Trump, Jr. retweets ‘assassination attempt’
It was not an “assassination attempt,” as Donald Trump, Jr. and Trump social media director Dan Scavino, Jr. would have us believe.
As early details of the ordeal were being reported, Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr retweeted a post on Twitter shared by special projects director at Citizens for Trump, Jack Prosobiec that suggested Trump had survived a murder attempt.
‘Hillary ran away from rain today. Trump is back on stage minutes after assassination attempt,’ Posobiec tweeted…
The Secret Service said they never found a weapon and called the fracas ‘a commotion’ in a statement.
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News reporters and others on social media were quick to call out Prosobiec and others who described the incident as an assassination attempt or attempted murder.
‘ATTENTION: Using phrase “assassination attempt” abt #Trump #Reno = RECKLESS & FLAT WRONG. Listen to @SecretService NO GUN “COMMOTION,’ Major Garrett, Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News, tweeted…
‘Trump’s social media director + his son tweeted about an “assassination attempt.” That was obviously inaccurate,’ Jose A DelReal, national political reporter for the Washington Post wrote.
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