Democrats, including Gov. Josh Shapiro and President Joe Biden, also called for an end to extreme political rhetoric Sunday and said Trump and the other victims were in their prayers.
Security surrounding the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Sunday following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.Saturday in Western Pennsylvania and images of him being escorted off stage, blood streaming down his face as he raised his fist, elevated his idolization among supporters who are prepared to give him a hero’s welcome this week when the party officially nominates him for president.
Misinformation spread rapidly in the minutes and hours after, and while there was broad condemnation of the shooting, condolences for the victims, and calls to lower the political temperature in America, a deeply divided country was also quick to point fingers. “And, I think, a lot more excitement,” she said. “A lot more excitement for our nominee that we’ll be nominating on Thursday and moving forward making sure that we have victory in November.”
Trump was recovering Sunday after a bullet pierced his ear, and released a statement saying he still planned to travel to Milwaukee later in the day., 50, of Sarver, Pa., who died, and the family of one of the two other victims who were critically injured.
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