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President Joe Biden said every American must condemn political violence after Donald Trump was injured during a shooting at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
The former president was rushed from the stage soon after he began to speak, with blood running down his face, by his Secret Service detail who bundled him into a waiting motorcade. Trump\u2019s campaign said that is he \u201cfine\u201d and being \u201cchecked out a local medical facility.\u201d <\/p>\n
One person was killed at the rally, Butler County District Attorney told AP. Another spectator is in serious condition, according to CNN. <\/p>\n
Secret Service agents killed the suspected shooter, who was outside the rally when the shots were fired, according to law enforcement officials. The shooting is being considered an assassination attempt. <\/p>\n
President Joe Biden speaks on Saturday in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware after shots were fired Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania campaign rally, leaving him injured (AP)Speaking from a convention center at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Biden said he has been \u201cthoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government\u201d on the situation and that he\u2019s attempted to get ahold of Trump but had been unsuccessful, because he was \u201cwith his doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden said he plans on speaking with Trump\u2019s doctors as well, and said there was \u201cno place in America for this kind of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sick,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s sick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden said the incident at the rally demonstrates one of the reasons why \u201cwe have to united this country\u201d and said Americans \u201ccannot allow for this to be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot be like this. We cannot condone this,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe bottom line is that the Trump rally was a rally that he should have been able to be conducted peacefully, without any problem … the idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of. It’s just not appropriate. And we, everybody, everybody must condemn it,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
Former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania (Getty Images)Biden also told reporters he would make it known if and when he is able to speak with Trump, and said he will be receiving an updated briefing shortly. <\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s remarks came not long after he and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed on the shooting. <\/p>\n
According to a White House official, Biden received a briefing from Kimberly Cheatle, director of the US Secret Service, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and his Homeland Security Adviser, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall.<\/p>\n
Biden is at his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Saturday and received an initial briefing on the shooting shortly after leaving Mass at St. Edmond\u2019s Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n
Separately, the Office of the Vice President said Harris received what they described as an \u201cinitial briefing\u201d at her official residence in Washington, shortly after she returned from a campaign stop in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n
In a statement, Harris said that she and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are \u201crelieved\u201d that Trump was \u201cnot seriously injured.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are praying for him, his family, and all those who have been injured and\u00a0impacted by this senseless shooting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Harris added that she and Emhoff were \u201cgrateful to the United States Secret Service, first responders, and local authorities for their immediate action\u201d and said violent acts such as the shooting at the Trump rally have \u201cno place in our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former president was just moments into speech at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally venue when loud pops were heard to the left of the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump turned his head in the direction of the sound and appeared to have been struck by something near his ear. He then quickly dropped to the ground as the crowd began screaming and running.<\/p>\n
Within seconds,\u00a0Secret Service\u00a0agents tackled the former president to the ground and formed a barricade around him, shuffling off stage to safety. He was bundled into a waiting SUV by his security detail, with his fist raised. His motorcade left the rally venue at speed.<\/p>\n
Steven Cheung, communications director for Trump\u2019s presidential campaign, said in a statement that Trump is \u201cfine\u201d and being \u201cchecked out a local medical facility\u201d after he was tackled, then hustled off stage at the rally by members of his Secret Service detail after gunshots rang out while he was speaking.<\/p>\n
Cheung added that Trump \u201cthanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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