2024-07-15 12:54:52
The party’s convention in Milwaukee is going ahead as planned, despite a shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
Trump posted on social media that he considered postponing his trip by two days, “but I just decided that I can’t let a shooter or a potential assassin force me to reschedule or anything.”
Due to the attack on D. Trump, attention has been increased to the security and protection of the event, which starts on Monday. But Secret Service RNC coordinator Audrey Gibson-Cicchino said during a press conference Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee that there would be no changes to the security plan.
About 50,000 people are expected to attend the four-day event. people as the party seeks to convince voters ahead of November’s general election.
Several reporters asked about guns at the Republican National Convention after the attack on Trump on Saturday that shocked the world.
The event takes place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where local law allows people to carry firearms in public.
The Secret Service will ban guns in federal convention spaces under its control, but a spokesman said they cannot police a “soft perimeter outside of our federal jurisdiction.”
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says that at the local level, the city has “banned things that we could have banned.”
“Banning weapons on the outer perimeter is not our competence,” Johnson said.
Even before the assassination attempt on Trump, there were concerns about the presence of weapons near the Republican convention.
Trump is expected to receive his party’s official nomination at the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Trump says he changed his upcoming speech at the Republican National Convention after the assassination attempt.
The former president arrived at a convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a day after 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks shot him from a rooftop during a campaign rally.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner on a flight Saturday night, Trump said, “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was supposed to be cool.”
“If [pasikėsinimas nužudyti] wouldn’t have happened, it would have been one of the most amazing speeches,” aimed mostly at President Joe Biden’s policies, he said.
“In fact, it will be a very different language now” and, according to D. Trump, it will be a message of unity for the country and the world.
His plane landed at the Milwaukee airport on Sunday night. He raised his fist on the stairs before his motorcade, supported by supporters, made its way to the hotel.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social website that he was going to delay his trip by two days because of the assassination attempt, “but I just decided that I can’t let a ‘shooter’ or a potential assassin force me to change my schedule or anything.” .
In another message, he wrote: “Now more than ever, it is important that we stand united and show our true character as Americans by staying strong and determined and not letting evil win.”
Trump was shot in the ear during the attack in Butler, Pennsylvania, which killed one spectator and wounded two others. The attacker was killed by the Secret Consul.
Speaking about the shock of what happened, Trump told the Washington Examiner: “This reality is just starting to set in.”
“I rarely take my eyes off the crowd,” the politician added. “If I hadn’t done that in that moment, well, we wouldn’t be talking today, would we?”
The FBI said it was not aware of any threat to the convention or those attending it, and the Secret Service said it was not anticipating any major changes to its security plan.
The convention will feature speeches from rising Republican stars and Trump’s yet-to-be-announced vice presidential nominee, as well as highlight the party’s stance on issues such as abortion, immigration and the economy.
Trump is not expected to speak at the event until Thursday night.
Based on information from the BBC and Sky News.
2024-07-15 12:54:52