Trump rally shooting: attendee who was killed identified; ex-president urges Americans to ‘stand united’ – latest updates

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July 15, 2024
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In heart of speech, Biden warns against making politics a ‘killing field’

“Politics must never be a literal battlefield or, god forbid, a literal killing field,” Biden emphasized in his speech.

“Here in America, we need to get out of our silos, where we only listen to those with whom we agree,” Biden said.

“Nothing is more important for us now than standing together,” Biden said. “We can do this.”

From the beginning, American democracy “gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force. That’s the America we must be.”

As an assassination attempt against Donald Trump has upended what was already a historically chaotic US presidential race, Democrats are now reconsidering last week’s calls for Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race to allow a younger Democrat to run in his place.

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From Reuters:

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Biden campaign officials said they expect that the assassination attempt will lower the pressure from congressional Democrats for Biden, 81, to step aside in the race amid concerns about his fitness for office. Some Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate have publicly called upon Biden to drop out in the aftermath of his shaky performance in a June debate against Trump.

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“It’s over,” one White House source told Reuters about the attempt to push Biden out of the 2024 race. That may be overly optimistic, other Democratic sources said. The current wave of calls is over but is expected to resume once Biden inevitably stumbles again, they said.

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From NBC News:

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“The presidential contest ended last night,” one veteran Democratic consultant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to give a candid assessment of his own party’s standing less than four months before the election, told NBC News.

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“Now it’s time to focus on keeping the Senate and trying to pick up the House,” he said.

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In his speech to the nation at 8pm ET tonight, Joe Biden is expected to “stress a message of unity while pointing out his belief that Trump’s agenda is bad for the country”, Reuters reports, citing a briefing from a Biden campaign official.

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Reuters also reports that Biden’s re-election campaign “quickly upended its strategy” and is “calling off verbal attacks on the former president to focus instead on a message of unity”.

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“Within hours of Saturday’s shooting, Biden’s campaign was pulling down television ads and suspending other political communications, including those that had highlighted Trump’s May felony conviction in New York state court relating to hush money paid to a porn star to avert a sex scandal before the 2016 US election,” the news service reported.

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Nearly 24 hours after what FBI officials called an assassination attempt at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania, law enforcement officials said they had not yet identified a motive for the attack.

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Authorities named the suspected gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, and said he is believed to have acted alone.

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“At present, we have not identified an ideology associated with the subject, but I want to remind everyone that we’re still very early in this investigation,” FBI special agent in charge Kevin Rojek told reporters in a Sunday briefing, according to ABC News.

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The FBI did not “currently have an identified motive, although our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what that motive was,” he said.

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Public records show that Crooks was a registered Republican, who in 2021 had donated $15 to a progressive Super Pac. The FBI said they believe the AR-style rifle the shooter used was legally purchased by the gunman’s father.

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The FBI is combing through the suspect’s social media feeds but so far has not found any threatening writing or social media posts, officials said. At least one social media platform popular with gamers, Discord, said the suspect had an account but was not particularly active, and had not discussed his political beliefs or plans for an attack.

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The suspect’s employer, the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, said in a statement that he “performed his job without concern and his background check was clean”.

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The FBI said it was investigating the Trump rally shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism, defined as an action inside the US that is intended to intimidate or coerce civilians or influence government policy, the Associated Press reported.

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The absence of a clear ideological motive added to the deepening questions about the shooting, the Associated Press reported, denying the public any swift or tidy conclusions about the shocking attack.

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Reuters and the Associated Press contributed reporting

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More details continue to emerge on the 20-year-old suspect in the rally shooting, Thomas Matthew Crooks, though what has been made public so far still leaves more questions than answers. Read the full story on what we know so far about the young suspect, who was a registered Republican, but had also made a $15 donation to the Progressive Turnout Project in 2021.

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The FBI says they believe the “AR-style rifle the Trump rally shooter used was legally purchased by the gunman’s father,” the Associated Press reports. “Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh Field Office, told reporters that authorities don’t yet know how the shooter gained access to the weapon, and whether he took it without his father’s knowledge.”

