Former President Donald J. Trump himself has spoken out to the American public just hours after a violent shooting took place at his Pennsylvania rally, leaving the shooter and one rallygoer dead and the ex-president injured and bloodied.
Earlier this evening, we all watched on bated breath as former President Donald Trump was whisked off the stage with blood on his face by multiple Secret Service agents at his Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally after several loud pops rang out through the crowd in what appears to be a possible assassination attempt.
In video footage of the incident that is quickly spreading across social media, former President Trump is seen suddenly crouching down as the loud noises ring throughout the rally. Multiple United States Secret Service agents immediately grab and surround the former president.
Trump was mid-sentence, showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when multiple, sudden, loud bangs began to ring out. The loud pops sounded like gunshots and Donald Trump immediately grasped at his neck and the side of his face with his right hand.
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There appeared to be a significant amount of blood streaked across the right side of his face.
Trump ducked behind the riser as agents of his Secret Service protective detail rushed the stage while screams rang out from the crowd. Even as agents swarmed the former president on the rally stage, the loud bang continued.
Donald Trump was seen attempting to fistbump and scream something intelligible at the crowd as his protective detail whisked him off the stage.
The ex-president’s campaign quickly released a statement to the public, confirming Donald Trump’s condition.
Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung released a statement: “President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”
The US Secret Service also released a statement, confirming, “The former President is safe.”
Now, Trump has personally taken to his Truth Social platform to give his own account of the terrifying and violent incident:
I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
The statement was also shared on the official Trump Team X (formerly known as Twitter) account.
Trump’s claims about the bullet piercing his ear are in contradiction of previous reporting that cited sources claiming the ex-president was struck and injured by broken glass from his teleprompter and not a bullet.
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