Donald Trump gets shot: What does this mean for democracy? | LBC reports

Former US president Donald Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents yesterday after multiple shots were fired at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
00:00 Defence Expert Michael Clarke says 'it's a sad day for democracy'
05:00 US politics prof Scott Lucas fears the encouragement of political violence after Trump's 'fight, fight, fight' statement
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[@travisbickle2004]

It’s a sad day for the person and their family who lost their life after being caught in the crossfire. This might have been avoided if Trump didn’t say the extremely divisive things he says, that scare some people to the point of doing something dangerous and no doubt fuelled this assassination attempt. I don’t like Trump but i don’t condone what’s happened. It will be interesting to see what follows, i will be shocked if Trump doesn’t use this act of violence to his advantage and blame Biden for it, there were already tweets from Trumps staff saying Biden called the order, no facts just instant accusations. Do not forget how Trump and his sons reacted to the violence against the Pelosi family, posting mocking tweets with pictures of Halloween costumes and hammers.

[@garryferrington811]

Kind of a weird comment from Travis Bickle.

[@chrisblower2064]

Will Trump still show his open support for the NRA and gun lobby after this?

[@1seafisher]

@@chrisblower2064 yes 😂

[@kinlika]

So in 2023, the National Rifle Association (NRA) spent about $2.31 million in lobbying ... What do you think ?

[@wifflebat14]

​@@kinlikathat seems very low. Do you mean billion?

[@Hey_look_at_that]

I wondered about this too

[@deanlowdon8381]

Republicans will blame everything but guns for this…

[@honved1]

What a sick country

[@AZBCDE]

Countries in the Middle East are far far worse

[@blackout07blue]

😂😂

[@sarahashun1180]

Yet they don’t see it. They think the rest of the world is inferior and they’re exceptional.🤣😂🤣

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@sm7VxFrance, Germany, Denmark, Norway … pretty much all of Europe.

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@sm7Vx Their right wing is different from the American right wing. It’s like comparing zebras with horses, and it certainly doesn’t indicate that the US is becoming more attractive to said European countries.

[@johnrussell3961]

What is united in the United States of America?

[@M.Linoge]

hatred, they are united in their hate of each other

[@garryferrington811]

It comes down to Fox viewers and non-Fox viewers.

[@Marklovesdrama]

Things are going from bad to worse in USA politics.

[@biggerissues6085]

When a country of 350 million people consists predominantly of individuals who have never had a passport and generally haven't travelled out with their own state, how smart do you expect them to be?

[@K-Dot94]

Im sure are all so smart because we go to spain once a week every year

[@stephen1896]

​@@K-Dot94Leaving your 'nest' and seeing the world through other people's eyes absolutely has a positive impact on empathy and understanding.

[@K-Dot94]

@@stephen1896 for sure, but its more that america can view itself as so vast that other countries just dont matter as much as somewhere like the uk which is way smaller, not necessarily that brits get away abroad more, even though that does help

[@pg618]

@@biggerissues6085 I am a US citizen, have run through 5 passports over the last 30 years and I think your comments are small-minded and biased.

[@MarkLaughton]

Uk is the same

[@FaltFerngoth]

So he is shot and instead of rushing him off the stage he is allowed a photo op? Seems a bit weird.

[@run2cat4run]

As if its staged

[@simulationkoyo]

Apparently it was done by a man identified as Thomas Matthew Cooks who is a registered Republican so it is Donald Trump's own party.

[@TheChessTheoretician]

Excuse me, mate! You dropped your tinfoil hat.

[@simulationkoyo]

people think it was staged because the Secret Service did not do anything although they received several reports about the man and the barn which is only 130 ft away.

[@simulationkoyo]

it was done by a man id-ed as Thomas Matthew Cooks who is a registered Republican so it is Donald Trump's own party.