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FBI officials “have not yet identified an ideology” for the suspect, “but they are combing through his social media feeds and the shooter’s weapons. So far, they have not found any threatening writing or social media posts,” the Associated Press reports. They currently believe he acted alone.

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Discord, the online platform, told reporters that: “We have identified an account that appears to be linked to the suspect; it was rarely utilized and we have found no evidence that it was used to plan this incident or discuss his political views,” the company said in a statement, according to Reuters.

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The suspect also had no documentary history of mental health issues, the FBI said, according to the Washington Post.

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The Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has said in statements to media outlets that the suspect was a dietary aide at the facility. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement as Thomas Matthew Crooks performed his job without concern and his background check was clean,” the administrator told CNN.

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A high school classmate of Crooks described him as “quiet,” “nice,” and good at math, the Washington Post reported. She said that while he did sometimes wear hunting or camouflage outfits to school, that was typical for the area, and that he was not one of the kids at the school who were perceived as violent.

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The Guardian’s Ramon Antonio Vargas has previously reported that the suspect lived in “Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white, generally affluent suburb of Pittsburgh. Public records show he shared a home with parents who were licensed behavioral care counselors. Those same records contain no mention of any criminal or traffic citations – as well as any financial problems such as foreclosures.”

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Here’s a look at where things stand:

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Donald Trump will continue with his schedule and fly to Milwaukee, Wisconsin today, at 3.30pm ahead of the Republican national convention. In a post on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, Trump wrote: “Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else.”

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Joe Biden said that he had spoken with Donald Trump following the assassination attempt on the ex-president. “We had a short but good conversation. Jill and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers. We also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. He was a father, he was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired,” Biden added.

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“There is no place in America for this kind of violence, or any violence,” said Biden. The president is to address the nation tonight at 8pm from the Oval Office, the White House confirmed.

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Joe Biden is rescheduling his trip to Texas following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, according to White House pool reports. The trip was originally planned for Monday 15 July. Biden was expected to deliver a keynote address at the Lyndon B Johnson library in Austin to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

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Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, said that the victim – Corey Comperatore, a 50-year old former fire chief – who was killed in yesterday’s Donald Trump rally shooting “died a hero”. “We lost a fellow Pennsylvanian last night. Corey Comperatore,” said Shapiro, adding: “Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community. And most especially, Corey loved his family.”

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Bomb-making materials were discovered in the home of the suspect involved in yesterday’s shooting, according to law enforcement officials speaking anonymously to the Associated Press. Bomb-making materials were also reportedly found in the suspect’s car near the rally site.

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Mark Green, the Republican chairman of the House committee on homeland security, has issued a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, demanding the secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, turn over the security plans of yesterday’s event site. In the letter, Green wrote: “The seriousness of this security failure and chilling moment in our nation’s history cannot be understated.”

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Melania Trump has issued a statement calling for political unity after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday in Butler, Pennsylvania. In her statement released on Sunday, she wrote: “America, the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered, but our courage and common sense must ascend and bring us back together as one.” She went on to call the suspect a “monster” who saw her husband as an “inhuman political machine”.

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Authorities handling security at the rally at the Butler Park Showgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, have dismissed claims that Donald Trump was denied a request for additional security. The US Secret Service has called the claim “absolutely false”.

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The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said “we shouldn’t be targeting people” as he urged Americans to treat one another with dignity and respect in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. He said there has been no figure in modern American history – besides perhaps Abraham Lincoln – who has been so “vilified” by the media and the legal system as he says Trump has.

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Donald Trump will continue with his schedule and fly to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, today at 3.30pm ahead of the Republican national convention.

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In a post on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, Trump wrote:

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Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else. Therefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee, as scheduled, at 3:30 P.M. TODAY. Thank you!

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Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office at 8pm tonight, the White House confirms.

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Biden’s remarks will follow the assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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In a brief address on Sunday afternoon from the Roosevelt Room, Biden condemned the attack, saying, “There is no place in America for this kind of violence.”

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“There is no place in America for this kind of violence, or any violence,” said Joe Biden.

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“For that matter, an assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation, everything. It’s not who we are as a nation. It’s not America, and we cannot allow this to happen. Unity is the most elusive goal of all, but nothing is more important than that,” he added.

