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Reporter says he got PTSD from crowd's rage at media after assassination attempt against Trump
CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane told podcaster Chuck Todd that he was traumatized by the anger the press faced from Trump rallygoers blaming media for the Butler, PA assassination attempt.
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CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Scott MacFarlane told podcaster Chuck Todd on Wednesday about how traumatized he was by Trump rallygoers blaming the media for the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in 2024.
Americans reeled in shock from the attempt on Trump's life during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but MacFarlane said he had personal trauma from the crowd's immediate rage in response.
"For those of us there, it was such a horror because you saw an emerging America," MacFarlane told Todd on his podcast. "And it wasn't the shooting, Chuck. This was - I got diagnosed with PTSD within 48 hours. I got put on trauma leave, not because, I think, of the shooting, but because you saw it in the eyes, the reaction of the people."
"They were coming for us," he said in the clip flagged by The Daily Caller. "If [Trump] didn't jump up with his fist, they were going to come kill us!"
CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Scott MacFarlane told podcaster Chuck Todd about his ongoing trauma from seeing the crowd's rage on the day of the Trump rally shooting.("The Chuck ToddCast")
"I know," Todd agreed.
Later in the discussion, MacFarlane added that, "Many of us on press row, as we talked about this on our text chains for weeks after, were quite confident we'd be dead if he didn't get back up."
While it wasn't everyone in the crowd, MacFarlane claimed that dozens of people turned on them and said, "'You did this. This is your fault. You caused this. You killed him,' and they were going to beat us with their hands. I mean, they were going to kill us. And respectfully, the Secret Service had bigger issues [than] protecting us. When he jumped up triumphantly, it saved us."
BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - July 13: Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump raises his arm with blood on his face during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. ( Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Nonetheless, he said, "I can't eliminate from my mind's eye the look in their faces. That's what America is right now. It's not rational. It's an irrational thought to think the media shot somebody from the top of a building, but the lack of rationality is what connects January 6 to this."
"How do we pull out of this as a country is the defining question of our time," he said.
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Whay a fucking Pussy, said every correspondent who has ever covered a conflict anywhere.
“"They were coming for us," he said in the clip flagged by The Daily Caller. "If [Trump] didn't jump up with his fist, they were going to come kill us!"”
he seems to be saying trump saved his and his cohorts lives.
Can’t make this stuff up.
The pussy is obviously in the wrong line of work.
Reminds me of that reporter a few years back that said he got PTSD from just firing a civilian AR-15 at a controlled shooting range .
Could this be the same guy ?
If he complained about no tampons in the men's room, you may be right.
PTSD? What better way to SCAM a workman's comp claim and spend a few months on the beach in Cabo?
Sounds about right considering the source.
Why don't Trump supporters ever turn on FOX news reporters that lie to them? Fox paid out nearly a billion dollars for lying.
Trump lies to them and they love it, Fox lies to them and they love it but all the blame gets thrown onto all other media reporters.
It is scary when you realize the MAGA crowd setup a gallows to hang Trump's vice president at the capitol riots so there is no question they turn their anger toward anyone Trump points to as the "enemy". He was right to be scared.
Biden is sharp as a tack! He has more energy than his 30 year old staff!
When was the last time you saw trump running or riding a bike?
*crickets*
For the most part Fox (like CNN and MSNBC) are not news, they are opinion programming. They say what their audience wants to hear. The fact that some people consider them news stations is sad. At least fox has one show that can be considered news, that is one more than CNN and MSNBC.