for poor people, don’t you know (obvious /s)
These morons just want to yell their “alternative facts” to a soulless ghoul on fox instead of y’know working to make the country a better place.
Heimerdingerdonger on
Why bother? The Republicans already knew all there was to know about this case. Both shooter and shootee were their guys …
CouchOlympian on
Why would the Democrats not take Trump’s assassination attempt seriously? /s
LuvKrahft on
>It’s unclear why some of the GOP members of the task force skipped the visit to Butler, PA.
Because they’re unserious assholes and they can’t come up with anything gaslight-y or projection-y enough.
JubalHarshaw23 on
Because they know it was not an assassination attempt.
mrgeekguy on
They found out the shooter was a right-wing loon, and now suddenly they don’t care.
Otherwise_Variety719 on
Well sure, they already made up their minds it was a democratic plot to resurrect JFK to convince Hugo Chavez to pull the trigger or some other GOP nonsense.
AINonsense on
Did they go to Moscow instead?
They do that. Easy mistake to make, apparently.
ranchoparksteve on
These Republicans don’t care what happens to Trump. A lot of people don’t care. I assume that’s how he got shot in the first place.
JFJinCO on
Miraculous that he’d get grazed by an AR-15 bullet yet still have no damage to his ear just days after the event. Miraculous…
MetersYards on
>Five Democratic Party and three GOP representatives showed up on Monday to tour the site of the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, PA.
>Four Republicans on a task force looking into the Trump assassination attempt skipped a site visit.
>The bipartisan group was formed to investigate potential failings on the day.
>It’s unclear why some of the GOP members of the task force skipped the visit to Butler, PA.
haricariandcombines on
We investigated ourselves and found no problems
Less_Tension_1168 on
I dare somebody to produce the injury photo of Trump’s poor little ear
Less_Tension_1168 on
It wouldn’t be surprised if there was a second shooter with a pellet gun
BobB104 on
They are afraid of uncovering facts. And they are experts at avoiding that happening.
MeatPrestigious3597 on
We all know why
gnarby_thrash on
Personally I think they need to get over it
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-fail-show-up-trump-assassination-attempt-site-visit-investigation-2024-8) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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> Four Republicans on the task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump were no-shows for a site visit on Monday, according to The Washington Post.The bipartisan task force was set up by a unanimous House vote in late July, two weeks after a would-be assassin fired at Trump during an outdoor rally, grazing his ear.
> The 12-strong task force consists of seven Republicans and five Democrats and has full House investigatory powers, including subpoena powers.
> Just three GOP representatives were in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday for the group's first visit to the site of the shooting, the Post reported.
The fat orange fucker takes all his cues from Putin and Vince McMahon.
There’s not a wrestling viewer out there that doesn’t know to cut certain areas of the head for massive blood flow, and minimal damage.
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PEOPLE. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
mudriverrat07020 on
Hey! That’s a lot of work. Cut them a break. They were probably tired. Do you have any idea how hard these politicians have to work for their money and benefits
Icy-Butterscotch5540 on
They are scared. They have to know what they are supposed to find before they look. That is monarchy 101.
No one cares about facts in Trump world they only care about what he wants and what they can get away with.
nickooze on
‘Cause they know it’s all BULLSHIT!!!
💯🐂💩
sugar_addict002 on
alleged assassinations attempt. Trump has a verifiable history of staging events. so one cannot assume anything with him involved at face value.
PapaSnork on
“Welp- he lived, what’s the big deal?”
makashiII_93 on
I mean, they’d have to do their jobs.
Which they don’t like doing.
I pray one day that the nation realizes Republicans for who they are, elect Democrats in a wave similar to FDR and allow this nation to progress and catch up to the rest of the world. We. Can. Do. It.
Indaflow on
Hmm,
What do they know that they don’t want us to know they know?
AtomicBlastCandy on
Can we run campaign ads in their district? If they are in a right district the ad could read, “Your (former) president was shot and congressman ______ didn’t care enough to show up to investigate. Is he part of the deep state?”
2HDFloppyDisk on
Imagine getting paid $175k / year and you don’t have to do your job if you don’t feel like it, but still collect a paycheck.
threehundredthousand on
It’s all performative. They don’t give a shit about anyone including their own colleagues. Their concern is always staying in power. They do not give a shit about any of this. Currently, it’s of interest to them because it’s one of the many angles they’re muddying to try and keep the GOP in power.
runningoutofwords on
Man who couldn’t be bothered to show up is “frustrated at how slow and how little we’ve learned.”