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Joe Biden said that he had spoken with Donald Trump following the assassination attempt on the ex-president.

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“We had a short but good conversation. Jill and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers. We also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. He was a father, he was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired,” Biden added.

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Pennsylvania’s governor Josh Shapiro said that the victim, 50-year old former fire chief Corey Comperatore, who was killed in yesterday’s Donald Trump rally shooting, “died a hero.”

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“We lost a fellow Pennsylvanian last night. Corey Comperatore,” said Shapiro, adding: “I just spoke to Corey’s wife and Corey’s two daughters. Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community. And most especially, Corey loved his family.”

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“Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community,” Shapiro continued, saying: “Corey dove on his family to protect them last night at this rally. Corey was the very best of us. May his memory be a blessing.”

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Shapiro said that flags would be flown at half-staff throughout Pennsylvania to honor Comperatore.

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The man who was killed in yesterday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania has been identified as 50-year old Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief, according to local outlets.

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In a Facebook post, Dawn Comperatore Schafer wrote:

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“The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore. The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable.

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My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience. Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds. Pray for my sister-in-law, nieces, my mother, sister, me and his nieces and nephews as this feels like a terrible nightmare but we know it is our painful reality.”

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Comperatore’s wife, Helen Comperatore, writing on Facebook:

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“Yesterday, what turned out to be such an exciting day for my husband especially, turned into a nightmare for our family… What my precious girls had to witness is unforgivable. What I had to was…He died the hero he always was.”

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A GoFundMe page set up for the Comperatore family has raised over $27,530 as of Sunday noon.

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Bomb-making materials were discovered in the home of the suspect involved in yesterday’s Donald Trump rally shooting, according to law enforcement officials speaking anonymously to the Associated Press.

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Bomb-making materials were also reportedly found in the suspect’s car near the rally site.

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Law enforcement officials also told the Associated Press they believe that the weapon the 20-year-old suspect used in his attempt to assassinate Trump was purchased by his father at least six months ago.

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Mark Green, the Republican chairman of the House committee on homeland security, has issued a letter to the department of homeland security, demanding the secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, turn over the security plans of yesterday’s event site.

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In the letter, Green wrote:

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The seriousness of this security failure and chilling moment in our nation’s history cannot be understated … As the US Secret Service (USSS) investigates, the committee on homeland security … is dedicated to conducting rigorous oversight to ensure that the American people receive answers and presidential candidates receive proper and adequate protection.”

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According to the letter, the requested documents include:

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Documents sufficient to show the security plan to secure the perimeter of the event site

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All documents and communications, including but not limited to, e-mail, text messages … between or among any office within the Department of Homeland Security or the US Secret Service, and the executive office of the president, referring or relating to any potential increase or addition of protective resources to President Trump’s security detail from November 15, 2022, to the present

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Documents sufficient to explain the US Secret Service’s rules of engagement or protocols to assess and neutralize threats towards a protectee, particularly for possible assassination attempts

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Documents sufficient to explain the coordination between the US Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, and state and local law enforcement to screen the July 13, 2024 presidential campaign rally attendees

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Copies of any and all briefing materials created by the Department of Homeland Security or the US Secret Service, to include talking points used by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas or director Kimberly Cheatle, to brief President Joe Biden about the assassination attempt on President Trump

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In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press following Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, Bernie Sanders called for a move away from “radical rhetoric”.

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Opening up his interview with calls for political unity, Sanders said:

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I think in this traumatic moment it’s time for all of us to take a deep breath, remember what this country is about and what political campaigns are about, and they’re about serious discussions of serious ideas as to how we address these serious problems facing this country … If there’s any silver lining in this tragedy, it’s to figure out how we go forward peacefully, constructively and intelligently.

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The Vermont senator went on to add:

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The bottom line is, what we need as a nation, what a democracy, is about is not radical rhetoric. What it is about is a serious discussion of where we are as a nation and how we go forward. You know, in a certain way … politics should be kind of boring.

