Moments after he was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, former President Donald Trump was seen with blood on his ear and cheek as he was rushed off the stage.
Texas leaders in both political parties expressed outrage and support for former President Donald Trump after a shooting at a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
U.S. Secret Service rushed Trump off the stage at the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after shots rang out. Blood appeared to be streaked across the former president’s ear. Trump was taken to safety. Trump later said in a social media post that he was shot in the upper right ear.
Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner and a long time Trump ally, was at the rally, standing about 30 feet away from the former president.
“It looked like the first maybe three shots missed him and he was turned looking towards me. And then the one grazed his ear and then he got down,” Miller recounted in a brief interview with The Texas Tribune.
Miller said Trump would be fine and expressed confidence that he would continue to the party’s national convention as planned. Miller had been accompanying Trump through swing states before the convention. Miller said he was unharmed.
The suspected shooter was killed and another rally attendee was dead, the Associated Press reported. The shooting is being investigated as an attempted assassination.
Texas leaders took to social media in the moments following the chaos.
“What a horrible and scary situation unfolding. Please join me in praying for President Trump and all those at the rally right now,” Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan said on social media.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/what-was-said-on-stage-after-trump-was-hot/index.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/13/donald-trump-rally-reaction-texas/
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