Dad of Trump shooter called police after attack with concerns that his son and gun were missing, report says

 The Independent (msn.com)   "The father of the gunman who shot Donald Trump called police after the rally shooting, worried that his son and a firearm were missing, according to reports.

" Matthew Crooks realized his 20-year-old son, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and an AR-style rifle were missing shortly after shots were fired at the former president at a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

"Three senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the father then called police. Law enforcement officials then went to the home where Crooks lived with his parents in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

"Approximately a day later, they publicly identified Crooks as the gunman who fired from the roof of a building outside the security perimeter of the Trump rally. Because Crooks was not carrying a form of identification, investigators used DNA to confirm his identity. 

"The Independent has asked the FBI for more information on the report.

" The gun was identified as his father’s missing firearm. Crooks used his father’s legally obtained 5.56 caliber AR-style rifle to carry out the shooting, police said." . . .

Thomas Matthew Crooks: What We Know About the Trump Rally Shooter | TIME

Mark Levin sends message to Biden after failed Trump assassination: ‘You owe the nation an apology’

"Mark Levin on Fox and Friends: “Joe Biden, you owe the nation an apology. You spend half a century in Washington, D.C. smearing people, from Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. The things that you said about Ronald Reagan, I was there. The things you say about Benjamin Netanyahu. And you saved your worst for Donald Trump. You’re a desperate man desperately seeking re-election when five days ago your party was trying to get rid of you. It’s amazing how the media turned on a dime.' ”

DEI can get people killed...and did.

 Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle landed job after push by Jill Biden’s office, sources say (NY Post)

"Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who is facing congressional outcry and calls to resign over security lapses leading to former President Donald Trump’s near-assassination Saturday, landed her role thanks largely to a close relationship with first lady Jill Biden, The Post has learned.

Cheatle, 53, is the second woman to lead the presidential protection agency and secured the non-Senate-confirmed role in August 2022 after a three-year stint as senior director of global security at PepsiCo. Before that, she had served 27 years in the Secret Service, beginning in the Clinton administration.

Four sources close to President Biden’s family, including people who interacted with Cheatle during the Obama-Biden administration, said she was well liked by the future first lady and her most senior aides, including top adviser Anthony Bernal.

“ 'Cheatle served on Dr. Biden’s second lady detail and Anthony pushed for her,” a Democratic insider told The Post. “Anthony has no national security or law enforcement experience. He should have no influence over the selection of the USSS director.”

“ 'I heard at the time she was being considered for director that Anthony had pushed her forward as an option,” another well-placed source told The Post.

"Bernal, 51, is widely regarded as rivaling even White House chief of staff Jeff Zients in terms of influence over administration decisions. He has faced allegations of bullying and sexual harassment from colleagues who have likened his sway to that of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin over the Romanov court."

Do You Know What DEI Actually Is? (msn.com)

“ 'Anthony is obsessed with being DEI-compliant,” a third source told The Post, using the acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion — the human resources practice of attempting to ensure diversity in the workforce." . . .

‘Diversity hire’ Secret Service chief blamed for Trump shooting security failings (UK Telegraph )   . . ."Tim Burchett pointed the finger at Kimberly Cheatle, who wants more non-white and female agents but is now facing calls to resign as director of the Secret Service.

The agency has the goal of increasing the number of women to 30 per cent by 2030, but critics claim females make less effective agents than men.

The Left Has Sold Out to Evil, and taken many public servants with them

Wait! Aren't those MSNBC anchors?

 The Left Has Sold Out to Evil - Ted Noel    "Democrat mega-donor Reid Hoffman’s top political advisor, Dmitri Mehlhorn, demonstrates the utter depravity of the Left. And it’s not just today’s Left. It goes back to the days of the Revolution. Before I get into that, I must put Mehlhorn front and center.

"Donald Trump was shot at 6:11 PM. The shooter continued firing, killing one, and critically wounding two others before he was terminated with extreme prejudice. In the words of the ghost of Hamlet’s father, his act was “Murder most foul.” At 7:34 PM, Mehlhorn sent an email to various journalists." . . .