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You know, our healthcare system is dysfunctional. How do we fix it? Well, it’s kind of a boring discussion. But we need a healthcare system that guarantees healthcare for all people. We have massive income and wealth inequality. Well, maybe a boring discussion. Should three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society? So I think what we have got to see is serious discussion of serious issues, and not this kind of harsh rhetoric that we have heard for the last number of years.”

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In response to whether the rally shooting will impact the debate surrounding Joe Biden’s fitness for the presidency, Sanders said:

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No, I don’t. Look, I don’t. I mean, I think President Biden is the strongest candidate the Democrats have. I think he has a very, very effective record that he can run on.

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Melania Trump has issued a statement calling for political unity after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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In her statement released on Sunday, she wrote:

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“America, the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered, but our courage and common sense must ascend and bring us back together as one.

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When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron’s life, were on the brink of devastating change. I am grateful to the brave secret service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband.

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To the families of the innocent victims who are now suffering from this heinous act, I humbly offer my sincerest sympathy…

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A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald’s passion – his laughter, ingenuity, love of music, and inspiration. The core facets of my husband’s life – his human side – were buried below the political machine…

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We are all humans, and fundamentally, instinctively, we want to help one another. American politics are only one vehicle that can uplift our communities. Love, compassion, kindness and empathy are necessities.

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And let us remember that when the time comes to look beyond the left and the right, beyond the red and the blue, we all come from families with the passion to fight for a better life together, while we are here, in this earthly realm.”

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Authorities handling security at the rally at the Butler Park Showgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, have dismissed claims that Donald Trump was denied a request for additional security.

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The US Secret Service has called the claim “absolutely false”.

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Secret Service chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, wrote in a post on X Sunday morning:

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There’s an untrue assertion that a member of the former President’s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed.

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This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo.

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Theres an untrue assertion that a member of the former President’s team requested additional security resources & that those were rebuffed. This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo

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The pushback came after Florida’s Republican representative and army veteran Mike Waltz said he had “very reliable sources” telling him there were “repeated requests” for stronger secret service protection for Trump that had been denied by the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.

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I have very reliable sources telling me there have been repeated requests for stronger secret service protection for President Trump.

Denied by Secretary Mayorkas. https://t.co/RazOVcJgCk

— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) July 14, 2024

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US House speaker Mike Johnson has said “we shouldn’t be targeting people” as he urged Americans to treat one another with dignity and respect in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.

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He said there has been no figure in modern American history – besides perhaps Abraham Lincoln – who has been so “vilified” by the media and the legal system, as he says Trump has.

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Johnson made the remarks during an interview with NBC’s Today programme in which he acknowledged the country’s “heated” political environment.

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“There is no figure in American history – at least in the modern era, maybe since Lincoln – who have been so vilified, and really persecuted by media, Hollywood elites, political figures, even the legal system,” Johnson, who said he sent Trump a text after the shooting, told NBC.

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“And when the message goes out constantly that the election of Donald Trump would be a threat to democracy and that the republic would end. I mean it heats up the environment. We cannot do that. It is simply not true – everyone needs to turn the rhetoric down.”

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President Trump showed an incredible amount of strength last night.

Our prayers are with him, all the rally attendees, those who were injured, and the family of the individual who lost their life.

Congress will conduct a full investigation of the tragedy to determine where… pic.twitter.com/lZy9BZkB35

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“We’re all Americans, and we have to treat one another with dignity and respect. We can have heated political discourse and debates, but it shouldn’t be personal, and we shouldn’t be targeting people,” Johnson added.

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He also confirmed that he was in contact with the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, about the investigation launched into the shooting and is seeking answers over what the Secret Service saw leading up to the shooting.

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CNN has spoken to Evan Vucci, the veteran Associated Press photographer, who took the photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist in the air after he was grabbed by Secret Service agents.

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Vucci told CNN: “Over my left shoulder, I heard pops, and I knew immediately what it was, and I just kind of went into work mode.”

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Vucci said his experience in covering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped him to stay calm and focused in the moment: “That experience does help, trying to stay calm and understand you have a job to do.”

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“As a still photographer, I don’t get a second chance,” Vucci said.

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If you’re just joining us now, it is just after 8am ET and here’s a quick recap of what happened at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania campaign rally:

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Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when shots rang out at around 6.13pm ET. The former president was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents and taken for a medical check-up.

