A Democratic mayor suggested Trump faked his assassination attempt, saying he may have been inspired by tactics used in wrestling matches.
Aberdeen Mayor Douglas Orr said he still believes Trump may have cut off his ear as part of the stunt and is calling for independent doctors to review his injury.
Orr wrote a typo-ridden Facebook post in which he denounced that “it’s sickening how politics has evolved.”
The Democrat said: “The ears are bleeding badly. I hope they prove that it wasn’t just a self-inflicted scratch. The shooter is dead, so we’ll never know if it was a setup.”
Orr added: “I still can’t believe it. Any way you look at it, it was a horrible act. Short of Biden dying, this is the only thing that could happen to artificially win sympathy votes for Trump. I hope I’m wrong, but given his history of deception, that’s the first thing that came to mind.”
Aberdeen Mayor Douglas Orr said he still believes Trump may have cut himself and is calling for independent doctors to review his injury.
The mayor deleted the post, saying he thought people’s responses were “getting out of line.”
In an appearance with The Jason Rantz Show on KTTHOrr stood by his theory, saying, “I have the right to say what I felt. I don’t think people have the right to bully me or disrespect me for my respectful comment.”
Orr, who works as an artist, went on to explain that he was questioning the attempted murder because he “spent his life growing up watching world-class wrestling.”
He said: “Half the world thinks they’re real wrestlers and, of course, they’re athletic and all that. But they get paid to cut themselves on the forehead, the ear or the top of the head. Areas that bleed a lot with very little damage.”
While he admitted he has no proof for his claims, Orr said his gut tells him it was staged because Trump is a “television actor.”
Orr won his mayoral election by just four votes after two manual recounts in 2023. He is the first openly gay mayor of Aberdeen, which leans Republican.
While he admitted he has no proof for his claims, Orr said his gut tells him it was staged because Trump is a “television actor” with a “long and horrible track record of this man lying and pulling stunts.”
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Orr won his mayoral election by just four votes after two hand recounts in 2023.
He is the first openly gay mayor of Aberdeen, a republican city.
Following the shooting that killed a bystander on Saturday, investigators were searching for clues about what may have driven 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to carry out the shocking attack.
The FBI said it was investigating it as a possible act of domestic terrorism, but the lack of a clear ideological motive on the part of the man shot dead by the Secret Service has led to conspiracy theories flourishing.
The FBI said it believes Crooks, who had bomb-making materials in the car he drove to the rally, acted alone.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is led off the stage.
Investigators have found no threatening comments on social media accounts or ideological positions that could help explain what led him to attack Trump before the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was whisked off the stage by the Secret Service, his face smeared with blood.
Trump said on social media that the top of his right ear was pierced in the shooting, but aides said he was “in very good spirits” ahead of his arrival Sunday in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.
Two bystanders were seriously injured, while a former fire chief in the area, Corey Comperatore, died. Pennsylvania’s governor said Comperatore, 50, died a hero after throwing himself over his family to protect them.
