Former President Trump called on Americans to come together on Sunday following the assassination attempt at his campaign rally on Saturday.
“Now more than ever it is important that we come together, show our true character as Americans, stand strong and determined and do not let evil win,” Trump said. I wrote in the post “I love this country with all my heart, and I love you all, and I look forward to speaking to this great nation from Wisconsin this week,” he said at Truth Social.
In the same post, the former president said, “Only God prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
Trump’s comments came hours after a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening, in which he said a bullet pierced his ear. The Secret Service said the shooter and a spectator at the rally were killed and two other attendees were seriously wounded.
The FBI identified the suspect as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
Late Saturday, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee confirmed that the former president plans to attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, which begins Monday.