[@TheGlobalfrog12]

The term "Democracy" is such a misnomer... Democracy simply doesn't exist ... certainly in America where even it's major universities have labeled it an oligarchy.. Monied interests control who gets chosen and a minority of the electorate actually vote ... Its exactly the same in the uk ...

[@cyclingmaniac6343]

And yet here you are exercising your democratic rights pal! Without a shred of irony

[@rebeccamartin411]

​@@cyclingmaniac6343 commenting on KZbin is a democratic right?

[@twittertwice]

That’s total BS. America is a republic with democratic institutions. Money interest are not in control of everything, or else she would’ve won the election in 2019. 80 million Democrats and allies voted to elect Joe Biden and the general election and Joe won electoral votes with 306 and only needed 270. That showed Americans, Democrats wanted Joe Biden and not Donald Trump.

[@neo433]

I want to know if this black spot in security was planned or just a complete failure of the security forces. People apparently reported seeing a man on the roof and nothing was done 😢

[@cachecow]

A 20 year old registered Republican!

[@brianferguson7840]

Scott lucas has a short memory. Ronald Regan was the victim of an attempt in 1981.

[@garland_9674]

That was not during an election campaign, he was president at the time.

[@brianferguson7840]

​​​@@garland_9674 So, Lincoln wasn't campaigning either, he was watching a play. Garfield and Mckinley weren't on campaign. Nobody (apart from you) was talking about assassinations during a campaign 😂😂

[@revd.phillipwallace-pugh9955]

It has been going this way since the last election and the events of Jan 6th. Politics in the US has been deliberatley made toxic and the results are sadly coming to fruition.

[@London20258]

Went in one ear and out the other. I'll bet Melania wants a refund. Where is Melania? Did she rush to her husband's side?

[@anonitachi6966]

😂😂😂 Comment of the day award

[@London20258]

@@anonitachi6966 Thank you - it's true though. She's been polishing up her Pre-Nup. Dang. She was ready to cash in.

[@daz3745]

​@@London20258The world is going to change shortly. You won't like it, it will irritate you daily, it will end up controlling you and there will be absolutely nothing you can do about it.

[@evefet5491]

Crooks was registered as a Republican and was in active voting status, according to the database service LexisNexis. He appears to have attended Bethel Park High School, graduating in 2022. Hi

[@ramblingimbecile2295]

Democrats register as republicans in order to elect one of their preferred candidates in the primaries. Please learn how American politics works before posting

[@TheAvianheart]

@@CameraManCamera1990 absolutely no evidence of that, shut up.

[@Martyn-b4n]

He was also wearing a right wing t shirt

[@antonchigurh7227]

@@TheAvianheart There's photo's of him in a dress and lipstick

[@1seafisher]

And the right always go on about the left being unhinged !

[@LukVik]

KZbin censorship 🤔???? This is a normal day in America 🇺🇸 😢!!!

[@jimmcguirk8891]

It is a bad day for democracy.. and the Secret Service..!

[@Scuba-D]

America has never been a dumbocracy

[@allenadams5149]

Can you pinpoint when politics in the US become so divided, pitting family members against each other? Hint - started around 2016.

[@I-Dophler]

How did the gunman manage to bypass security and bring his weapon into the facility? What security measures were in place, and how did they fail to detect and prevent such a serious breach? Understanding the specifics of this security lapse is crucial to prevent future incidents and ensure the safety of everyone involved. It appears that during this incident, Donald Trump's security team failed to stop the gunman from bringing his weapon through their checkpoints. This raises serious questions about the effectiveness and reliability of the security protocols in place.

[@kateramsay3871]

On the 6th January Trump told his security detail to let people in even if they had guns!! Not a stretch to think he still does the same now.

[@I-Dophler]

@@kateramsay3871 A deeply concerning event that raises critical questions about security and the state of democracy. The potential for further political violence is alarming and highlights the urgent need for addressing the underlying issues in society. How will this impact the upcoming election and the overall political climate in the US?

