{"id":2307507,"date":"2024-07-24T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-news-correspondent-appears-to-claim-government-tried-to-kill-trump-in-viral-clip-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T16:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:16:21","slug":"abc-news-correspondent-appears-to-claim-government-tried-to-kill-trump-in-viral-clip-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-news-correspondent-appears-to-claim-government-tried-to-kill-trump-in-viral-clip-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News correspondent appears to claim \u2018government tried to kill\u2019 Trump in viral clip &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabc-news-correspondent-appears-to-claim-government-tried-to-kill-trump-in-viral-clip-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2307507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>25%;&#8221;><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIDEO_ID\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u200d have this [unintelligible], this morning, the police \u200bbodycam \u2062footage showing the \u2063frantic \u200bseconds after the\u2062 government tried to kill the former President\u200b Trump,&rdquo; Thomas\u200b continued. &ldquo;You see them \u2064racing \u200cto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/allentown-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Allentown,\u2064 Pennsylvania<\/a>, rally where the \u2064former president was\u2063 doing a rally, then we see them make a left turn as he was killed by a \u200dsniper.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064it appears \u200bthat Thomas\u200d misspoke \u200cand \u200dwas likely intending to say &#8220;the gunman&#8221; instead of &#8220;the government&#8221;\u2062 when describing the\u200d shooting incident. The video clip quickly went viral, with many viewers questioning the accuracy of\u200d Thomas&#8217; statement.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has\u200b not released a statement regarding the incident or offered any clarification on what Thomas meant to say during\u200d the\u200c broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>As of now,\u200b it remains unclear if Thomas will address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mario-kart-and-early-bedtimes-these-6-headlines-show-the-medias-worship-of-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"\u2018Mario Kart\u2019 And \u2018Early Bedtimes\u2019: These 6 Headlines Show The Media\u2019s Worship Of The Biden Administration\">viral clip<\/a> or issue \u200ba correction for \u2064his statement on air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script><\/p>\n<p>    function showReadMore() {<\/p>\n<p>        var moreText = document.getElementById(\"more\");<\/p>\n<p>        var btnText = document.getElementById(\"readmorebtn\");<\/p>\n<p>        if (moreText.style.display === \"none\") {<\/p>\n<p>            moreText.style.display = \"block\";<\/p>\n<p>            btnText.innerHTML = \"Read less\";<\/p>\n<p>        } else {<\/p>\n<p>            moreText.style.display = \"none\";<\/p>\n<p>            btnText.innerHTML = \"Read more...\";<\/p>\n<p>        }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ABC News correspondent appears to claim &lsquo;government tried to kill&rsquo; Trump in viral clip<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712620\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ABC News<\/a> correspondent Pierre Thomas was top trending on X Wednesday afternoon when he appeared to state during a televised report that &ldquo;the government tried to kill&rdquo; former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> when discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-govt-blames-shiite-groups-for-botched-attack-on-prime-minister-2\/\" title=\"Iraqi Govt. blames Shi\u2019ite groups for botched attack on prime minister\">recent assassination attempt<\/a> at Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> rally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The statement by Thomas came Wednesday when he was discussing newly obtained body camera footage of the shooting that showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>law enforcement<\/a> making their way to the shooter&rsquo;s location after he was killed by a sniper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our audience is about to see the frantic seconds in the moments after the government tried to kill former President Trump,&rdquo; Thomas appeared to have said on ABC News&rsquo;s <em>Good Morning America<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all caught on police bodycam video.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2518658&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=342b02aa485eeb906e47373289bb3041\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thomas&rsquo;s discussion of the footage was made the same day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FBI<\/a> Director Christopher Wray testified in Congress, during which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/24\/politics\/fbi-wray-house-hearing-trump-shooting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>revealed<\/a> that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the identified Trump shooter, had looked up how far Lee Harvey Oswald was from President John F. Kennedy when he shot and killed him in 1963. Crooks&rsquo;s internet search was conducted on July 6, the same day Trump&rsquo;s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was announced.<\/p>\n<p>The moment had many on social media questioning what they heard.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen to ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas make the Freudian slip of the CENTURY&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our audience is about to see the frantic seconds in the moments after the GOVERNMENT tried to kill Former President Trump,&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen to ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas make the Freudian slip of the CENTURY&hellip;&#128563;&#128563;&#128563;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our audience is about to see the frantic seconds in the moments after the GOVERNMENT tried to kill Former President Trump.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UL3WOiv0C\">https:\/\/t.co\/8UL3WOiv0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yadira Bornacelli (@Yadirabornaceli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yadirabornaceli\/status\/1816166946871603524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen to this carefully. Chief Justice Correspondent for ABC, Pierre Thomas, just admitted to gunmen (plural &ndash; second shooter) or govment. I cannot make out&hellip;but either way&hellip;did he confirm there is a 2nd shooter OR that the Biden government tried to take out Trump?&rdquo; another user questioned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen to this carefully. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Correspondent for ABC, Pierre Thomas, just admitted to gunmen (plural &ndash; second shooter) or govment. <\/p>\n<p>I cannot make out&hellip;but either way&hellip;did he confirm there is a 2nd shooter OR that the Biden government tried to take out Trump? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAaxzdUwGV\">pic.twitter.com\/kAaxzdUwGV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Santa Surfing (@SantaSurfing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantaSurfing\/status\/1816160492358140066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>  The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted ABC News for comment.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> Director Kimberly Cheatle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-resigns-in-wake-of-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resigned<\/a> from her top position at the agency. Cheatle had testified in Congress the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran\/\" title=\"Blackburn Introduces Amendments to Counter China and Iran\">day prior<\/a>, during which she was grilled by lawmakers for allowing the shooter to get in range of the former president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3096887\/trump-stop-holding-outdoor-rallies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>plans to shift<\/a> his campaign rallies to indoor settings, two sources familiar with the operations of Trump&rsquo;s campaign acknowledged. While Trump has repeatedly held rallies at outdoor venues, security concerns have resulted in the move to indoor venues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1712620\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712620\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25%;&#8221;> &ldquo;We\u200d have this [unintelligible], this morning, the police \u200bbodycam \u2062footage showing the \u2063frantic \u200bseconds after the\u2062 government tried to kill the former President\u200b Trump,&rdquo; Thomas\u200b continued. &ldquo;You see them \u2064racing \u200cto the Allentown,\u2064 Pennsylvania, rally where the \u2064former president was\u2063 doing a rally, then we see them make a left turn as he was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2307508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-failed-assassination-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36059,26419,5045,3634,36060],"class_list":["post-2307507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc-news","tag-correspondent","tag-government","tag-trump","tag-viral-clip"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-failed-assassination-1-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}