. . ."I know I am prone to bias on this, but this is a classic Putin play and given the facts seems more plausible. Look at the actual shot. Look at the staging. Look at how ready Trump is to rally; this pampered baby s--t his pants when an eagle lunged at his food. Look at how quickly Trump protects himself at the expense of others, but showed few of those lifelong instincts in this moment. And consider how often Putin and his allies run this play. (emphasis added). Entire video here.

. . ."The real regret of the Left is that the shooter missed and that his misses only killed one and critically wounded two other Trump supporters. The only question is whether enough of us are willing to see clearly and act to restore freedom to America.

"Recommended reading: Domestic Enemies by Daniel Greenfield."

Bloodthirsty: Anybody notice how many public 'servants' sided with Trump's would-be assassin? - Monica Showalter   "They're out there. I'm not talking about the mom's basement types who cheered the assassination attempt on President Trump, or Hollywood figures, who went nakedly frontal on the matter, or the media, which ran some disgusting headlines downplaying the crime. They're kind of predictable at this point.

"What's striking are the number of people on the public payroll in various public offices openly coming out to side with Trump's would-be assassin, usually chiding him on his aim. These are the people who are first to tell you that they 'serve' the public, yet here we see them siding with a heinous criminal because their hatred of President Trump and his voters.". . . 

You know, for a guy shot in the face, Trump is having a good week; He made $763 million on Monday

 Don Surber (substack.com)

"The Squad’s support of Hamas rapists, kidnappers and murderers caused Jewish donors to abandon and primary these Democrat anti-Semites. It is called wising up."

"First Jesus saves him from assassination at a rally on Saturday. Then Judge Cannon saved President Trump from the outrageous Mar-a-Lago raid and prosecution on Monday. His political fortune rose, as Democrats have given up on replacing the Guy Who Can’t Draw a Clock. On top of that, his financial fortunes rose too.

"The Hartford Courant reported, “Trump Media shares surge on 1st day of trading after assassination attempt on the former president.”

"The price rose 31% on Monday. He owns 78.8 million shares, which means he made $763 million as the stock closed above $40 a share.

""On top of that, MSNBC kept their Morning Joe off the air on Monday for fear he would continue his ranting about how Trump is like Hitler. But I am giving my readers cuppas of Joe in the form of liberal tears today.

"Where to begin? The witch hunt.

AP whined, “Defense lawyers filed multiple challenges to the case, including a legally technical one that asserted that special counsel Jack Smith had been illegally appointed under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause because he was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, rather than being confirmed by Congress, and that his office was improperly funded by the Justice Department.”

"The Constitution is just a technicality to modern journalists.

"Oh and AP got the dig on Cannon being appointed by The Donald. It never mentions that the federal magistrate who issued the warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago is a Biden appointee.

"Nor does the media mention that Obama appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presides over another case brought by the illegally appointed prosecutor Jack Smith." . . .

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Vance, on Iran: ‘If you’re going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard’

 Matthew Kassel (jewishinsider.com)

“I’ve always thought we should be more willing to help Israel. We should recognize that it’s sort of an island of shared values in a sea of really despotic regimes, and that’s important.”

"Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the newly minted running mate of former President Donald Trump, is embracing a hawkish approach to American engagement in the Middle East.

"Speaking with Fox News on Monday evening, the vice presidential hopeful laid out an aggressive path to countering Iran, arguing that Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020 had “actually brought peace” to the region rather than instability, as critics had warned.

"'If you’re going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity in Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention began on Monday.

"Reiterating his commitment to expanding the Abraham Accords, which he described as “maybe the most important diplomatic breakthrough of the Trump administration,” Vance expressed support for creating conditions to “enable the Israelis and the Sunni Arab states to work together and actually provide a counterbalance to Iran.”

"The Biden administration, he claimed, “has done nothing” to advance such efforts, even as it has long worked to strike a diplomatic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which Vance has backed.

"Vance also criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, alleging that his administration has “prolonged” the conflict and has “made it harder for us to really move towards a sustainable peace.”

"Echoing Trump, Vance, 39, called for ending the war “as quickly as possible” to help “reinvigorate” the “peace process between” Israel and the Saudis." . . .

