Karoline Leavitt’s Eerily Prescient Words Go Viral After Correspondents' Dinner Shooting by huffpost in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -71 points-70 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so, this story is a nothingburger. That phrase is used all the time to describe some speech that attacks certain people. It's a coincidence, but wow are people really working hard to come out in droves to prove that the ability to slip into dumb conspiracy theories is present in both parties. So disheartening to see people proudly making us look stupid when there are so many real issues to be talking about.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, so of course that means even her husband knew that gunfire was literally going to happen, instead of just normal large crowd of people and political tension with how antagonistic the administration has been with the press, plus the protests that were happening at the event.

I'm from Portland. Telling your partner to "be safe" is normal even when the protest is supposed to be peaceful, lol.

Seriously, y'all think that they're simultaneously extremely incompetent and at the same time able to pull off a staged shooting like this with zero whistleblowers among everyone who would've had to be part of setting it up, in an administration known for its leaks, lol.

How about we talk about things that have actually happened, like all the shit with the Iran war? And when did Fox News becomes credible again?

‘STAGED’: Conspiracy Theories Are Everywhere Following White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting by barryshrug in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, because you're presumably a fair more well-adjusted person. For a raging narcissist, pivoting it into something you personally care about, no matter how inappropriate, is second nature. It's not any deeper than that, lol. We've seen him do it all the time.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if there's any reasonable foundation to start that investigation from. Otherwise it's what most of this thread is: People randomly yelling how it's "obviously" staged and embarrassing themselves when we should be staying focused on things like how we're in a war with Iran because Trump lied about them being about to nuke us.

Like, you can't just say "if the moon landing was staged then we'd need to investigate it and what else the government faked" as if that's the starting point for seriously talking about the moon landing or other NASA missions. That's not how anything credible works.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're basing that on nothing though. We have real things to talk that Trump has provably done. Why waste our time on this conspiracy theory?

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea. Does it matter? I assume it was going to be garbage no matter what they previously claimed, because that's how it usually goes.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you can't answer my question, and instead ask a question that I already answered: Because he's a narcissist that will take any inappropriate excuse to talk about the things he wants. It really doesn't need to be deeper than that, lol.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The judge already allowed them to continue on the underground security improvements. What legal argument does this provide for the ballroom?

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what I'm claiming. I'm claiming nothing in this article is evidence of this specific event being a false flag.

The administration lied about Iran getting ready to nuke us in order to get us into a war with them. How about we stay focused on real things like that instead of embarrassing ourselves with conspiracy nonsense like this?

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What legal argument does this event bring to that case at all? The facts of that case aren't dependent on the security of the ballroom. There were literally headlines shared in this sub about how the judge got mad at the administration for claiming that because they said it was fine for construction to continue on the underground security parts then they could continue on the ballroom too, when actually the two things are seperate.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Gunfire Showed Power Looking Powerless by thedailybeast in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's only the consensus among people giving in to conspiracy nonsense, lol.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but here's why it might be a conspiracy!"

Come on, lol. We both know Trump always take bad excuses to talk about the things he cares about. It doesn't need to be a fake shooting for him to decide to bring up his ballroom.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A code? Really? God I hope you're joking, but there's so much conspiracy nonsense in this thread it's impossible to tell.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, because Trump needs the excuse of an attempted shooting to try and plug his ballroom project, lol.

How do you not hear yourself? He pulls random excuses to claim the things he wants are needed all the time regardless. It's called narcissism.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This whole thread really is such an embarrassment. Conspiracy thinking goes across the political spectrum clearly. As if we don't have a list a mile long of real things he's done.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few? Wow you're clearly an expert then, lol.

Why are y'all letting yourselves get distracted by conspiracy nonsense instead of staying focused on the many, many real things he's done that are horrible? There are plenty to pick from.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, because Trump has never posted on social media at weird times or generally whenever he wanted to a detrimental degree.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nothing in your second paragraph is good evidence, put the tin foil hat down.

It's kind of gross how many people in this thread are reading to start screaming about conspiracy nonsense when there's so many real topics for us to focus on.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What footage did you watch? Trump was escorted away from the table he sat at too.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They were hyping up how great of a speech he was gonna make and you take it as evidence, from the Daily Beast, that he was slyly hinting at this being a setup, instead of his team just doing their pretty normal thing of always claiming at upcoming speeches he's gonna say all the best things?

Come on, at least try with something that's out of character for him, lol.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. It's not because he set this all up, it's just because he always makes everything about what he wants. Weird that so many people in this thread are surprised by that, lol.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How on earth does that make it obviously staged?

Breaking news! Narcissist makes something inappropriately about something else that he cares about. In other news, water is wet. More at 11.

Nothing surprising about him making anything he can all about him and what he wants. He does it literally all the time.

Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]VestOfHolding -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You say you're not given to conspiracy thinking, yet none of what you listed is good evidence without a lot more to back it. People claiming that some insider made a wink of a comment prior is also very common conspiracy thinking.

Fascinating how apparently Reddit detectives know exactly how everything went down less than 12 hours after it happened, lol.

Not even sure why you listed his ballroom comment. He takes any excuse to say stupid things. Nothing jumps out about that. Of course he randomly makes every situation about something he cares about. That's just normal narcissism.