Opinion: How Trump’s Shooting Changed the Next 107 Days
At 6:13 p.m. ET Saturday, it will be exactly seven days since Thomas Matthew Crooks scrambled onto a warehouse rooftop in Butler, Pennsylvania, slipped his finger around the trigger of his father’s AR rifle, and fired off several rounds.
Seven days that have transformed the political landscape of America. In just a week, we’ve witnessed a series of events so dramatic, so seismic, that they’ve redefined the battle lines of the upcoming election, now just 107 days away. And here in the eye of this political storm stands Donald Trump, fist still raised, and stronger than ever.
Consider too the extraordinary timing, the shooting happened two days before the Republican National Convention, an event that comes round only once every four years. Two days!