President Biden said Sunday that “an assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation," after former President Trump narrowly survived an attempt at his life at his rally, while vowing to ensure the U.S. Secret Service provide him with “every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure his continued safety."
Had Saturday’s assassination attempt been carried out against President Joe Biden, we have no doubt we would have read about how the right’s dangerous rhetoric was behind it. We are old enough to remember more than a decade back when former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s use of crosshairs imagery to identify congressional districts—or, as the
Nikki Haley, Donald Trump's rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, to speak at the GOP convention as the party rallies around its nominee after assassination attempt.
On July 13, 2024, U.S. Secret Service agents swarmed former President Trump on a stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman fired shots at the Republican candidate.
A staffer of Rep. Bennie Thompson was fired for allegedly posting "don't miss next time" after an apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, sparking comparisons with the similar attack on President Ronald Reagan.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said "politics is secondary" after the assassination attempt on former President Trump.