"Carry On With Your Sunday Afternoon"

 Will J.D. Vance say this is just a fact of life or is that only when school children, teachers and school staff are the ones who do get killed?

Good question: 

I'm glad President Trump is safe. I spoke to him before the news was public and he was, amazingly, in good spirits.

Still much we don't know, but I'll be hugging my kids extra tight tonight and saying a prayer of gratitude.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 15, 2024

Of course, nobody actually shot at Trump:

So here's what law enforcement says happened: Trump is golfing around 1:30 on Sunday. Agent going one hole ahead of him finds a man with rifle in the bush/tree line. Agent fires at him. Trump is evacuated. Man flees & is later captured. Leaves gun, backpacks, camera on scene.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 15, 2024

The first question is:

So Secret Service did their job.

Local police and golf course security were MIA.

And, again, take into consideration that some dude was walking around the Florida area with multiple bags and an AK-47 and no one saw that and found it odd. https://t.co/kg1tOtgbzZ

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) September 15, 2024

"How'd a guy with an AK47 walk around so freely?" The answer: "FLORIDA!" In other words, somebody saw this guy wandering around with an AK47 and two backpacks, and thought:  "Carry on with your Sunday afternoon."

No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon.

— Rachel Vindman 🇺🇸🦅🌻 (@natsechobbyist) September 15, 2024

I mean, it's not like it was a black kid cutting through a neighborhood in a hoodie.  Still, Ms. Vindman triggered MAGA.

Sorry you’re triggered.

🤣🤣🤣

I mean no I’m not. I don’t care a little bit 🫶🏻

— Rachel Vindman 🇺🇸🦅🌻 (@natsechobbyist) September 15, 2024

And some are concerned Trump will do again what he did before:

Without making any kind of 'read' on the actual shooting nearby Trump today

I think we're about see Trump move from 'Persecutor' to 'Victim'

Which also answers somewhat the question of, what's Trump going to do, given both decreasing 'favorables' in polling and 'cracking' of… https://t.co/YGIy9z4n83 pic.twitter.com/ucxSgWhG7J

— JChoe (@JoohnChoe) September 15, 2024

Except he wasn't shot, and wasn't really ever in danger (it's Florida. People are allowed to walk around with dangerous firearms. It's only after they fire them that we grow concerned. 🤷🏻‍♂️)  The "shooter" wasn't a shooter.  He never fired a shot.

Here comes the “Democrats need to tone down the rhetoric” talking points. They are sending bomb and shooting threats to innocent people in Springfield, OH and MAGA doubles down. Spare me the bullshit. We are all happy to see Trump lose the election and go to jail when he is…

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) September 16, 2024

Let me say again what happened: Florida. Man allegedly with gun ran like a scared rabbit, leaving behind gun, 2 backpacks, and a camera. Was caught within the hour. And all the rhetoric around violence still comes from Trump and Vance, who are happiest when the violence doesn't touch them. Or, as in this case, the violence is directed toward others. Again.

Nothing says “how dare you glorify violence” quite like fundraising off of it 5 minutes later.

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) September 16, 2024

Had Florida not been Florida, it might have seemed a bit more odd this guy was approaching the golf course at all. Especially since somebody saw him running (sans gun, backpacks, or camera) and took note of his car (probably the witness heard the gunshots from the SS agent). One assumes somebody saw him heading to the golf course, but thought nothing of it. I mean, it's Florida. Early reports from the NYPost said the golf course is in a bad neighborhood. One assumes a "bad neighborhood" in Florida is rife with rifles and guns.

Trump actually was shot, once (I'll admit I'm still highly skeptical about that, given he shows no signs of wounding).  He tried to play the victim from that.  It lasted about a week. How much "victim" mileage is he likely to get out of this?  Playing the victim is not in Trump's nature, except to complain that everything is "rigged" against him.  He has no other card to play, and wouldn't know how to play it if you handed it to him.  As actually happened.

Already MAGA is more interested in criticizing Rachel Vindman as a defense of Trump.  That won't last the rest of the night.