The assassination attempt against former President Trump has jolted the Republican National Convention, sparking discussions about security, the former president’s presence and a rallying effect heading into the week-long event in Milwaukee. This week’s convention had been expected to be a relatively tightly-scripted affair where Republicans were hoping to make few major waves as Democrats...
A local police officer encountered former President Trump’s alleged shooter on Saturday, just moments before a bullet grazed the former president’s ear at the Pennsylvania rally, The Associated Press reported. After attendees at the former president’s rally noticed a man climbing to the rooftop of a nearby building, they warned local law enforcement officials, the...
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) called on elected officials to drop the “hyperbolic threats about the stakes of this election,” in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Trump. In a multiple-post thread on the social platform X, the moderate Democrat chastised his fellow politicians for portraying their political opponents as “diabolical caricatures bent...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sharply criticized an anonymous “senior Democrat” who was quoted saying the party was “resigned” to another four years under former President Trump. Ocasio-Cortez, in a post on the social platform X, said Democratic members who feel that way should “absolutely retire” from their posts in Congress. “If you’re a...
President Biden on Sunday night made a primetime plea to lower the temperature in American politics after a gunman shot at former President Trump at a rally the day prior. “The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Biden said in remarks in the Oval Office. “This...
For Democrats, the phrase of the day was “proceed with caution.” A day after a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and after the Democratic Party continued to debate whether or not President Biden should withdraw from the presidential election, the president's allies and other party operatives were...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday called for congressional hearings into the assassination attempt of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Burchett said Republicans should forgo attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., this week, and, instead, return to Washington to investigate the shooting. “We need to get to...
President Biden’s reelection campaign will start up activities on Monday night after they halted them following the shooting at former President Trump’s rally, an official told The Hill. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will also start up activities. The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee takes place this week, and activities from Democrats will be part...
"The Daily Show" has canceled their Milwaukee tapings for the duration of the National Republican Convention this coming week, citing “logistical issues and the evolving situation in Milwaukee” in a post to the social platform X. The Comedy Central news-satire show was set to cover the convention as a part of their election year “Indecision...
The assassination attempt against former President Trump has rocked the political world. Trump was bloodied at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday after he said a bullet hit his ear, and one other attendee, as well as the gunman, were killed. The incident has sparked questions about security protocols and the shooter’s motives, and it took place just days...
Former President Trump and President Biden seemed to be sharing similar messages on Sunday. Just minutes after Biden finished remarks on the attempt on Trump's life the day prior, Trump posted “UNITE AMERICA!” to his Truth Social account. A gunman fired shots into a Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening. The former president...
A top official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the agency is looking into the shooting that unfolded at former President Trump’s campaign rally as an assassination attempt as well as a “potential” domestic terrorism act. “At this point [in] the investigation, it appears that he was a lone actor, but we still...