Former President Donald Trump was removed from the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13, after gunfire erupted, in which he said his right ear was pierced. Trump was rushed by Secret Service agents to a local medical facility and is “doing well,” his campaign said.
The suspected gunman has been identified by the FBI Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, died, as did a man who attended the rally. Two other participants were seriously injured.
“I heard a thud, a gunshot, and immediately felt the bullet rip through the skin,” Trump said. wrote Later on the true social. “There was a lot of bleeding, so I realized what was going on.”
In short Television statement, President Joe Biden condemned the violence as “sickening,” urging Americans to condemn political violence. Biden spoke on the phone with Trump, and his re-election campaign allegedly Cessation of television commercials in wake of shooting.
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