[ April 14, 2026 ]
Former President Trump issued this statement in the wake of the assassination attempt on his life today:
I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
🚨 Trump, bleeding from his face after surviving an assassination attempt — raises his fist and screams: ‘Keep FIGHTING’
If you come for the King you best not miss. pic.twitter.com/pko2RQCPX2
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 13, 2024
Trump just got shot in the head and got up like a fucking gangster and fist pumped
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) July 13, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: ‘You Can’t Stop Him’: Trump World Reacts To Assassination Attempt On Former President
By: Reagan Reese, White House Correspondent, Daily Caller, July 13, 2024:
Trump world immediately reacted in statements to The Daily Caller to the apparent assassination attempt on the former president during a Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
With blood on his face, Donald Trump was rushed off the rally stage by United States Secret Service after what appeared to be multiple rounds of gunfire heard among the noise of the crowd. Trump allies told The Daily Caller the attack on the former president was “practically inevitable,” condemning the attack as “sickening” and “disgusting.”
“Obviously, we don’t know anything about the shooter yet, but they’ve tried everything at this point to get rid of [Trump]. I don’t think anyone is surprised by this at all, and to watch Donald Trump get shot at, stand up, fist pump in the air, shows you this guy is an effing gangster,” former Trump administration deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told The Daily Caller. (RELATED: Trump Apparently Wounded, 2 Reported Dead In Rally Shooting)
“He’s not going to quit. You can’t stop him. He loves this country and he wants to help every American. This is one of the most egregious, disgusting, dangerous moments in our nation’s history,” Gidley told the Caller.
As the Secret Service surrounded the bloodied president, grabbing his neck as sounds of gunfire rang out, Trump raised a fist into the air to signal to his supporters he was okay.
In the aftermath, the suspected gunman was dead and at least one rally attendee was killed, Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger told The Associated Press (AP).
“This assassination attempt follows years of escalating end-of-the-world, cataclysmic rhetoric by nearly every Democrat in this country,” Tim Murtaugh, 2020 communications director for the Trump campaign, told the Caller. “It was practically inevitable that someone would take a shot at Trump because the left has dedicated significant amounts of energy to winding up the radical fringe to viscerally hate him. There is no doubt in my mind that they contributed heavily to what happened today.”
The Trump campaign responded to the attack saying the former president is “fine” and thanking first responders for their action. Trump was reportedly taken to a local medical facility for evaluation.
“Just yesterday, Joe Biden put a post on X with just four words: ‘We must stop him.’ One day later, someone apparently has tried to follow that directive,” Murtaugh told the Caller.
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