Shots fired during a rally Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. The Republican candidate for President of the United States was in Butler when a series of gunshots interrupted his rally.
A video shows the former president duck to avoid gunfire and, reached by security agents to protect him, he is seen getting up with blood in his ear. The 007s immediately asked the press to move away from what was defined as a “crime scene”. In addition to The Donald, another person was also hit, later deceased. The prosecutor announced that “Trump was hit, the attacker was killed and there is at least one other victim”. Another participant in the rally is said to be in serious condition.
According to Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate, a man was shot and could be seriously injured: “Someone right behind me,” he told Politico. “There was a lot of blood. The Secret Service rushed Trump right after that.”
The Attorney of Butler confirmed that the former president was “shot in the ear.”
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Trump was showing a graph with border crossing numbers at the time of the shooting. The footage shows the former president touching his neck. Taken away, now Trump is safe in a hospital in the Butler area and “is doing well,” campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said. “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their swift action following this heinous act.”
Biden, leaving a Democratic rally, had commented: “Shots fired at Trump? No one informed me”. But the White House later explained that it had updated him with a quick meeting. A few hours later, the official note: “I was informed of the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally Trump in Pennsylvania – it reads – I am grateful to know that he is safe and well. I pray for him, his family and all who were at the rally, awaiting further information. Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for rescuing him.. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite in condemnation as one nation.”
Meanwhile, the first political reactions are starting to arrive. The leader of the Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer. reports that he is “horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved to know that former President Trump is safe. Political violence has no place in our country.” “I fully support President Trump and hope for his speedy recovery,” he wrote instead on X Elon Musk. “Laura and I – declared the former president Bush – we are grateful that the president Trump be safe after the cowardly attack on his life. We thank the men and women of the Secret Service for their prompt response.”
Barack Obama also released a commentary note: “There is absolutely no room for political violence in our democracy,” he said. “Even though we still don’t know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that the former president Trump was not seriously injured and take advantage of this moment to re-engage ourselves in civilization and in accordance with our policy. Michelle and I wish him a speedy recovery.”