[@daviel6595]

Country is crazy will ar15 be banned

[@nomis2496]

nope

[@jackryder-sw9rk]

You think Trump is keen on Democracy?

[@Minifigz]

You think the left is?

[@elss8717]

@@Minifigz yes

[@jackryder-sw9rk]

@@Minifigz yes absolutely, I don't engage with Nazis so jog on

[@eveningstar7812]

@@Minifigzmore so

[@keirmitchell5560]

@@elss8717 are you taking drugs

[@truonalsu]

Scott Lucas you are evil

[@manco828]

So let's blame the far right....

[@sofalock3911]

Nice to have an unbiased guest 😂

[@cjshannon296]

Nice to have a guest who speaks provable facts🙄

[@andrewross4819]

What did he say that was untrue?

[@deborahkildare9651]

What do you disagree with?

[@mark.h8754]

The amount of lies and conspiracy theories the so called professor packed into such a small segment was quite impressive to be fair.

[@miguelvelez7221]

What was the lie exactly?

[@AlexJacksonTempleSounds]

Dude appears to blame Trump here by describing his rally to Nuremberg.

[@lizardtattoo1]

Well done genius. Listen to the actual analysis while leaving your bias behind, and it's explained to you exactly why this is the case.

[@davidmiller1354]

Have you heard the hatred Trump has been spewing? Has been giving hate speech for years! Or dont you listen to what he says?

[@AlexJacksonTempleSounds]

@@lizardtattoo1 I'm not biased, you are as you just showed with your unpleasant reply.

[@Scuba-D]

HEY LIMEY AMERICA IS NOT A DUMBOCRACY

[@thedirty530]

It shows that even republicans are not content with the state of the gop leadership

[@LittleBigMediaCo]

How will history look back on this difference of an inch ...

[@soulabear9146]

It's strange what People think ""Democracy"" is...and what it actually IS/ISN'T

[@simoncox9689]

he was a registered republican so we do know some more then what this guy is saying

[@CameraManCamera1990]

And trans

[@scottcook2643]

@@CameraManCamera1990 You've been spamming this - what's your point and how is it related to this event?

[@markhepworth]

@@CameraManCamera1990👈 Somebody is thinking a little bit too much about “trans”...😆

[@nomis2496]

@@CameraManCamera1990 you're projecting again

[@CameraManCamera1990]

@@simoncox9689 registered republican yet sponsored the liberals?

[@melluques8475]

No left, sentre or right. This is radical crazy😢🕊🙏🏻✝️🕯️

[@reefnreefer]

The religious are insanely radical, crazy & add deluded😂

[@benstern310]

It means if you have an opposing opinion your life is on the line. Slovakia, germany, the UK now the US. Smaller attempts happened to garage and jess Phillips. lbc is telling us the "far right" is the problem. Bore off

[@ZoeGreen2006]

The way main stream media have been talking about Trump was bound to stir up extreme hatred. I'm not mad about the guy but some of the stuff they come out with is pretty extreme. The hysteria has been pumped up on purpose. Huge amounts of effort to make people both hate and be terrified of him.

[@AKHill-gj2uy]

Like what? What has someone in the MSM come out with that is extreme, and what was it in response to?

[@jamesbradley7227]

LBC is a pure hate channel for trump.

[@ZoeGreen2006]

@@AKHill-gj2uy one example... Rachel Maddow saying that if Trump gets into power he will put her and others into camps.

[@GKEL18]

Stop the BS. Don’t you listen to the way he talks. He’s nothing but extreme.

[@anonitachi6966]

What hasn't been true though? Everything I've seen reported/analysed has video and historical evidence. Are you saying that the truth should not be reported?

[@glovesoffofficial1382]

Micheal Clarke brilliant mind and well said

[@megavide0]

0:47 "... four presidents who've been assassinated since the beginning of the Republic... Lincoln... Kennedy... Garfield and McKinley... And famously George Wallace, when he was on the campaign in 1972, he was shot and paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair ... " // Also Huey Long, the "Kingfish" of Louisiana, was shot dead in 1935!..

[@AndyWarpol]

All of my comments are just being removed. Gaslighting from KZbin.

[@mugala1]

I see some asking what is united about US DEMOCRACY? I am certain others are also asking what is so democratic & united about the UK where Democracy is dead, fake & outright intellectually insulting on Britain with the Firm editing laws passed by legitimately elected members of parliament year in year out with people like you focusing on politics external to UK.... And you ask what is united about the US? Americans have to indeed sort this one out themselves.... but they do not need ideas from failed democracies and failed monarchys....maybe it is time for all governments to focus on their domestic issues than have solutions to everyone's problems than your own. Are you all scared of car accidents or what? You are in Burma Israel US etc everywhere but the UK Come on people!!!

[@Tech-ForwardAfrica-ty6ge]

Hate attracts Hate

[@bigtree6992]

Very biased anti trump 'Analyst'

[@ex-scientia4234]

You what?

[@jgnclvgmng5408]

He clearly has been sharing some ideas with Bolsonaro...

[@mrrehman53]

It means the Simpsons are the Illuminati

[@AndyWarpol]

No mention of the 'bullseye' comment from Biden? Only Trump is the issue?

[@manco828]

Dark Brandon 💩

[@davidscott4637]

What a surprise that LBC Is portraying Trump as the villain. These two guests are part of the problem.

[@coppershark1973]

The man who sent a mob on an attack? That guy?

[@mrbigsausage6918]

Everyone is encouraged to voice there opinion and that's freedom, USA is not my country and I hope and pray that people will see sense that a brand new candidate needs to be elected God's Truth that's what is needed and nearly everyone knows it.

[@manojshukla7354]

america is mad!

[@gostepsenglish4431]

ha ha, it's funny how they don't need evidence to label something 'far right'.

[@Absolutetruth7742]

Tucker Carlson nailed it... months ago.. saying deep state might try to take Trump out...v

[@lessparks8553]

Silly that both sides gambled so heavily on one card

[@ruthingle1487]

Hes brought it on himself im afraid.

[@perikleshistory]

What a horrible comment

[@heliosphere9789]

@@perikleshistory Yes sad but true.

[@GKEL18]

@@perikleshistoryto a horrible man.

[@M3UMH]

How can you even think that let alone say it.

[@jacobwilson989]

​@@M3UMHcause they are leftists

[@B82828]

Wait are they actually blaming trump 😂😂😂

[@lokischildren8714]

Sic semper tyrannis

[@suedavenport8208]

Sic verum est

[@urban7514]

LBC you are an anxiolytic with your insightful guests and calm analysis of even the most dire situations. I thank you for supporting free thinking at times of volatile tempers.

[@clairewilliams8225]

Far right showing their true colors again

[@GelgoogJ]

What did it mean for democracy the thousands of times it had happened before? I dont understand what this question wants answered. Does it suggest we panic?

[@kizzume]

"Shocked but not surprised" What does that even mean?

[@seanki98]

Shocked in the sense of being outraged and appalled, having had one's moral feelings offended

[@kizzume]

@@seanki98 That's fair, I suppose.

[@geraldthomas9281]

There is no such thing as democracy when it comes to choosing a leader if the majority of people don't vote. The biggest democracy vote product was Brexit.

[@royconestoga7326]

And when Biden set records in 2020 when he defeated tiny hands.

[@JJ-ZUMA]

DISUNITED STATES

[@Martin-bx1et]

What must it be like to think I can win another term in as president but likely not survive it?

[@billcoleman4258]

Scott Lucas was lying about Trump.

[@christyann2268]

Bill Coleman.... What did he lie about? It seemed to me he was being honest and forthright as per we have all seen and heard with our own eyes and ears.