UPDATE: Eric Trump defends female Secret Service agent after father’s shooting (Washington Examiner )   "Eric Trump is defending the Secret Service agents who protected his father during the attempted assassination of the former president on Saturday, including the female agent who was onstage with Donald Trump when the shots first broke out. 

"During an interview with MSNBC’s Katy Tur at the Republican National Convention, the younger Trump expressed his respect for the agents.

“ 'The female that is in the picture, she’s been with me for a very long time,” Eric Trump said. “I’d do anything for her. She’s one of the greatest human beings you’ll ever meet. I’d do anything for her.”

"Eric Trump said he doesn’t put any fault on his father’s Secret Service detail.

“ 'I applaud them for their courageousness and being heroes that day,” the former president's son said. “They could have easily gotten killed."

"Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has faced criticism for the failure of the security detail to secure the rooftop where suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was perched. The agency has also, to a far less significant degree, been criticized for its hiring of female agents, such as the woman who Eric Trump defended, with some Republicans arguing they were only hired due to diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates." . . .

'Morning Joe' Pulled Off the Air in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt, and the Reason Is Telling

 Bonchie – RedState

No worries, though. "Morning Joe" will return on Tuesday, and you can bet there will be zero introspection among its hosts and guests. MSNBC unleashed this, and the genie can't be put back in the bottle.

"As fans of MSNBC woke up on Monday morning, many no doubt waiting to be delivered the hottest takes from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, they were instead greeted by generic news desk coverage. That's because executives at the network made the call to pull "Morning Joe" off the air in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The reason why is telling. 

"According to CNN, which reported the development, this wasn't a case of routine preemption. After all, "Morning Joe" has been left intact through essentially every other breaking news story since its inception. Instead, the decision came from a much darker place: MSNBC couldn't trust that Joe, Mika, and its stable of lunatics wouldn't compare Trump to Hitler again." . . .

. . ." "Morning Joe" has long been ground zero for "Trump is Hitler" rhetoric. Just a few months ago, Joe Scarborough claimed Republicans were like nazis excusing Kristallnacht, the violent and deadly attack on Jews that started the Holocaust. In late 2023, the host said Trump was going "full-on Hitler." 

Morning Joe claims Trump is "just going full-on Hitler" pic.twitter.com/8EtGLKj2Ir

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) November 13, 2023

. . ." The leadership at MSNBC, which itself is far from innocent in this scenario, took one look at the show's history and concluded that they simply couldn't trust that "Morning Joe" wouldn't address Trump's assassination by calling him a fascist who deserved it. It's astonishing, yet somehow not surprising. 

"It's also an admission. It's an admission that MSNBC and its litany of deranged hosts, from Nicole Wallace to Joy Reid, played a role in the attempted assassination of Trump. For years, they've been frantically calling Trump and other Republicans not just political opponents but literal "threats to democracy" who will end elections and set up a dictatorship. Those chickens came home to roost on Saturday, and instead of admitting there was a problem, MSNBC chose to cover it up temporarily." . . . 

Trump Rewrites His Convention Speech, and for a Very Good Reason

 Matt Margolis – PJ Media

"That reality is just setting in," he said. "I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?".

"Former President Donald Trump has completely overhauled his convention speech following Saturday's assassination attempt. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump, who was millimeters away from being killed, will now call for a renewed effort at national unity during his speech on Thursday. Trump expressed his desire to seize this historic moment to unite the country.

“The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” he told Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner. “Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches,” hitting at the policies of Joe Biden. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now.”

"He said he shifted his focus from energizing his voter base to demonstrating his belief that the attack at a Pennsylvania rally had fundamentally altered the election campaign. Indeed, Republicans and Democrats have recognized this change following Saturday's shocking incident. In fact, Democratic strategists who spoke with NBC News on Sunday said that the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump most certainly was the true end of Biden's hopes of getting reelected.

"The presidential contest ended last night," one veteran Democratic strategist said. "Now it's time to focus on keeping the Senate and trying to pick up the House. The only silver lining for Democrats is that we're no longer talking about Joe Biden's age today."

