WASHINGTON, July 14 — While Gil Scott Heron famously said in a poem, "The revolution will not be televised,” he probably didn’t expect social media.

How did people on X (formerly Twitter) from all over the world, react to the shooting incident at former US president Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania?

While many reacted in shock, some instead made darkly comic jokes, reflected on past attacks on US presidents (with many making comparisons to the shooting death of Japan’s Shinzo Abe).

Here’s a selection of some of the more interesting or popular reactions: