Former President Donald Trump confirmed he was shot during an assassination attempt on his life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump was on stage speaking when gunshots rang out on Saturday. The gunman was killed when Secret Service returned fire. One other person was killed.
Trump dropped to the stage after he was hit. Then he stood up and defiantly raised his fist before urging his supporters to “Fight! fight! fight!”
Secret Service taking out the Assassin at the Trump rally. pic.twitter.com/CkkuUjU5J4
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About 2 hours, Trump confirmed he was grazed by a bullet. “I was shot by a bullet that pierced my upper ear,” he posted on Truth Social.
Trump’s campaign said the former president is “fine.”
This will be “investigated as an assassination attempt until it is not,” a law enforcement told ABC News.
I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery pic.twitter.com/ZdxkF63EqF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 13, 2024
“President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow,” Steven Cheung, Trump’s spokesperson, said in a statement emailed to Newsweek.
Trump did a sudden head movement that rotated his head clockwise, this means that the bullet entry point would have hit the back of his skull and killed him instantly had he not. pic.twitter.com/YLSI3yQRW5
— Korobochka (???) ?????? (@cirnosad) July 13, 2024
“An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania,” Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi wrote on X. “The Secret Service has implemented protective measures, and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.”
“Someone just tried to ASSASSINATE President Trump. The Democrats and the media are to blame for every drop of blood spilled today. For years and years, they’ve demonized him and his supporters,” GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wrote on X. She included a video of the incident.
She added: “Today, someone finally tried to take out the leader of our America First and the greatest President of all time. Watch the video, President Trump said ‘FIGHT,’ SO WE WILL!!”
ladies & gentlemen….President Donald Trump?? pic.twitter.com/Bi1gg9Rb7d
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) July 13, 2024
Trump’s supporters responded with outrage on X, formerly Twitter. Many wondered how someone with a gun got near the former president.
Trump supporter claims he and others saw the shooter before the assassination attempt, alerted police and secret service, and were ignored.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 13, 2024
My response on the assassination attempt of President Trump. My family and I are praying for President Trump and his family. pic.twitter.com/096KPX8hcC
— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) July 13, 2024
