“Twelve weeks ago, right here, an assassin tried to silence me and our movement. This twisted monster (…) was close to achieving it, but the hand of providence prevented him from doing so,” Trump said, according to AFP, in front of several thousand of his supporters, including the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
“He didn’t stop our movement, he didn’t break our spirit,” Trump said of the assassination attempt, according to Reuters, which estimated that tens of thousands of people gathered at the site.
“I return to Butler tonight after tragedy and heartbreak to deliver a simple message to the people of Pennsylvania and America: Our movement will make America great again, stronger, prouder, more united, more determined, closer to victory than ever before,” the candidate said, speaking behind the protective glass that, according to the AP agency, now surrounds him during performances in the open air.
Trump is at risk of another assassination, according to his campaign spokesman
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She added that the Trump campaign wanted to make the most of the event’s potential to get the spotlight just 30 days before the final race for the White House against Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris.
As I said…
“As I was saying…,” Trump said as he pretended on stage to continue a speech that was interrupted by a bullet that grazed his ear on July 13 and called for a moment of silence at the exact moment the gunfire rang out on July 13. reported the Reuters agency.
Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, took the stage in Butler to sharply criticize Democrats for calling Trump a “threat to democracy.”
“You heard the shots. You saw the blood. We all feared the worst. But you knew everything was going to be okay when President Trump raised his fist high in the air and yelled, ‘Fight, fight!,'” said Vance, who was chosen as his vice presidential running mate less than two days later, the AP reported. “Now I believe as surely as I stand here today that what happened was a real miracle,” he added.
Vance and Walz argued in a televised debate about migration or Trump’s diplomatic skills
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Musk: He has to win
“The true test of a man’s character is how he behaves under fire,” Musk said, according to BBC News, praising Trump for standing with his fist raised after being hit by gunfire. “President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution, he must win to preserve democracy in America. This is a must-win situation,” he said.
According to AP, the space in front of the stage was filled by a large crowd, in which most people had been waiting for Trump for several hours; the candidate himself had to interrupt his speech for about five minutes due to the treatment of one of the participants. Hotels, motels and inns in the vicinity were also fully occupied.
A memorial to the volunteer firefighter who became the only victim of the assassination was also set up on the spot: Corey Comperatore died while protecting family members from gunfire. His fireman’s jacket, on display at the site, was surrounded by flowers. When the speakers mentioned him, his sisters cried.
Increased security measures were very visible at the site, with armed law enforcement officers in camouflage uniforms on the roofs. Trump’s plane flew over the place before his arrival and caused cheers from the gathering, AP reported.
On July 13, 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks wounded two other rally participants, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, in addition to Trump, before being shot by snipers. How Crooks managed to evade security that day and get to the roof of the building within striking distance of the former president is among the many questions about the worst Secret Service failure in decades that remain unanswered, the AP added.
They call him vile names. Trump accused the Democrats of fueling a toxic atmosphere
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