[@billcoleman4258]

@@christyann2268He claimed that Trump has a history of inciting violence.

[@belindamay8063]

@billcoleman. Why didn’t you stick around and explain ? This is typical of the hit-and-run stuff that the social media is so fond of. It gets us nowhere.

[@Freya262]

​@billcoleman4258 he has...... it may not be a fact you want to agree with but it is a fact!

[@cujimmi]

​@@Freya262what sort of things has he said .. just curious

[@robertcreighton4635]

My comment has vanished. Ffs

[@nimzgaz7049]

Yep, the Matrix controlling the narrative. Say things more poetically without being direct. 😂

[@innvestor4622]

Yeh LBC are big comment deleters. Nothing personal, they’ve got a particular job to do that’s all.

[@kevinsmarts9953]

@@nimzgaz7049 Verily may the largest video streaming platform copulate without the assistance or participation of another.

[@elhoncho6165]

Maga vs maga 😂

[@lessparks8553]

Plutocracy you mean

[@MonticelloMark]

Gabbie Giffords was a representative, not a senator.

[@1seafisher]

Is the USA really a democracy ? 😅

[@tkenyon1988]

Its a republic, so no

[@thomaswikstrand8397]

​@@tkenyon1988That doesn't mean what you think it means.

[@simonorourke4465]

It is a constitutional Republic which is one of many types of democracy. There isn't just one single type and definition of democracy there are many different types including a constitutional Republic.

[@tonyhanscomb7788]

no

[@lw1zfog]

*message deleted. again. 😂

[@dachanne8631]

Which ever way you look at it if anyone thinks this is real they are crazy j

[@aaronjeffrey992]

Its the left that are kicking off all the time 😢

[@kevinsmarts9953]

Like Jan 6th?

[@TheCriticom]

Censorship Censorship Censorship maybe KZbin should change it's name to censorship.

[@lw1zfog]

CeN$oRtUBe

[@andrewdobson813]

The main difference is that people have stopped talking about Joe Biden being persuaded to stand aside.

[@egg-sk8kp]

The left is to blame

[@tomite2001]

Nothing points to the Left at this point

[@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ]

Did Orange find out?

[@stayhappybetrue]

they really hate trump

[@DuruttiVisca]

That wasn’t even trump on the stage the real trump is in a soros prison for the last 3 years

[@ka5269]

😂

[@geff1982]

Your guest is lying

[@mrrehman53]

Did he criticise those who you cannot criticise?

[@bcsb]

what a clown scott lucas is

[@lizardtattoo1]

LOL- u know nothing (jon snow). High ranking University professor. And what are u???

[@bcsb]

@@lizardtattoo1 Not a clown? Like you and Lucas? More than enough.

[@lizardtattoo1]

@@bcsb U keep telling yourself that Coco ;-)

[@bcsb]

@@lizardtattoo1 Struck a nerve, didn't I?

[@baimaa]

Against Biden, he said.😅

[@silikon2]

Lol, does the first guest diatribe or what? Sorry, first time to your channel, but sheesh.

[@silikon2]

And your second guest is making stuff up. So ok.

[@miguelvelez7221]

​@@silikon2What is being made up? Also... Remind me again what was the Trump and MAGA response to Paul Pelosi being attacked again? Ooh... Also on Jan. 6th whose supporters were yelling "hang Mike Pence"?

[@twisteddancer7773]

The left are ever so tolerant and peaceful

[@SilentKabob]

Any evidence that this is the lefts doing?

[@GarethCroft]

It's people like Lewis Goodall who have stoked up this toxicity over the years. They want to sell ads and need people to be divided to get them listening.

[@ukraine7249]

Was the shooter trans?

[@kevinsmarts9953]

The republicans have been extremely hostile to the trans community so it would not be a surprise.

[@wordie1111]

lies lies lies

[@TufanNarin]

Zioinist

[@dh1380]

😂

[@SRay1445]

Mossard !!!!