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The FBI early Sunday identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The agency said the investigation remains active and ongoing read more
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Former President Donald Trumpwas the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his SUV as he pumped his fist in a show of defiance.
The FBI early Sunday identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The agency said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
However, social media users say the American sitcom The Simpsons made a prediction about the assassination attempt. Here are some reactions:
One user wrote- “The Simpsons predicted Trump would get assassinated, but were they right again!.” Another one wrote- “NO WAY THE SIMPSONS PREDICTED TRUMP GETTING SHOT.” And another one wrote- “Can’t make such stuff up.”
However, the supposed predictions turned out to be false.
The series “The Simpsons” did not predict that former U.S. President Donald Trump would die in 2024, contrary to an image shared online after the assassination attempt against the presidential candidate.
An executive producer for the animated series said the online posts purporting to be scenes from the show are fake. Variations of the supposed prediction have appeared on social media since at least 2017.
At the rally, one attendee was killed and two spectators were critically injured, authorities said. All were identified as men.
The attack was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarized U.S. less than four months before the presidential election. And it could alter the tenor and security posture at the Republican National Convention, which will begin Monday in Milwaukee.
Organizers said the convention would proceed as planned.
Trump flew to New Jersey after visiting a local Pennsylvania hospital, landing shortly after midnight at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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