{"id":5112,"date":"2026-04-22T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5112"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:22:35","slug":"maga-are-becoming-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5112","title":{"rendered":"MAGA are becoming convinced the Trump assassination attempt was a hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018Why the cover-up?\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Whether the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was genuine is what an increasing number of MAGA politicians and supporters now appear to be questioning, nearly two years after it happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bullet \u201cgrazed\u201d his ear, which he fully recovered from quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The FBI had concluded that gunman Thomas Crooks acted alone when he shot towards Trump and killed attendee Corey Comperatore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>But some Republicans and Trump supporters, with the latest being Marjorie Taylor Greene, are now accusing his administration of a \u201ccover-up\u201d of the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Greene, posting on X (formerly Twitter), said that a lot of questions about the assassination need answering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not calling the Butler assassination a hoax, but there are a lot of questions that deserve public answers. I\u2019m asking why won\u2019t Trump release the information about Matthew Crooks?\u201d, she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cDid he actually act alone? If not, who is behind him and who helped him? Why the cover-up?\u201d, she continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As per The White House, only a \u201cfool\u201d would believe that the shooting was a hoax, however other MAGA allies are also stepping forward to question the events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cCorey Comperatore\u2019s wife and daughters deserve to know why Corey, a true American patriot and hero, was murdered in Butler. Trump said repeatedly, \u2018I am your retribution.\u2019 Where is the retribution?\u201d, \u2018January 6 activist\u2019 Trisha Hope replied to Greene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>His widow, Helen, still has unanswered questions of her own, as she told the New York Post: \u201cAll I\u2019ve wanted this entire time was to sit down with the men who screwed up that day and find out why.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>According to state voter records, Crooks was registered as a Republican.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, as per The Intercept, in 2021 he had made a single $15 donation to the liberal ActBlue political action committee, a Democrat fundraising platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#MAGA #convinced #Trump #assassination #attempt #hoax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Why the cover-up?\u2019 Whether the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was genuine is what an increasing number of MAGA politicians and supporters now appear to be questioning, nearly two years after it happened. Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bullet \u201cgrazed\u201d his ear, which he fully recovered from quickly. 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