"In his interview, Trump shared that people from all walks of life and political backgrounds have reached out to him. He noted that he was saved from death because he turned away from the crowd to look at a screen displaying data for his speech." . . .

AF Branco - Mon, Jul 15, 2024

Firefighter Corey Comperatore’s widow refused Biden call after Trump rally shooting: ‘Didn’t want to talk to him’

 NY Post (msn.com) 

"The heartbroken widow of Corey Comperatore, the hero firefighter shot dead by a sniper at a Trump rally, wanted nothing to do with President Biden when he called after the tragedy, she told The Post.

“ 'I didn’t talk to Biden,” Helen Comperatore said from her Pennsylvania home on Monday. “I didn’t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.”

"Corey Comperatore, a beloved volunteer firefighter and married father of two, was at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday with his family when deranged sniper Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire.

"A bullet struck the former president in the ear, two rallygoers were wounded and Corey Comperatore was killed in the gunfire." . . .

"Helen Comperatore said it was supposed to be an “exciting day” for the family to support Trump.

"When the shots rang out, her husband instinctively shouted, “Get down,” and used his body to shield his family from the sniper’s bullets — and it cost him his life.

"She said the former president has not reached out — but Biden’s call wasn’t welcome." . . .

‘Died A Hero’: Former Volunteer Fire Chief Identified By Family As Crowd Member Killed At Trump Rally | The Daily Caller 

. . .“I didn’t talk to Biden,” Helen told New York Post. “I didn’t want to talk to him. My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.”. . .

. . ."Helen clarified her stance on politics, expressing no animosity towards Biden. “I don’t have any ill will towards Joe Biden. I’m not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump. That’s who I’m voting for, but I don’t have ill will towards Biden,” she added. “He didn’t do anything bad to my husband. A 20-year-old despicable kid did.” . . .

Corey will find little sympathy from Jack Black and MSNBC

Jack Black And Bandmate Go Viral For Awful Trump Comments At Concert | The Daily Caller

. . ."The viral moment apparently occurred on Saturday night at a concert for Black and Gass’s band Tenacious D, Yahoo News reports. Gass, who turned 64 on Sunday, was presented with a cake at the concert and told to “make a wish,” by Black. Gass then appears to hold the microphone up and can be heard hissing: “don’t miss Trump next time.”

“ 'Thank you,” Black then appears to reply."

Donald Trump Jr Tells MSNBC Reporter To ‘Get Out Of Here’ During RNC Floor Dust Up | The Daily Caller   . . ."“It’s MSDNC, so I expect nothing less from you clowns, even today, even 48 hours later, you couldn’t wait,” Trump Jr. said, referencing the Saturday attempted assassination of his father at a Butler County, Pennsylvania, campaign rally. “You couldn’t wait with your lies and with your nonsense, so just get out of here.' ”

. . ."Soboroff handed coverage over to MSNBC host Katy Tur, who described the exchange as “asking a tough question to Don Jr.' ” . . .  MSNBC, one example of  Yellow Journalism

American Left Let Their Hatred For Trump Exceed Their Love For America | OutKick    . . ."I am f--king furious beyond words. F--king every left wing media member who has been calling him Hitler for the past eight years," Clay Travis posted on X Saturday evening. "This is on them. They made this happen."

"Adolf Hitler is known as the most notorious and barbaric dictator of the past century. History books suggest that killing Hitler before he wreaked global havoc would've been a moral act. It probably would have been. The "Trump is Hitler" crowd has been daring someone to believe the same is true about the former president.

"And it's all based on a lie.  

"Trump was president for four years. He didn't rule the nation like a fascist or inflict harm on his dissenters. Forget Hitler, Trump did less damage to our country than the other three presidents of this generation. For example, he didn't try to put a political opponent in prison for life. Biden did.

"Trump's greatest sin is that he undermined the establishment of Washington through the most effective populist movement of this century. And the people in charge, with their media lackeys, have tried to dehumanize him to prevent it from happening again. Depicting him as a ruthless dictator is just the latest attempt." . . . 

. . .We are not a properly functioning nation. We are morally bankrupt. We have been for quite some time – ever since the American Left let its hatred of Donald Trump exceed its love for America, to be exact. 

