The Simpsons followers observed a last-minute schedule shake-up following the gun attack aimed toward Donald Trump this weekend.
On Saturday night (July 13) in a really surprising second, the previous US President, 78, was wrestled to the bottom by Secret Service brokers after an attacker opened fire at his Pennsylvania rally.
The shooter was later recognized as Republican Thomas Matthew Crooks, whereas Trump’s camp issued a message to say he was ‘fine’ after receiving medical consideration.
In the aftermath of the capturing, Channel 4 was as a consequence of air The Simpsons episode titled Lisa the Iconoclast.
Taken from season 7, episode 16, the episode follows Lisa as she finds out that Springfield’s founder was a murderous pirate who tried to assassinate George Washington.
In true Lisa fashion, she takes it upon herself to unfold to fact to her fellow residents.
However, it was changed with an alternate, with fans of the animated series taking to social media to handle the elephant within the room.
‘Wondered at first why Channel 4 just pulled the scheduled broadcast of Lisa The Iconoclast, but I think I get’, tweeted RopesToInfinity.
Along with the submit was a nonetheless from the scene the place the President is shot at with a rifle, with social media customers deciding the broadcaster deemed it too on-the-nose to air after yesterday’s occasions.
In place of Lisa the Iconoclast, which was the following episode in chronological order, Channel 4 aired a season 30 episode about self-driving vehicles.
‘Obsessed with the idea that Channel 4 thought someone in the UK would have another pop because of something they saw on The Simpsons’, wrote wrb91.
‘Top work whoever took the decision but crazy how this of all episodes was the one scheduled. The Simpsons’ bizarre coincidences proceed…’, stated TejasSandhu.
‘Okay I’d forgotten this scene was on this episode. Makes sense now’, added DeadlyMonkfish.
Others stated it was ‘pretty impressive that someone at Channel 4 caught this in time’, whereas leonoldman declared: ‘The Simpsons crystal ball strikes again.’
Indeed, The Simpsons isn’t any stranger to a coincidence.
The present has lengthy been stated to ‘predict’ main world occasions, tragedies, and popular culture moments, from the election of Trump to Super Bowl outcomes, and from technological advances to the pandemic.
In reality, fans have already been digging following Trump’s rally attack, discovering {that a} previous Simpsons episode depicted Trump’s funeral, with X customers struggling this had foreshadowed an assassination try.
Following his assassination try, Trump was left with a bleeding ear.
‘President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,’ spokesman Steven Cheung stated in a press release.
‘He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.’
In a press release posted to X, his spouse, Melania Trump, later known as the gunman a ‘monster’ who noticed Trump as ‘an inhuman political machine’ and ‘attempted to ring out his passion’.
The 20-year-old shooter is accused of climbing onto a roof and opening fireplace stay on tv on the occasion.
Questions have been raised in regards to the safety operation on the rally and why the roof the gun was fired from was accessible.
An investigation is now underway, with present President Joe Biden, 81, sending properly needs to his opponent within the upcoming election.
Taking to social media, Biden wrote: ‘I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. I’m grateful to listen to that he’s secure and doing properly. I’m praying for him and his household and for all those that have been on the rally, as we await additional info.
‘Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There’s no place for this type of violence in America. We should unite as one nation to sentence it.’
Channel 4 has been contacted for remark.
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