Footage of the attack on Donald Trump immediately went viral on the internet.
The former president began one of his routine speeches about incumbent Joe Biden when five shots rang out and he ducked backstage at the behest of Secret Service agents.
– And then the worst president in our country’s history took over. And see what happened. Probably 20 million people [przybyło nielegalnie]. You know, this is kind of an old chart … this chart is a few months old. If you really want to see something this tragic, look at what happened…” Trump said.
Donald Trump is safe
Former President Donald Trump is safe, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CNN.
Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Donald Trump, said the former president is “doing well.”
– President Trump thanked law enforcement and first responders for their swift action during this horrific act. He is doing well and is being evaluated at a local medical facility. We will provide more details soon, he said.
The shooter is dead
The Secret Service confirmed that the shooter at the Trump rally was dead, and another person was dead and two others were in critical condition.
Donald Trump’s First Statement After Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump’s first statement after an attempted attack on a rally in Pennsylvania. “I would like to thank the United States Secret Service and all law enforcement agencies for their quick response to the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I would like to express my condolences to the family of the person who died at the rally, as well as the family of another who was seriously injured. It is unbelievable that such an act would happen in our country. No right ear because “I heard a whistle, gunshots and immediately felt the bullet piercing the skin. There was a lot of bleeding, so I realized what was going on.” – Donald Trump wrote on the truth platform.
The shooter was said to have been seen earlier by the rally participants
One of Donald Trump’s rally attendees claimed in an interview with the BBC that minutes before the assassination attempt, he noticed a man crouching on the roof with what looked like a long gun. He said he immediately informed the services at the scene, but – as he said – the authorities took no action.
“We noticed a guy about 50 feet away crawling on the roof of the building next to us,” he told BBC News after the tragic events at the Donald Trump rally.
– We stand there, pointing to a guy crawling on the roof. … We clearly see him with a gun, he said. He said they notified nearby police, who “didn’t know what was going on.”
— I’m thinking, ‘Why is Trump still talking?’ Why didn’t you take him off the platform?””I stand there pointing at him for two, three minutes, the Secret Service is looking at us from the top of the building, I point at this roof, I stand there, and after a while five shots are fired,” he said.
John Miller, CNN’s security and intelligence expert, said the testimony raises “serious questions” about the services’ actions.
“There will be a very detailed investigation into who knew what, how it was communicated and who decided to take or not take what action,” he said.
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