Trump campaign GoFundMe for rally shooting victims raises more than $2M
Former President Trump’s campaign has raised more than $2 million through a GoFundMe campaign for the victims of the Trump rally shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania this weekend. As of just before 3 p.m. Sunday, the Trump campaign had raised $2.034 million, more than double its $1 million goal. The website listed a total of 27,900 […]
‘Russian Tactic’: Aide To Dem Megadonor Reportedly Suggested Trump Rally Shooting Might Have Been ‘Staged’
A top adviser to Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman appeared to suggest in an email to various media outlets that the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump may have been “staged,” Semafor reported Sunday. Dmitri Mehlhorn sent an email to a group of “sympathetic” journalists at 7:34 p.m. on Saturday encouraging them to consider […]
Poll finds two-thirds of Americans expect more political violence in wake of Trump shooting
That means 2024 could become a new, politically watershed 1968, marked by a bad actor attacking an iconic political leader. That’s the fear shared by a whopping 67% of Americans in a poll conducted following the shooting of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening. Two in three of […]
Shooting fallout: Civil war, survivalists on lockdown, gun sales to spike
The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on the eve of the Republican National Convention has raised new concerns that anger at his historic comeback could lead to more violence and even civil war. With multiple polls already showing that voters were concerned about political violence before Saturday’s shooting at a Pennsylvania Trump rally, […]
Corey Comperatore ID’d as Trump rally shooting victim
A former Pennsylvania volunteer fire chief has been identified as the victim killed by the sniper who shot and wounded former President Donald Trump. Corey Comperatore, 50, who served as Buffalo Township’s fire chief, was shot and killed by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, at the rally on Sunday where former President Trump and two others […]
Trump rally shooting: what we know about the suspected gunman | Donald Trump Pennsylvania rally shooting
Authorities say the initial profile of a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who allegedly tried to assassinate former Republican President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in the state on Saturday and was later shot and killed by the Secret Service is complicated and information so far is sparse. Thomas Matthew Crooks lived in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, […]
Melania Trump: Shooting was ‘brink of devastating change’
Former first lady Melania Trump on Sunday released a statement on the assassination attempt of her husband, former President Donald Trump. Melania said the shooting, which left Trump with a grazed ear but otherwise unharmed and one spectator dead, put her and their son’s life “on the brink of devastating change.” “When I watched that […]
What Trump did in split second during shooting that saved his life
Donald Trump turned his head slightly to look at the big screen as shots rang out at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening — and experts say the split-second movement may have saved his life. Trump, 78, turned to the right while addressing a crowd at the Butler Farm Show because he “wanted to […]
Trump rally shooting: What we know about the victims
(NEXSTAR) – One rally attendee was killed and two others were seriously injured Saturday in an apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump. All three shooting victims were identified as adult men. As of Sunday morning, police had not released their identities. Witnesses at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, said the man who died […]
Trump on shooting: ‘It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable for happening’
In further remarks on Sunday morning, former President Donald Trump thanked his supporters for their thoughts and prayers and said he credited God with helping him survive yesterday’s assassination attempt. “Thank you all for your kindness and prayers yesterday. Only God prevented the unthinkable from happening,” Trump began the post on his Truth Social account. […]