 

Staten Island GOP Member Puts Reporters in Their Place After They Suggest It's Trump's Fault He Was Shot

Under Democrats, mediocrity metastasizes into every nook and cranny of American culture: the media, entertainment, educators, recent Supreme Court Justices, government agencies including the President and his cabinet, the DOJ and Transportation....

Brandon Morse – RedState

"Things got heated at the Staten Island GOP conference after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and some members have been tearing reporters a new one as they attempt to place the blame for it on...Donald Trump. One fiery moment includes New York State Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo, who got behind the podium to address accusations that Trump's own rhetoric is responsible for the attempt on his life and that the shooter was a registered Republican, something that the press has been attempting to use to absolve themselves of any blame. Taking the stage, Pirozzolo chided the reporters for suggesting that this is just more Republican violence."

. . ."There's nary a dull moment in the conference, and you can watch the full thing here. 

"Pirozzolo is correct. Once it was released that the shooter was a registered Republican, the media and many a leftist have been using it as an excuse to take all the heat off themselves. However, it's been discovered that while the shooter was indeed registered to the Republican Party, his donation history involves the leftist activist organization "ActBlue," The money was earmarked for the "Progressive Turnout Project," a radical left organization. He also made a donation to President Joe Biden on his inauguration day." . . . 

MUST WATCH: Absolute FIRE from Staten Island GOP 🔥👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/zPrmYYQOPt

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 15, 2024

 Maybe more anti-Trumpers should register as Republicans? It seems to absolve them of all non-woke acts. TD

NOW: TRUMP NAMES JD VANCE AS VP PICK

 Trump Picks Vice President: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (legalinsurrection.com)

J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State “University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association.”

Trump names Ohio Sen. JD Vance his 2024 VP pick (nypost.com)

. . ."Trump’s team maintained throughout that there was a plethora of candidates on the list — even some that the media wasn’t focused on.

"Upstate New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s longstanding support of the president throughout his re-election campaign and legal trials also sparked rumors she was seeking the nomination. She stumped for the former president in New Hampshire and said she would be “honored” to be his veep." . . .

Trump zeroes in on Veep pick with JD Vance, married to an Indian-American, the frontrunner (msn.com)

"DEI kills. It’s time for DEI to DIE."

 

RealityBites by Broc Smith

DEI and the shooting -Howard Hyde  . . ."The wives and daughters of men who are denied employment for which they are more qualified than the women who are hired in their place under DEI policies, do not benefit from DEI.

"Black heart attack patients do not benefit from having a black cardiologist who is less qualified that one who happens to be white.

"LGBTQ+ airline passengers do not benefit from having LGBTQ+ engineers, pilots and air traffic controllers servicing, flying guiding their planes, if these were artificially promoted ahead of non-LGBTQ+ candidates under DEI.

"In other words, DEI hurts members of the target beneficiary demographics as much as it hurts the deplorable white, Christian, heterosexual males that are targeted for suppression. 

"One standard, no preference or prejudice.". . .

They look just like the Keystone Kops: The DEI Secret Service in inaction - American Thinker   . . ."However, today, while that credo may still be in the playbook, there are other factors now at play.  Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle had long experience with then Vice President Biden, so – as president – he appointed her to head up the agency.  However, someone – presumably President Biden – set her priorities based on DEI: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, instead of the traditional priority of making sure the president doesn’t DIE. 

"One of her personal priorities was to ensure that thirty percent of all field agents – including those who protect the president – must be women.  These women might be of the right mindset – putting themselves between the president and a shooter – but the ones we all saw on Saturday didn’t meet one of the basic requirements.  Specifically, they weren’t big enough to protect the president with their bodies. 

"So ask yourself this:  How well can a five-foot-six agent protect a six-foot-three president? 

"Fast Forward to last Saturday.  When President Trump was shot, here’s what I noted:" . . .

As I said, real Keystone Kops.  Which makes me wonder – if President Biden finally allows the Secret Service to provide the additional agents to President Trump’s “detail,” which the Trump campaign clearly needs, will he be moved by DEI or by DIE?