2024-10-06 15:30:05
Former US President, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where there was an assassination attempt on the politician at his previous campaign event in July. The broadcast was carried out by Fox News, CNN, The New York Times and other media, Day.Az reports with reference to RBC.
NYT notes that this time security measures have been strengthened: surveillance teams have been deployed on the territory of the Butler Farm Show complex, the stage has been surrounded by bulletproof glass, and snipers are on duty on the roofs of neighboring buildings. In addition, a single command center was created on site for local officials, and specialists arrived there to detect harmful chemical, radiological and biological substances.
Trump began his speech with the words “And as I said…” and drew the audience’s attention to a table with data on illegal migration to the United States, the same one that was demonstrated on July 13, when Crooks began shooting. “I love this chart. I love this graph. Isn’t it great?” – he said. The politician then held a moment of silence in memory of firefighter Corey Comperator, who died in the shooting.
Continuing his speech, Trump said that Americans “deserve leadership that will not answer to lobbyists and bureaucrats,” but only to “the hardworking citizens of America.” “Over the past eight years, many have tried to stop us from achieving this future, slandered me, impeached me, indicted me, tried to remove me from the ballot and, who knows, maybe even tried to kill me,” the politician said. “But I never stopped fighting for you. And I never will,” he promised, addressing the crowd.
CNN notes that Trump previously tried to blame incumbent President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for the assassination attempt: “Their rhetoric led to me getting shot,” he said in September.
Businessman, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk came to support Trump at the rally. “I’m honored to be here,” he said. “You know, the real test of a man is how he behaves under fire. We had a president who couldn’t climb one flight of stairs and another who raised his fist in the air after being shot at. So who do you want to see as America’s representative?” he said. According to the entrepreneur, the 2024 elections will be “the most important elections of our lives.”