“Did His Ear Really Regrow?”: Joy Reid Wears Tin Foil Hat to Doubt if Trump Was Shot

Joy Reid Questions Truth of Trump’s Assassination Attempt

On Tuesday, MSNBC host Joy Reid raised doubts about the events surrounding the alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, during an interview with ex-MSNBC host Katie Huang.

The incident reportedly occurred at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman shot Trump, narrowly missing his ear. As blood trickled down the side of his face, a Secret Service agent quickly ushered him off stage. In the interview, Reid suggested, somewhat skeptically, that Trump might have actually been shot, citing his recovery process and what she claimed was an absence of official records.

Reid expressed frustration, saying, “He has these magical doctors who said he was shot in the ear. But do you think his ears have somehow grown back? We can’t seem to get any medical records related to this suspected assassination. It’s perplexing!”

A week post-incident, Trump’s former physician, Representative Ronnie Jackson from Texas, issued a medical update, stating he was assessing Trump’s condition daily. He affirmed that Trump had suffered a gunshot wound, explaining that the bullet struck him in the right ear. Jackson added that Trump had some “intermittent bleeding” but was overall fine.

Jackson elaborated that the bullet penetrated less than a quarter inch into Trump’s head, resulting in a significant wound and notable swelling around his ear. A photograph by New York Times photographer Doug Mills captured a bullet in close proximity to Trump’s head right before he began bleeding.

Reid criticized the lack of public information surrounding the incident, contrasting it with previous assassination attempts on presidents. “I know much more about Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt than I do about Trump’s,” she remarked, noting that such events typically garner immediate coverage. She expressed frustration that mainstream media seemed hesitant to pursue details about Trump’s medical records and the circumstances of the incident.

Additionally, Reid questioned the specifics regarding Trump’s injuries, pondering whether they were caused by shrapnel or glass, among other possibilities. The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, fired from a building about 400 feet away, injuring several attendees and tragically killing a former volunteer fire chief.