Turuial on
>Aside from **Rep. Mark Kelly**, the task force’s ranking member, the only other Republicans present were David Joyce (Ohio) and Laurel Lee (Fla).
I thought I was going crazy for a moment. I was like, wait just a Tom Cotton-picking minute, Mark Kelly is a goddamn senator. Also, *not a republican*!
I thought I hopped timelines, had a stroke, or really needed to start paying better attention. It turns out it was just a typo, and they were referring to Mike Kelly.
5xchamp on
Many people are saying the “attempted assassination” of trump is a false flag operation.
ReverendKen on
Why should they bother to even appear to investigate? They already know what their conclusions will be.
Fun-Cauliflower-1724 on
Since it sounds like the shooter had no real political ideology, it doesn’t fit into their narrative that radicalized leftist terrorists tried to assassinate Trump. Therefore they have no reason to show up.
SinxHatesYou on
>4 Republicans tasked with investigating the Trump assassination attempt didn’t show up for a site visit
But they found hunters laptop!
Ok_Environment3083 on
They don’t care
luv2ctheworld on
Convenient they skip the visit, so they can later make claims not based on anything they actually saw, and just spout off what they want to say.
Oceanbreeze871 on
Saying you’re doing an investigation counts as doing the investigation in conservative-land. Which is fine cause it’s usually vapid pearl clutching anyhow.
MrE134 on
Hard to find conspiracy theories when you have to waste your time on the truth.
Fufeysfdmd on
Republicans: we just want to run on it, not actually do anything about it.
Same as it was with abortion. Same as it is with immigration.
positive_X on
See no evil , Hear no evil , Speak no evil is actually not a wise move by the “modern” republicans .
…
AddisonFlowstate on
I get it. Who even cares anymore, the world has moved on
Artistic-Cannibalism on
Of course, they didn’t show up because they’re not interested in finding out what actually happened.
The only thing they’re interested in is trying to find a way to pin the blame on the democrats.
positive_X on
My leg got a bruise from my bicycle falling on it that very same weekend
(you may look up my posts) .
The bruise is almost totally gone now .
Donald’s -shot-off-ear- miraculusly healed after 1.5 weeks .
…
Oh , and where are my shoes ? said Donald before exiting the stage
after getting shot at .
TdrdenCO11 on
ok i’m not a conspiracy theorist. A guy literally died. But everything about this assassination attempt was weird
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Of course, they didn’t. Doing the *bare minimum* means they’ll have to do investigating. That’s *work*, which is for poor people, don’t you know (obvious /s)
These morons just want to yell their “alternative facts” to a soulless ghoul on fox instead of y’know working to make the country a better place.
Why bother? The Republicans already knew all there was to know about this case. Both shooter and shootee were their guys …
Why would the Democrats not take Trump’s assassination attempt seriously? /s
>It’s unclear why some of the GOP members of the task force skipped the visit to Butler, PA.
Because they’re unserious assholes and they can’t come up with anything gaslight-y or projection-y enough.
Because they know it was not an assassination attempt.
They found out the shooter was a right-wing loon, and now suddenly they don’t care.
Well sure, they already made up their minds it was a democratic plot to resurrect JFK to convince Hugo Chavez to pull the trigger or some other GOP nonsense.
Did they go to Moscow instead?
They do that. Easy mistake to make, apparently.
These Republicans don’t care what happens to Trump. A lot of people don’t care. I assume that’s how he got shot in the first place.
Miraculous that he’d get grazed by an AR-15 bullet yet still have no damage to his ear just days after the event. Miraculous…
>Five Democratic Party and three GOP representatives showed up on Monday to tour the site of the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, PA.
>Four Republicans on a task force looking into the Trump assassination attempt skipped a site visit.
>The bipartisan group was formed to investigate potential failings on the day.
>It’s unclear why some of the GOP members of the task force skipped the visit to Butler, PA.
We investigated ourselves and found no problems
I dare somebody to produce the injury photo of Trump’s poor little ear
It wouldn’t be surprised if there was a second shooter with a pellet gun
They are afraid of uncovering facts. And they are experts at avoiding that happening.
