And... Not That I Buy It, For One Second... But What If The 20-Year-Old Kid Was Already Dead, On That Roof?

[DISCLAIMER: Feel free to scroll on by, if this is not of interest -- it is a time waster.]

Okay, look. There are lots of VERY dumb conspiracy theories on both sides. [Here's a nutty far right one, for example.]

And this is likely one, as well. . . but what if the supposed- shooter/kid had already been captured and killed by forces sworn loyal to Tangerine as a person (not the Secret Service, per se)? He was dropped on the roof, at just the right time -- and a real sharp shooter, loyal to Tangerine, with the same AR-15, shoots to miss Trump (thus the NYT bullet photo), but (to ensure believability) he lets a few stray shots go into the crowd [and, deplorably so]?

Meanwhile, as Trump goes down, "the loyals" cover him, and use a small blade to cut his upper ear -- a great place for lots of blood, from a small incision. [All as he witnessed, in all star wrestling acts -- and (in part) participated in, for many years, over two decades, ago. . .?]

He rises, fists pumping. . . because he had scripted it all -- reality / non-reality TV.

[I offer this idiotic tangent, mostly because one Mr. Martin Shkreli is musing this morning about scenarios only slightly differing from this one, above -- on X-itter. Ugh.] Back to real legal substance, again, by Thursday.

Yes, I believe the tragedies -- of the two dead, two injured -- in the crowd. . . are all too real. And political violence has no place in our system of ordered liberty.

Out.

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