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AZLD4Candidate

(7,112 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:16 AM Friday

Freedom 250's Fourth of July Stage Comes Apart During Rehearsal as Falling Chunk Nearly Crushes Dancers

Source: People

Dancers rehearsing for the Trump-backed Freedom 250 celebration experienced a scary incident on the National Mall on Thursday, July 2.

In a video shared by independent journalist Aaron Parnas and later verified by CNN and NBC News, a large piece of the stage is seen crashing from up high onto the stage floor directly behind dancers mid-rehearsal. The jarring moment caused several dancers to jump aside to avoid being hit.

A Freedom 250 representative released a statement to PEOPLE following the incident, confirming that the accident occurred on the Salute to America stage and sharing that all involved are safe.

Read more: https://people.com/freedom-250-stage-breaks-falling-chunk-nearly-crushes-dancers-12011785



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Freedom 250's Fourth of July Stage Comes Apart During Rehearsal as Falling Chunk Nearly Crushes Dancers (Original Post) AZLD4Candidate Friday OP
Jesus. He does have a thing for incompetent contractors, doesn't he? Aristus Friday #1
Yep everything he touches turns to 💩 TommieMommy Friday #2
For the MAGATS: Thus the Lord saith, thou shalt not partake of any celebration to a false idol lest Wonder Why Friday #3
Throw a tarp over it... Hugin Friday #4
Scab labor BidenRocks Friday #5
To paraphrase a Reddit commenter, LudwigPastorius Friday #6
Perhaps another chunk will fall on him tomorrow night. pat_k Friday #7
What a disaster ck4829 4 hrs ago #8

Aristus

(72,800 posts)
1. Jesus. He does have a thing for incompetent contractors, doesn't he?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:25 AM
Friday

And this is why, to those possessing human-level intelligence, his multiple bankruptcies are not a mystery...

Wonder Why

(7,494 posts)
3. For the MAGATS: Thus the Lord saith, thou shalt not partake of any celebration to a false idol lest
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:06 PM
Friday

thou suffer from the destruction of his evil Monument. (From the Trump Bible RushLimbaugh:22:12)

BidenRocks

(3,700 posts)
5. Scab labor
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:56 PM
Friday

Not a trained union journeyman in the bunch!
It should be shut down for a lack of fire safety sensors and sprinklers!

pat_k

(14,626 posts)
7. Perhaps another chunk will fall on him tomorrow night.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:20 PM
Friday

One can dream.

It would be so fitting for "the great builder" to have something built by his obscenely corrupt regime crush him.

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