Former President Donald Trump’s life was saved by an immigration vote he was looking at during Saturday’s assassination attempt, a former White House physician told The New York Times on Sunday.
Trump told Ronny Jackson, a Texas Republican congressman and former White House physician, that if he had not turned his head a little and pointed to a graph showing statistics on illegal immigration into the United States, the bullet that grazed his ear would have hit him more directly in the head and killed him. according to The remorse came after an would-be assassin climbed onto a nearby roof during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and fired multiple shots at the president before being neutralized by Secret Service agents, according to The New York Times. (Related article: ‘I should have died’: Donald Trump reflects on ‘very surreal’ near-death experience)
“He said, ‘The Border Patrol saved my life,'” Jackson recalled the president saying in an interview with The New York Times. “‘I was looking at the Border Patrol map,’ he said. ‘If I hadn’t turned my head to point at the map and look at it, that bullet would have hit me right in the head.'”
BUTLER, PA – JULY 13, 2024: Police officers work a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said the gunman died after shooting and wounding former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one spectator and wounding another. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
According to the New York Times, the referenced immigration chart shows a significant increase in illegal immigration under the Biden administration: Since fiscal year 2021, Border Patrol agents have encountered more than 7 million illegal immigrants. according to The latest Customs and Border Protection data.
Jackson said his nephew was among those injured. statement About X.
“My nephew was injured at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the former White House physician said. “Thankfully his injuries were not serious and he is doing fine.”
“My family was sitting in the front row near where the president was speaking, and we heard the shots ring out and then my nephew noticed he had blood around his neck and had been scratched by something and cut himself,” Jackson continued, noting that he was then treated in a medical tent.
The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Parks, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles south of where the rally was held.
Report: Donald Trump says slow-motion footage shows a bullet graze his ear and a last-second tilt of his head likely saved his life.
If Trump had not moved his head, the bullet would likely have struck him in the back of the head, killing him.
Trump says he turned his head and saw… pic.twitter.com/uXIEjHIcRA
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 14, 2024
Authorities said an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was found next to Crooks’ body and explosives were found in the vehicle he was driving, which was reportedly purchased by his father.
A GoFundMe campaign authorized by President Trump for victims of the shooting has raised more than $3 million so far. according to Go to the donation website.
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