Politicians rumored to be under consideration as former President Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 election were quick to voice their support for the Republican presidential nominee on social media following the assassination attempt that took place in Butler, Pennsylvania this weekend.
Senator J.D. VanceThe Ohio Republican, seen as the front-runner for the GOP vice presidential nomination across three betting markets, slammed the rhetoric coming from the Biden campaign and its supporters.
“Today was not just an isolated incident,” Vance wrote on X. “The Biden campaign’s central argument is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. This rhetoric directly led to the assassination attempt on President Trump.”
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Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump was hurriedly escorted off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum also voiced his support for the president on Saturday.
“We all know President Trump is stronger than his opponents, and today he demonstrated that,” Burgum wrote on X.
Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador and governor of South Carolina who is one of Trump’s most staunch challengers for the Republican nomination for president in 2024, also took to social media. It was revealed on Sunday that Haley She is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, but as recently as last week she had no plans to attend the event, which begins Monday in Milwaukee.
“This should send chills down the spine of every freedom-loving American,” Haley wrote to X.
“Violence against a presidential candidate should never be normalized,” she wrote. “We are praying for Donald Trump, the entire Trump family, and all those in attendance.”
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Former President Donald Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Getty Images)
Haley announced in late May that she would vote for Trump.
Haley won a total of 97 delegates in the Republican presidential primary and last week urged them all to be released and support Trump.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has also been mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate, tweeted a photo of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist in the hands of a crowd on Saturday.
“God protect President Trump,” Rubio wrote.
Trump is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on Thursday evening.
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Fox News Digital’s Breck Dumas and Paul Steisenhauer contributed to this report.
