High-tops emblazoned with candidate’s bloodied face and ‘Fight Fight Fight’ offered for sale before webpage disappears

As surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last weekend.

In Butler county on Saturday, a rooftop gunman wielding an AR-15-style rifle fired shots at the stage. Trump was wounded in one ear. One rally-goer was killed and two injured. The gunman, who was killed by a sniper, was discovered to have had an explosive device in his car.

Despite such traumatic events, 45Footwear, a company which has sold $399 golden Trump-branded sneakers, swiftly offered a new range of high-tops.

Rather more pricey than unofficial assassination merch churned out in China, the $299 white shoes were emblazoned with the US flag, an image of Trump with fist raised and face bloodied and the words “Fight Fight Fight” – his instant reaction to being shot.

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
    112·
    5 months ago

    It’s just sad and frustrating that so many people / Americans / voters are so fraught with hate and pain and animosity that they’ve lost all sense of respect for themselves and their grasp on reality. I think this is why so many of us feel helpless and resort to name calling. Please, wake up and engage in genuine policy discussions. I’m sure we have more in common that we think and we could find compromises within our disagreements.

    I mean, you have to be a braindead idiot or suffer from genuine mental instability (same thing?) to consider purchasing such memorabilia (never mind coming up with the idea to make it in the first place). I’m sure there’s people who want others to suffer from their idiotic choices but I just want people to snap out of their obsessions for the greater benefit of us all. I’m tired of people willfully being gullible.