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As agents tried to move Trump off the stage at the rally, he said: “Let me get my shoes. Let me get my shoes.” Agents can be heard telling the former president: “I got you. Hold on. Your head is bloody. We’ve got to move.” Trump replied: “Wait, wait.” He then pumped his fist, mouthed the words: “Fight, fight, fight.” And the crowd at the rally responded with cries of: “USA! USA! USA!”

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In a statement, Trump – whose right ear could be seen covered in blood – later said he was “fine” after being “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear”. He had been taken to a hospital for evaluation and then reportedly discharged at about 10.20pm local time.

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The FBI is looking into the Trump rally shooting as “an assassination attempt” against the former US president.

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Trump returned to his home in New Jersey after the attempted assassination.

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One spectator was killed and at least two others were injured according to reports on Saturday night.

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The shooter was killed. The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the “subject involved” in what it termed an attempted assassination. Crooks was a registered Republican, according to state voter records. Officials have not publicly disclosed a possible motive.

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Secret Service agents fatally shot Crooks, who attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue at a farm show in Butler, the agency said. One person who attended the rally was killed and two other spectators were critically injured, the Secret Service said.

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US President Joe Biden, who spoke to Trump after the shooting, said he was grateful to hear Trump was “safe and doing well”.

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An attender at the rally said he saw the alleged shooter on a rooftop about “200 to 250 yards” away from where Trump was speaking to supporters yesterday. The BBC said they spoke with a witness who said they saw someone with a rifle outside the Trump rally, and tried to point him out to police, before he opened fire.

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I’m Fran Lawther in New York and we will bring you the latest news as we get it.

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Donald Trump has published his second statement on Truth Social since the Pennsylvania shooting on Saturday. In it, the former Republican president said he looks forward to speaking from Wisconsin where the Republican national convention (RNC) will be held this week.

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Trump wrote:

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Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.

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We will fear not, but instead remain resilient in our faith and defiant in the face of wickedness. Our love goes out to the other victims and their families.

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We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.

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In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand united, and show our true character as Americans, remaining strong and determined, and not allowing evil to win.

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I truly love our country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our great nation this week from Wisconsin. DJT

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The Republicans’ convention will take place from July 15-18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Fiserv Forum, home of the Milwaukee Bucks, earmarked to be the main venue.

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Wisconsin is one of a handful of battleground states likely to determine this year’s presidential race. It was one of the so-called “blue wall” states that Democrats once relied on, but Trump narrowly won in 2016, paving the way for his victory. Biden flipped the state back in 2020, and both campaigns are targeting it heavily this year.

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An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos and photos from the scene of the Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as well as satellite imagery of the site, shows the alleged shooter was able to get astonishingly close to the stage.

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The roof where the body lay was less than 150 meters from where Trump was speaking. For reference, 150 meters is a distance at which US army recruits must hit a scaled human-sized silhouette to qualify with the M-16 rifle. The AR-15, like the shooter at the Trump rally had, is the semi-automatic civilian version of the military M-16.

n Asked at a press conference whether law enforcement did not know the shooter was on the roof until he began firing, Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, responded that “that is our assessment at this time”.

n “It is surprising” that the gunman was able to open fire on the stage before the Secret Service killed him, he said.

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Republicans quickly meme video of Biden calling the ballot box the ‘battle box’

In his speech calling for unity after a shooting targeting Donald Trump, Joe Biden invoked the value of democracy as a peaceful way to contest power

“To call for action at the ballot box, no violence on our streets, that’s how democracy should work,” Biden said. A few seconds later, he misspoke, twice calling the ballot box, “the battle box.”

“In America, we resolve our difference at the battle box, that’s how we do it, at the battle box, not with bullets. The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin.”

BIDEN: "In America, we resolve our differences at the battle box. That's how we do it. At the battle box." pic.twitter.com/q11L5SJuU3

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 15, 2024

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Republican strategists and other online commenters were quick to criticize the slip and also meme the idea of heading to the “battle box” in November.

