July 13, 2024 09:03 PM UTC

Assassination Attempt Against Ex-President Trump Fails

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• by: Colorado Pols

We’ve recovered enough from the initial shock to relay what the Washington Post reports from Butler, Pennsylvania:

A shooter fired multiple rounds toward the stage at a campaign rally Saturday for former president Donald Trump in what federal officials are investigating as an assassination attempt, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it.

The shooter fired at about 6:15 p.m. “from an elevated position outside of the rally venue” in Butler, Pa., about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said in a statement. Trump put his hand to his right ear and ducked after the first of several pops. Secret Service agents surrounded him and took him off the stage, his face streaked with blood.

The shooter is dead, and Trump is safe, Guglielmi said. He added that one spectator was killed and two others were critically injured.

An incredible photo from the New York Times’ Doug Mills captures the moment ex-President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated today by a shooter whose identity and motivations remain as of this writing unknown:

Colorado elected officials suspend partisan politics to wish Trump a speedy recovery and condemn this act of political violence:

President Joe Biden’s campaign has reportedly suspended its advertising as America’s politics as usual slams the brakes to reflect–for at least the next day and a half until the Republican National Convention begins on Monday. We’ll be watching for updates to this obviously major event, and while we welcome discussion of the story as it develops we reiterate the call for civility and respect for the common values that define us as Americans. If that doesn’t move you, follow the rule of not saying anything you wouldn’t say with your boss and/or mother in the room.

And if a prayer for the national interest is something you think would help, tonight seems like a good night for that.