We all know why
Personally I think they need to get over it
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-fail-show-up-trump-assassination-attempt-site-visit-investigation-2024-8) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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> Four Republicans on the task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump were no-shows for a site visit on Monday, according to The Washington Post.The bipartisan task force was set up by a unanimous House vote in late July, two weeks after a would-be assassin fired at Trump during an outdoor rally, grazing his ear.
> The 12-strong task force consists of seven Republicans and five Democrats and has full House investigatory powers, including subpoena powers.
> Just three GOP representatives were in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday for the group's first visit to the site of the shooting, the Post reported.
*****
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It was a staged event.
The fat orange fucker takes all his cues from Putin and Vince McMahon.
There’s not a wrestling viewer out there that doesn’t know to cut certain areas of the head for massive blood flow, and minimal damage.
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PEOPLE. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Hey! That’s a lot of work. Cut them a break. They were probably tired. Do you have any idea how hard these politicians have to work for their money and benefits
They are scared. They have to know what they are supposed to find before they look. That is monarchy 101.
No one cares about facts in Trump world they only care about what he wants and what they can get away with.
‘Cause they know it’s all BULLSHIT!!!
💯🐂💩
alleged assassinations attempt. Trump has a verifiable history of staging events. so one cannot assume anything with him involved at face value.
“Welp- he lived, what’s the big deal?”
I mean, they’d have to do their jobs.
Which they don’t like doing.
I pray one day that the nation realizes Republicans for who they are, elect Democrats in a wave similar to FDR and allow this nation to progress and catch up to the rest of the world. We. Can. Do. It.
Hmm,
What do they know that they don’t want us to know they know?
Can we run campaign ads in their district? If they are in a right district the ad could read, “Your (former) president was shot and congressman ______ didn’t care enough to show up to investigate. Is he part of the deep state?”
Imagine getting paid $175k / year and you don’t have to do your job if you don’t feel like it, but still collect a paycheck.
It’s all performative. They don’t give a shit about anyone including their own colleagues. Their concern is always staying in power. They do not give a shit about any of this. Currently, it’s of interest to them because it’s one of the many angles they’re muddying to try and keep the GOP in power.
Man who couldn’t be bothered to show up is “frustrated at how slow and how little we’ve learned.”
>Aside from **Rep. Mark Kelly**, the task force’s ranking member, the only other Republicans present were David Joyce (Ohio) and Laurel Lee (Fla).
I thought I was going crazy for a moment. I was like, wait just a Tom Cotton-picking minute, Mark Kelly is a goddamn senator. Also, *not a republican*!
I thought I hopped timelines, had a stroke, or really needed to start paying better attention. It turns out it was just a typo, and they were referring to Mike Kelly.
Many people are saying the “attempted assassination” of trump is a false flag operation.
Why should they bother to even appear to investigate? They already know what their conclusions will be.
Since it sounds like the shooter had no real political ideology, it doesn’t fit into their narrative that radicalized leftist terrorists tried to assassinate Trump. Therefore they have no reason to show up.
>4 Republicans tasked with investigating the Trump assassination attempt didn’t show up for a site visit
But they found hunters laptop!
They don’t care
Convenient they skip the visit, so they can later make claims not based on anything they actually saw, and just spout off what they want to say.
Saying you’re doing an investigation counts as doing the investigation in conservative-land. Which is fine cause it’s usually vapid pearl clutching anyhow.
Hard to find conspiracy theories when you have to waste your time on the truth.
Republicans: we just want to run on it, not actually do anything about it.
Same as it was with abortion. Same as it is with immigration.
See no evil , Hear no evil , Speak no evil is actually not a wise move by the “modern” republicans .
…
I get it. Who even cares anymore, the world has moved on
Of course, they didn’t show up because they’re not interested in finding out what actually happened.
The only thing they’re interested in is trying to find a way to pin the blame on the democrats.
My leg got a bruise from my bicycle falling on it that very same weekend
(you may look up my posts) .
The bruise is almost totally gone now .
Donald’s -shot-off-ear- miraculusly healed after 1.5 weeks .
…
Oh , and where are my shoes ? said Donald before exiting the stage
after getting shot at .
ok i’m not a conspiracy theorist. A guy literally died. But everything about this assassination attempt was weird
Because they know it never happened.
Maybe because there wasn’t anyone to grift there