The POST said that Trump was bandaged but photos were not permitted to be taken..
Some quotes:
On the shooting: “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump said. “I’m supposed to be dead”
On the “get my shoes” request.. “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” he said with a smile.
On the shooter: “They took him out with one shot right between the eyes,” the former president said as he pointed to the bridge of his nose. “They did a fantastic job,” he added. “It’s surreal for all of us.”
On the photo and the “fight” with a fist pump: “A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen,” Trump said. “They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture.” He added, “I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.”
“By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here,” he said.
Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting.
The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally.
Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials.
Online sleuths are working in overdrive to find any public information, including footage that could be Crooks at graduation in Bethel Park from a few years ago.
The world was rocked tonight as Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler Pennsylvania during a campaign rally. Early reports indicate that 12,000 people were in attendance. A shooter opened fire on the former President during his speech, with at least the bullet or a fragment from Trump’s teleprompter hitting his face. Others in the crowd were injured and killed.
The FBI has called the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night an attempted assassination.
“This evening, we had what we’re calling an assassination attempt against our former President Donald Trump. It’s still an active crime scene,” said Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, speaking at a news conference in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He said authorities are “working feverishly to attempt to identify the individual who did this and any motives behind why this was done,” and asked the public to reach out with any information that might help.
A summary of events as being reported at press time…
The moment when the incident occured:
From posts on Twitter, imagery of the scene behind the President with blood-soaked bleachers…
Interviews with eyewitnesses
Interview with a man who said that they saw the attempted assassin watching a man on the roof.. they reported it to the police and the witness claimed the police did make attempts to stop him.
BUT IS IT!? NOT EVERYTHING YOU READ ONLINE IS TRUE..
This is not a video of the shooter at Trump's Pennsylvania rally. This is the exact same X user who pretended to be the shooter in an odd trolling attempt.
Just in: NEW FROM PA STATE POLICE SOURCES: President Trump was not struck by a bullet, but hit by glass fragments believed to have come from the shattered teleprompter from the gunfire. They were real bullets.
They hit at least 2 people behind or near the stage and possibly more…
Secret Service says President is safe..
A gunman and one audience member are dead after a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, according to the local district attorney. Another spectator is in serious condition.
Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage after loud bangs were heard and he fell to the ground at the start of a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night. The Secret Service says Trump is safe and under protective measures.
It was not immediately clear what occurred, but Trump was swarmed by agents on stage after the bangs were heard. Blood could be seen on Trump’s face, and he raised a fist to the crowd as he was rushed away.
The assassination attempt came after a busy day of campaigning for both Trump and President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
County District Attorney Richard Goldfinger said one person is believed to be dead and "possibly a second" is dead from the incident at this rally. He said the person believed to be dead was "someone in the crowd." https://t.co/1jRoqgJUw9
Get ready for a strange time in the race for the presidency..
Late Friday night as an exclusive ABC interview with President Biden conducted by George Stephanopolis was set to air, X users such as Laura Loomer spread Information that Biden had a medical emergency abroad Air Force One.
Rumors that eventually appeared to be untrue as Biden was shown getting off the plane in Delaware..
This will be one of many countless rumors as Democratic officials try figuring out where the party goes next..
Developing..
Despite no evidence, Laura Loomer doubled down on reporting..
Massive coverup taking place by @bidenhq right now as they are having to explain to press why they abruptly pulled their access today when they were told they’d be traveling with @JoeBiden.
Biden had a medical emergency on the plane today, as I reported, and is now having a… https://t.co/LMkmCLBVeU
No. This was posted after I posted my report, which I stand by.
You have provided no evidence to counter my report. Meanwhile I have shown how events have been canceled and media had their access revoked due to Biden having a medical emergency.
President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.
The conversation is the first indication to become public that the president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday. Concerns are mounting about his viability as a candidate and whether he could serve as president for another four years.
President Joe Biden never started his debate preparation before 11 a.m. and was always “given time for an afternoon nap each day,” according to a New York Times report on the lead-up to Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week.
“In the weeks and months before President Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless, or would lose the thread of conversations,” reported the New York Times on Tuesday.
BIDEN STAFF REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN HIDING HIM FROM OTHERS FOR MONTHS.. TOP AIDES SHIELDED HIM FROM STAFF–THE DEBATES SHOWCASED WHAT WE HAVE ALL SUSPECTED WAS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES..
And now that the debate became a dumpster fire for the White House, all eyes are on First Lady Jill and the money men behind the scenes who are clamoring for him to step aside in ‘24..
AXIOS has reporting.. Biden’s behavior stunned many in the White House in part because Biden’s closest aides — often led by Jill Biden’s top aide, Anthony Bernal, and deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini — took steps early in his term to essentially rope off the president. Even the White House’s residence staff, which serves the first family in the mansion’s living quarters, has been kept at arm’s length. A former residence official told Axios that Jill Biden was “so protective of the president, and then Anthony just protects her, and they often wouldn’t let us do anything for them.” “The separation between the family and the residence staff was so big, so divided,” the former official said. “It’s not supposed to be and usually isn’t, even in the Trump White House.” A White House official said the president “is deeply appreciative of the residence staff’s work, but is unused to being waited on regularly or having butlers, so some staff are often allowed to go home early.”
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All of this is insulting.. Democratic strategists and talking heads on TV have said for months that Biden is svelte behind the scenes.. he is engaged. He does back flips from Marine One to the Rose Garden..
And now we see none of that was true–which our eyes were able to perceive on our own..
As Dark Brandon crashes to the ground, the rats are coming out of the corn field to ‘tell all.’ This may just the beginning of what was occurring behind the scenes..
Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
The ruling was 4-3 and will be placed on hold pending appeal until January 4, pending a certain appeal to the US Supreme Court, which could settle the matter for the nation.
The Trump campaign said it would swiftly file an appeal and described the ruling as “a completely flawed decision.”
