It's dawning on me by the hour how many of them knew. Tons of them. They were planning on reporting his death and the uniparty's new gun control efforts the next day, bet on it.
Think about how many talking heads, politicians, and news outlets had the immediate reaction to refuse to call it a shooting or even acknowledge that anything happened at all. Trump fell when he heard loud popping noises? Biden announced there was an incident?
These are the kinds of statements you make about things you hope to sweep under the rug. It was their panicked reaction to the "bad" news that Trump was still alive. They were all expecting "to be just receiving" the news that Trump was dead at the hands of some little lone wolf republican kid with an AR... Instead they got the news that Trump miraculously dodged death and then did a badass fit pump.
They were temporarily discombobulated because they had not yet been given orders on how to react.
Look at how they had their gun control rhetoric and "no political violence' speeches all reared up and ready to go Sunday and Monday... They had to tweak scripts and pull entire shows where they had planned on reporting the death of Trump and the new ban on 'assault weapons.'
BB on Badlands touched on this yesterday - that the media outlets have been siloed, which is why they are so discombobulated. No 4am talking points.
When the news first broke one of the first things that came to me was that they were looking for an excuse to talk about guns and to tamp down on the rallies because "safety". And I think you are right, they had the scripts ready right go. Too bad these people suck at improv.
It's dawning on me by the hour how many of them knew. Tons of them. They were planning on reporting his death and the uniparty's new gun control efforts the next day, bet on it.
Think about how many talking heads, politicians, and news outlets had the immediate reaction to refuse to call it a shooting or even acknowledge that anything happened at all. Trump fell when he heard loud popping noises? Biden announced there was an incident?
These are the kinds of statements you make about things you hope to sweep under the rug. It was their panicked reaction to the "bad" news that Trump was still alive. They were all expecting "to be just receiving" the news that Trump was dead at the hands of some little lone wolf republican kid with an AR... Instead they got the news that Trump miraculously dodged death and then did a badass fit pump.
They were temporarily discombobulated because they had not yet been given orders on how to react.
Look at how they had their gun control rhetoric and "no political violence' speeches all reared up and ready to go Sunday and Monday... They had to tweak scripts and pull entire shows where they had planned on reporting the death of Trump and the new ban on 'assault weapons.'
BB on Badlands touched on this yesterday - that the media outlets have been siloed, which is why they are so discombobulated. No 4am talking points.
When the news first broke one of the first things that came to me was that they were looking for an excuse to talk about guns and to tamp down on the rallies because "safety". And I think you are right, they had the scripts ready right go. Too bad these people suck at improv.