A GoFundMe authorized by former President Donald Trump has raised more than $265,000 for supporters at his rally and the families of shooting victims during Saturday’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. share A link to the fundraiser, held on Sunday morning, featured an image of the father standing on stage with his face covered in blood and his fist pumped.
Help for Butler, Pennsylvania Victims – Approved by President Trumphttps://t.co/DXPMrvDyE6
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 14, 2024
As of early Sunday morning, the page read: raised $265,144 of the $1 million goal.
“President Donald Trump has authorized this account as a venue for donations to the supporters and families injured or killed in today’s brutal and horrific assassination attempt. All donations will go to proud Americans as they grieve and heal. May God bless and unite our nation,” the GoFundMe page reads.
Trump’s lawyer and senior adviser Alina Habba share She posted the link on Sunday. “This is in support of the innocent victims and injured in the attempted assassination of President Trump at yesterday’s rally, with President Trump’s permission. This is not our America. Please help if you can,” she wrote.
This was authorized by President Trump in support of the innocent victims and injured at yesterday’s rally as a result of the assassination attempt on President Trump. This is not our America. Please help if you can. 🙏https://t.co/yA7KbH6JaC
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) July 14, 2024
Trump was injured while addressing supporters at a rally and rushed off the stage, leaving one rally-goer dead and two seriously injured, Breitbart News reported.
The outlet reported on Sunday that the defiant former president plans to attend the upcoming Republican National Convention in Wisconsin despite the assassination attempt.
About two hours after the attack, President Trump posted on Truth Social offering condolences to the man who was killed and explaining that he had been shot in the ear.
“I was shot above my right ear. I heard the whoosh and the gunshot and felt the bullet penetrate my skin so I knew right away something was wrong. I was bleeding profusely and realized what was going on. God Bless America!” he added.
The FBI later identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Parks, Pennsylvania.
According to Breitbart News, “Next week’s Republican convention is being held two blocks from where President Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt in 1912. Trump’s defiant fist raised in the face of his killer evokes the manly swagger of the former Republican populist president, who famously said, ‘It takes more force than it takes to kill a moose.'”
