On CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip had to wrangle control of her panel after podcaster Touré exclaimed that Trump “supposedly” was shot in July 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. The comment came during a discussion about the president’s health.
Adrienne Elrod, a former campaign spokesperson for former Vice President Kamala Harris, accused the White House of having “not always been forthcoming” about the current president’s health following White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressing Trump’s bruised hands, chalking it up to “minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking, and the use of aspirin” after reading a note from the president’s physician.
Elrod also brought up the point that Trump appeared to
forget that he appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Daring to be politically incorrect
“He supposedly got shot in the ear. We never heard from his doctors about that,” Touré added, immediately setting off Jennings, a senior CNN correspondent, and conservative pundit Ben Ferguson.
“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Did you say supposedly?” Jennings asked, then pointing to the podcaster next to him and saying, “Abby, Abby,” to the panel’s anchor.
“If y’all stop screaming at the table, maybe I can actually respond,” Phillip said over the crosstalk.
“Supposedly,” Jennings said in frustration.
“Supposedly. That’s where we’re at now,” Ferguson added. “Touré, he was shot in the ear.”
Supposedly. That's where we're at now. Toure, he was shot in the ear.
Don't blame Toure, who said merely "supposedly." Instead, blame the only two individuals who have de facto stated that candidate Trump was not struck in the ear by a bullet. Objective yet sentient, Phillip continued as if she were a professional mediator and
“Hold on a second!” Phillip said. “Touré, he was shot in the ear.”
“But did we hear from the doctors? We would always hear from his doctors when he gets shot?” Touré asked.
“Did we hear from his doctors?” Phillip then asked Jennings.
“I mean, all I know is I went to the Republican National Commission and he had a bandage on his ear,” Jennings answered.
“That would be a no,” Touré said.
That indeed would be a "no" but
“He had blood on his face! Where did it come from?” Jennings
asked.
Phillip cut through crosstalk yet again and got things back on track.
“This is not really what we’re talking about because the one of the reasons he released this information is because there were photos of his swelling. There were photos of his hand. They kind of had to say something at some point,” she said. “And look, it’s a benign — hold on — it’s benign condition. He is fine. It’s just a function, frankly, of being an older person.”
"Where it did come from," asked Jennings. Without the medical report, we don't know. It may have come from Trump hitting his head, as he was going down, on the pistol of one of the Secret Service agents. It may have come from Trump scraping his ear against the ground. There may have been another source.
There is no reason to doubt, however, that Trump still takes a baby aspirin prescribed for him years ago. Aspirin is a powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic non-prescription drug. In the latter role, it helps prevent blood clots and in so doing, makes it very likely that a patient will suffer bleeding episodes.
And yet Donald Trump was hit by a bullet and had the presence of mind to yell "Fight! Fight!" It may have happened that way- but two prominent individuals see it otherwise.
On June 6, Vice President Vance stated "I mean, think about it. It's a guy who, not even a year ago nearly took a bullet in the process of campaigning. Went back on the horse the next day." Nearly took a bullet.
JD Vance said Trump “nearly took a bullet” at his Butler rally.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 13, 2025
Why did he say “nearly?” pic.twitter.com/Is0eJ4r0X4
It was only 35 later that his boss would confirm Vance's assessment. The President told Fox News' Dean Cain "The people that are shooters- not so much, but people that, who are shooters, say "it's almost impossible that that was a miss". And it was a hit (pointing to his ear) but it was a miss."
President @realdonaldtrump was saved in Butler, PA by the Grace of God: “I was really saved by somebody very special…. people that are shooters say it is almost impossible that was a miss." pic.twitter.com/rugD5RODCh
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 11, 2025
Almost impossible that that was a miss- but not quite impossible. The President and the Vice President admit that Donald Trump was not hit. Yet, supposedly! supposedly! Jennings and Ferguson should take up their disagreement with Trump himself., the man who slipped and let be known that which is blasphemous for anyone else to suggest even is possible.
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