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TexasTowelie

(127,843 posts) Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:49 PM 15 hrs ago

Why the Presumed Trump Assassination Attempt Will Not Improve His Polling Numbers - William Spaniel [View all]

Yesterday, a lone suspect charged past the security checkpoint outside of a presidential gala. Shots were fired, but no one died. Today's video examines how this will impact President Trump's popularity, putting the incident in the context of the necessary conditions to generate a rally round the flag effect.

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Why the Presumed Trump Assassination Attempt Will Not Improve His Polling Numbers - William Spaniel [View all] TexasTowelie 15 hrs ago OP

Yeah, he's still PEDO trying to Destroy Cha 15 hrs ago #1

Most of the US population JBTaurus83 15 hrs ago #2

Don't sleep on the cult. Bluetus 14 hrs ago #4

Trump has a "Wolf" problem Bluetus 15 hrs ago #3

I am definitely a doubter of anything tRUMP says or does. It's either everything is due in 'two weeks' or SWBTATTReg 14 hrs ago #5

crying DoBW 12 hrs ago #7

Most people (96%) want it dead dave99 12 hrs ago #6

Wow.. that's a Lot! PEDO "needs to Cha 12 hrs ago #8

Our local newspaper didn't even have a headline about this farce GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #9

My first thought when I heard about it Tree Lady 7 hrs ago #10