Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/politics/trump-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share



By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman
Oct. 13, 2019, 8:36 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort last week, according to footage obtained by The New York Times.

Several of Mr. Trump’s top surrogates — including his son Donald Trump Jr., his former spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis — were scheduled to speak at the three-day conference, which was held by a pro-Trump group, American Priority, at Trump National Doral Miami. Ms. Sanders and a person close Mr. Trump’s son said on Sunday that they did not see the video at the conference.

The video, which includes the logo for Mr. Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, comprises a series of internet memes. The most violent clip shows Mr. Trump’s head superimposed on the body of a man opening fire inside the “Church of Fake News” on parishioners who have the faces of his critics or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies. It appears to be an edited scene of a church massacre from the 2014 dark comedy film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”

The disclosure that the video was played shows how Mr. Trump’s anti-media language has influenced his supporters and bled into their own propaganda. Mr. Trump has made attacks on the news media a mainstay of his presidency, and he tweeted a similar — but far less violent video — in 2017. In recent weeks as he has confronted impeachment proceedings, he has ramped up his attacks on the news media, repeatedly calling it the “enemy of the people.”

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[dalton99a]

1. He shoots Black Lives Matter in the head, John McCain in the back of the neck

The video depicts a scene inside the “Church of Fake News,” where parishioners rise as Mr. Trump — dressed in a black pinstripe suit and tie — walks down the aisle. Many parishioners’ faces have been replaced with the logos of news media organizations, including PBS, NPR, Politico, The Washington Post and NBC.

Mr. Trump stops in the middle of the church, pulls a gun out of his suit jacket pocket and begins a graphic rampage. As the parishioners try to flee, the president fires at them. He shoots Black Lives Matter in the head, and also shoots Vice News.

Some of those in the church try to apprehend Mr. Trump. He fends them off and makes his way toward the altar, knocking over several pews. He wrestles a parishioner with a Vice News logo as a face to the ground and then shoots the person at point blank range. In the background, the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, is seen trying to get away.

From there, Mr. Trump attacks a range of his critics. He strikes the late Arizona senator John McCain in the back of the neck. He hits the television personality Rosie O’Donnell in the face and then stabs her in the head. He strikes Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California. He lights the head of Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential rival, on fire.

He takes Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, hostage before throwing him to the ground. Then he strikes former President Barack Obama in the back and throws him against a wall.

Others shown in the video include Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former President Bill Clinton; the film producer Harvey Weinstein; and Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is overseeing an impeachment inquiry of Mr. Trump.

The clip ends with Mr. Trump putting a stake into the head of a person with a CNN logo for a face. Mr. Trump then stands on the altar, admiring his rampage, and smiles.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. And we thought Nixon's enemies list was appalling.

This is way, way beyond that. WTF is wrong with these people?

[LeftInTX]

13. I get the impression this was done by fans of Trump and not Trump himself

You know how his supporters are. Trump was not at the conference. Trump's son was at the conference, but claims he didn't see the video. Sounds kinda like the video that was thrown up here when DU was hacked on election day 2016.

Article is behind a paywall.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. It wasn't Trump himself but it expresses his attitude and that of his supporters

towards Trump's "enemies," which is just as bad, maybe worse. It shows how much they've internalized the terrible, dangerous things he says.

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. What's wrong is that "these people" have finally found cover to come out.

I am pretty sure you and I are of the same generation, maybe only a few years apart, so we both know who “these people” are;

They are the same 30 to 40% of the electorate that would have followed Nixon to the gates of hell.

The same ones that fought tooth and nail to resist the Civil Rights movement in the ‘60’s

The same ones that thought McCarthy was spot on in his endeavors.

The same ones that thought the British should handle their own squabbles in Europe

The same ones that thought John Thomas Scopes should have been burned at the stake.

The same ones that thought the participants in the UAW Sit Down Strike should have been shot.

The same ones that thought the Suffragettes needed to be jailed.

Who are these people?

The same ones that that thought King George III was getting a bad rap and that those assholes in Philadelphia needed to keep it down.

The ones that think that no one should be allowed to stand in their way, regardless of who it is they are following, as long as that person hates the same people they do.

You know who these people are.

The same ones that have been standing in the way of human progress since time immemorial and think they are right, no matter the time or place.

They are the ones we have been disagreeing with our entire lives.

They are the ones that WE keep dragging, kicking and screaming, into the future.

Just imagine if we didn’t have to drag them anymore.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

21. AMEN! 1000%

[flying_wahini]

22. Yes, yes, and yes.

[milestogo]

16. And the problem with this country is that Democrats keep moving away from Judaeo Christian values.

[dewsgirl]

3. OMG

[maxrandb]

4. Please tell me this is not real

[snacker]

5. No words.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. What the hell?

[2naSalit]

7. ...

[BlueStater]

8. So embarrassing.

I'm so fucking ashamed of about 35% of this country. I wish these vile cretins would just leave it already. They won't be missed.

[democrank]

9. Trump is a dangerous, malevolent thug.

He reeks cruelty, lacks a conscience and posts a danger to the entire world.

Impeach!

[northoftheborder]

10. Sick Sick Sick

[dalton99a]

11. Caligula would be very proud

[badhair77]

12. This gives me chills. Just awful.

[Blue Owl]

17. Today on Sick Fuck Theater...

[flibbitygiblets]

18. normalizing horrific behavior

disgusting

[JDC]

19. fuck this. he needs to go now.

[Garrett78]

20. I wonder who did see it and how they reacted.

[ramen]

23. this seems.. deeply problematic

[djacq]

24. Disgusted and Speechless.

[ancianita]

25. This isn't just "anti-media language." This is straight up propaganda. He wants this viral.

This is terrorism management. It's another tool of a rising dictator fighting for one party rule.

Remember fascist culture building. One viral video at a time. 8 chan knows it. Brad Parscale knows it.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. He already said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue - and his supporters didn't blink!

[IcyPeas]

27. CNN statement:

Link to tweet

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