I admire the general sentiment but a 8-minute prepared speech where Biden mostly appeared to be staring at the ceiling and implored Americans to solve our differences at the “Battle Box” does not inspire much confidence in the current administration pic.twitter.com/WiUDZfzrqw

— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) July 15, 2024

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I admire the general sentiment but a 8-minute prepared speech where Biden mostly appeared to be staring at the ceiling and implored Americans to solve our differences at the “Battle Box” does not inspire much confidence in the current administration pic.twitter.com/WiUDZfzrqw

— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) July 15, 2024

Battle Box sounds sick af ngl pic.twitter.com/lIdegd5So7

— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) July 15, 2024

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In heart of speech, Biden warns against making politics a ‘killing field’

“Politics must never be a literal battlefield or, god forbid, a literal killing field,” Biden emphasized in his speech.

“Here in America, we need to get out of our silos, where we only listen to those with whom we agree,” Biden said.

“Nothing is more important for us now than standing together,” Biden said. “We can do this.”

From the beginning, American democracy “gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force. That’s the America we must be.”

Biden on suspect: ‘We do not know the motive of the shooter yet’

“We do not know his motives or affiliations, if he had help or support or communicated with anyone else,” Joe Biden said.

Biden’s unity remarks are brief

Joe Biden’s address to the nation, calling for unity, are brief, lasting less than ten minutes.

The shooting “calls on all of us to take a step back,” Biden said, praising the courage of the 50-year-old killed shielding his family from bullets and asking Americans to hold them in their prayers.

“We stand for an America of decency and grace … politics must never be a killing field,” he said.

As expected, Biden is calling for unity in his remarks

“Here in America, our unity is the most illusive of goals right now,” Biden says.

“In American democracy, arguments are made in good faith…” he says. “We owe that to ourselves. We owe that to our children and our grandchildren.”

Ballot box or the battle box

“Action at our ballot box. No violence on our streets,” Joe Biden says, then seeming to call the ballot box the “battle box” several times after that.

‘Cool it down,’ Biden says

“The political rhetoric has gotten really heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Joe Biden says in his speech to the nation.

Joe Biden expected to address the nation shortly

The president’s remarks in response to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump are scheduled to begin shortly, at 8 pm EST. You can watch them online here.

Wisconsin governor asks to reconsider widened no-gun zone around RNC: AP

Wisconsin governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, is asking officials to revisit a prior decision that allows people to bring guns within blocks of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee after an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press on Sunday.

Evers believes additional steps need to be taken to keep the convention’s attendees, law enforcement and the local community safe, the person said. The person could not discuss details of the request publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a Wisconsin paper, reports that “the move is unlikely to succeed.”

Will the attack on Trump end Democrats’ calls for Biden to withdraw from the race?

From Reuters:

Biden campaign officials said they expect that the assassination attempt will lower the pressure from congressional Democrats for Biden, 81, to step aside in the race amid concerns about his fitness for office. Some Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate have publicly called upon Biden to drop out in the aftermath of his shaky performance in a June debate against Trump.

“It’s over,” one White House source told Reuters about the attempt to push Biden out of the 2024 race. That may be overly optimistic, other Democratic sources said. The current wave of calls is over but is expected to resume once Biden inevitably stumbles again, they said.

From NBC News:

“The presidential contest ended last night,” one veteran Democratic consultant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to give a candid assessment of his own party’s standing less than four months before the election, told NBC News.

“Now it’s time to focus on keeping the Senate and trying to pick up the House,” he said.

Staff member of Democratic representative no longer employed after social post

The Democratic congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi says one of his staff members is no longer employed after he learned of a post she made about Trump on social media, the Associated Press reports:

Screenshots of her apparent Facebook post, which was related to the attempted assassination of Trump, circulated on social media after the shooting. The screenshots showed a post in which the staffer appeared to say she does not condone violence but suggested the shooter should get “shooting lessons” and should not have missed. The AP was not able to view the user’s private Facebook profile to identify whether the post was still up.

Biden campaign to pause verbal attacks on Trump after assassination attempt: reports

Reuters also reports that Biden’s re-election campaign “quickly upended its strategy” and is “calling off verbal attacks on the former president to focus instead on a message of unity”.

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