WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden Sunday called for unity and pledged an independent review following the campaign rally in Butler on Saturday where former President Donald J. Trump was shot and injured. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said in remarks from the White House Sunday afternoon, […]
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden called Sunday for unity and pledged an independent review following the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday where former President Donald J. Trump was shot and injured. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said in remarks from the White House Sunday […]
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WASHINGTON — Thousands of Republicans will gather in Milwaukee beginning Monday for the party’s presidential nominating convention — a typically joyous occasion that will likely take on a different tone this year after a gunman shot at Donald Trump, injuring him, on Saturday. Trump, who will be formally nominated as the GOP’s presidential nominee on […]
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The FBI said early Sunday it had identified the man who shot former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler on Saturday as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park. Crooks was killed at the scene. Trump was pronounced safe shortly after the incident. Corey Comperatore, 50, of Sarver, who was at the […]
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Trump, who will be formally nominated as the GOP’s presidential nominee on Thursday, still plans to attend the convention and officials stressed the four-day event will go on as normal.
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The FBI said early Sunday it had identified the man who shot former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler on Saturday as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park. Crooks was killed at the scene. Trump was pronounced safe shortly after the incident. Corey Comperatore, 50, of Sarver, who was at the […]
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The U.S. Secret Service was investigating the incident that left two dead, including the apparent shooter, and two injured.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-16th District), who represents Butler, was at the rally. Kelly confirmed on social media that he and his family were safe.
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Biden declined to say if the incident, which is under investigation by the Secret Service, was an assassination attempt.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden denounced political violence during brief remarks Saturday night after a shooting abruptly ended a campaign rally that Donald Trump was holding in Pennsylvania. Biden declined to say if the incident, which is under investigation by the Secret Service, was an assassination attempt. “I have an opinion, but I don’t have […]
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