Rallygoers who sat behind Donald Trump’s podium at his recent rally in Tucson, Arizona, have reported suspicious injuries to their eyes. Some emergency physicians have suggested that these injuries could be the result of extreme exposure to lighting. But others believe that a chemical agent may have been deployed. So, what’s the truth? Glenn and Stu review the evidence. Plus, they run through some of the biggest oddities about the second failed Trump assassin: How did he get a gun as a convicted felon? Why did he appear to serve no jail time? And why are these attempted killers so often on the FBI’s radar?
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GLENN: What about the story, TheBlaze, spoke to a journalist, who then spoke to ten people, from Tucson.
Did you hear about the Trump rally in Tucson?
Let me give this story from TheBlaze.
After attending a Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona, last week. Roughly 20 attendees, reported mysterious symptoms such as blurred vision. And facial swelling, following the event. While we still don't know what happened, many are speculating that a chemical attack took place.
Could the strange illness, that affected the attendees be the result of more political violence, incited by Democrats and the mainstream media.
Political journalist, Christie Kelly. Joined Jill Savage and the Blaze News tonight panel to discuss this deeply concerning situation.
According to Kelly, this was not an ordinary rally. Primarily, because there was a lot of consternation going into the rally. The namesake of the venue. Linda Ronstadt, published a social media. A lengthy post, stating her displeasure with Trump for even being there.
You know, there's always something good that comes out of even the worse. I now know. I can answer the question if someone asks me: Is Linda Ronstadt still alive?
I know the answer. I know the answer. So let's look at the bright side.
Kelly who has spoken with a lot of people. Ten of them, who have come down with some sort of mystery illnesses, all of whom happen to be seated tremendously behind Donald Trump.
Blaze Media asked one of these people -- Kelly said those afflicted individuals reported that everything in the rally, went fine. However, right after the rally, strange maladies began setting in.
Every person that we spoke to, said 20 to 30 minutes after they left the rally, they began to get blurry eyes. Blurry vision. Some said, their nose started stinging. And they started feeling redness, that progressively got worse.
Adding that the majority of people she spoke with. Did then end up in the ER.
Some were referred to their ophthalmologist, gave me the paperwork. Which included, bilateral ocular chemical burn in the eye.
The emergency room physicians were less definitive indicating that the strange systems could have been, quote, a result of extreme exposure to lighting. Or potentially
An irritant in the air.
However, the opposite that ophthalmologist reports indicated that it was some sort of chemical burn. Despite both the event center and local law enforcement being notified of the situation, we have not received a statement from either the facility, or the Tucson police.
Thankfully, the Trump campaign is taking this initiative on to find out exactly what happened.
So what happened there? What happened there?
Does anybody -- I mean, does anybody care?
Seriously, does anyone care, anymore?
This is now -- and it could be just some chemical that we're on big -- I mean, they just don't use these lights anymore. But, you know, like, big stage lights that burn really hot. And maybe they were new. And they had some chemical.
I don't think that's happened since like 1971. But maybe. Maybe.
But why did it only affect the people that were directly behind Donald Trump?
Now, let's go back, and look at some of the other things.
So we have a problem with the FBI. And then we've talked about it before.
The FBI, the suspect was on our radar. Oh.
Were they? They were on your radar?
Oh, well, that's good. Do you mean radar range?
Is that a microwave you're looking at? Well, yeah. There was a sticky note. Put his name out on a stick zero note.
And just taped it to the microwave door. Because we were making popcorn. And thought, hey. Every time we make popcorn. You should look into that guy.
What does that mean, they're on their radar?
The FBI told Just The News on a statement on Tuesday, that it receives thousands of tapes every day, which is fielded through its National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia.
The tips involving a threat to life. Serious bodily injury. Or significant violent action are treated the highest priority. And are referred to the appropriate, FBI field office, or other relevant offices. Through this process, the FBI was notified about the dangers of certain people, that could pose at least a threat.
Five times they've received one. That was a potential threat.
That was on their radar.
That went on to commit mass shooting. Or attempts, to kill Donald Trump.
We know the most recent events. First assassination attempt. And now the second assassination attempt.
This guy, Ryan Westly Ralph, allegedly aimed an AK-47, that we know nothing about through the fence at the golf course.
He was charged with possession of a firearm, as a felon. And possession of a firearm, with an obliterated -- there's that word again.
STU: Yeah. Every time.
GLENN: -- serial number. He had been flagged by the FBI back in 2019.
So he was on the radar, for several years.
He was also, the subject of a previously closed tip to the FBI. Where he was allegedly.
Allegedly, he was a felon in possession of a firearm. Well, there was no allegedly about it. He was, for some reason, doesn't this sound strange.
Just ask yourself, gun owners. Would this happen to you?
If you had been a convicted felon, because you were even just brandishing a firearm.
But he went actually in and had a stnadoff with police. And he had a fully automatic weapon. Do you think you would have been judged guilty, in a court of law. And then just like, you know, you're on your own recognizance. And not paid any time in prison.
Why did that happen? He has several run-ins with the law, and he's never put in jail.
Why?
Now, you could come up with all kinds of theories. But they would involve conspiracies.
And I don't want to get into conspiracy theories. I'll get into conspiracy facts.
But I only have theories, on this one. One of those theories does not explain any of that.
But it does -- it does lead one to caution, that this government has so much information on all of us.
That within five minutes, of being asked, AI could find people like this.
That are unstable. That could be used. That have an axe to are grind. That have access to weapons. That they could just have AI suggest to them, in no way traceable. You know, you really have a responsibility to kill the president.
That's the world we're living in now.
And the government has that direct power.
I'm not saying that they have used it.
I'm saying, you cannot trust that kind of power, in the hands of a system, that you don't trust.
Who trusts it?
And I asked that of Democrats.
If you trust this, I mean, I think you're crazy. If you trust this system, what happens if Trump gets in? Do you trust that system?
See, unless you're planning on a one-party system. Somebody is going to get in, that doesn't agree with you. That's why, you don't want any of this stuff happening, no matter who is president.
Your guy or the other guy. You don't want this kind of power, in the hands of an out-of-control government.
And the only way you make sure that you don't have the power, in somebody's hands, that you don't trust, is that obey the law, and you demand that the law be enforced equally, all the time. Pragmatism I don't know how -- I really don't know how more Americans don't understand. The danger, that we're all in.