I honestly don’t understand that position at all. Acknowledging the reality that someone tried to shoot the guy doesn’t give him “credit” for anything. It’s not like only good people get shot or shot at in the U.S. or that being a target of an attempt somehow reflects well upon his character. One audience member died and two others received life-altering injuries, so it was obviously a very serious, tragic incident, and I don’t see how calling it an “assassination attempt” greatly exaggerates anything as long as you’re not calling his response to it brave, heroic, etc.
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