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A second round of Donald Trump shooting memes has hit the internet

“It was only the concept of an assassination attempt.”

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Lindsey Weedston

Donald Trump at mic(l), Bill Murray as reporter in Groundhog's day film(r)

Donald Trump shooting memes are once again making the rounds following a suspected second assassination attempt on the former president. Trump was unharmed and the only shots fired were from the Secret Service at the alleged assassin.

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Despite the unusual number of assassination attempts on a former president and current presidential nominee, a lot of people seem unphased or even bored at the news, more often making jokes and memes about how unremarkable the shooting feels this time around.

Was this the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump?

As of Monday, September 16, authorities are still investigating the shooting as a possible assassination attempt, and it’s unclear when they will announce their findings.

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Tweet reading 'if you told me three months ago “donald trump survives second assassination attempt after posting ‘i hate taylor swift’ following the singer’s endorsement of kamala harris” bitch what.'
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According to AP News, a man was spotted by Secret Service agents hiding in bushes just outside the fence of the Florida golf course where Trump was playing on Sunday. Agents fired multiple shots at the suspect, who fled in a vehicle and was later apprehended by police. There were no casualties.

The gunman was about 400 yards away from the former President at the time the Secret Service spotted him, and they found a semiautomatic rifle with a scope as well as other supplies in his hiding spot. The gun had its serial number scraped off, presumably to hide its origins.

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What does today’s Donald Trump shooting meme look like?

The second round of Donald Trump assassination memes is looking significantly different from the first.

As initial reports of the incident emerged on Sunday, Trump critics were quick to dismiss the news as just another shooting in the state of Florida that happened to be close to the golf course. This allowed those in favor of gun control to point out that this is the nation their opponents created.

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Donald Trump shooting meme with a gif of Yosemite Sam.
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Tweet reading 'Be careful trump, too many of these assassination attempts and people will become numb to them like school shootings.'
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Tweet reading 'I want to care about the second attempted Trump shooting but he said “We just have to get over” mass shootings. And his running mate, Vance, said shootings are “Just a fact of life.” So I’m gonna just get over this latest “attempt” & accept that it’s just a fact of life.'
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When outlets confirmed that the FBI was investigating the shooting as an assassination attempt, the next wave included the conspiracy theory folks accusing Trump of staging the attacks.

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https://twitter.com/danasan68018976/status/1835440215898608023
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Donald Trump shooting meme with a gif of a man making a skeptical face.
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Tweet reading 'Maybe we'd stop accusing Trump of staging assassination attempts if he'd stop fundraising off them 5 minutes later.'
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But perhaps the most alarming theme is the sentiment that so few citizens care that a former president may have been targeted for assassination twice in the space of two months. We may not be okay, in general.

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Tweet reading 'Second assassination attempt doesn’t hit like the first one. The magic is gone.'
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Donald Trump shooting meme with the Jurassic Park 'nobody cares' meme.
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More Donald Trump shooting memes

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Tweet reading 'It was only the concept of an assassination attempt.'
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Tweet reading 'love a jodie foster win the day of a presidential assassination attempt.'
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Tweet reading 'This is the 3rd assassination if you count the debate.'
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Tweet reading 'Some of y’all thinking we on the left would take a shot at Trump aren’t paying attention. Aside from the immorality, why would we shoot a guy who’s shooting himself every day?'
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Tweet reading 'If Donald Trump thinks Americans are gonna just stop shooting at each other when he's in the vicinity then he doesn't understand this country at all.'
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Tweet reading 'If being within 500 yards of a gun means you’re the target of an assassination attempt then everybody in Florida is the target of an assassination attempt by nearly everybody else in Florida.'
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