Claims that the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was staged are baseless
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Conspiracy theories that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was staged flooded the internet almost immediately after a shooting suspect opened fire on Trump as he spoke at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Some of the claims said Trump staged it himself.
"Donald Trump continues to play in our faces!! This was SO staged!!! If someone REALLY wanted to take him out, they wouldn’t use a BB Gun!!," one person posted on X a little over an hour after the shooting.
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