[ April 21, 2026 ]
Lat night, just one week after getting shot in the face by an assassin, President Donald Trump held a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The crowds were massive. Fox reported: Thousands of people lined the streets of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Saturday to show support for former President Trump at his first rally since a would-be assassin tried, but failed, to take his life last week.
“Fight, fight, fight!” some in the swing-state crowd began to chant as Fox News Digital asked if there was any sense of nervousness after what happened at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a 20-year-old gunman killed one rallygoer, critically wounded two others and shot Trump in the ear.
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“West Michigan is fired up, and they are ready for a change in Washington,” Michael Markey, the Republican candidate for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, told Fox as he greeted rallygoers waiting in the growing line to enter Van Andel Arena.
Some rallygoers told reporters they spent the night outside the arena, while others said they showed up nearly 12 hours early to get a spot in line.
🇺🇸 The line to see President Trump and JD Vance later in Grand Rapids, MI is MASSIVE.
It’s only 10:40am, and Trump doesn’t take the stage until 5pm.
They can’t scare off these patriots! pic.twitter.com/Va717fgi48
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 20, 2024
This is the crowd awaiting DJT in Grand Rapids, MI. One week after the attack.
We've never seen anything like this.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 20, 2024
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🚨 Tonight, President Trump and VP nominee @JDVance1 will hold their first rally together – and the first since the heinous assass*ination attempt – in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
THOUSANDS are already in line.
The passion & energy are fiercer than ever.
Incredible 🔥
📸:… pic.twitter.com/Cotn23kCyQ
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) July 20, 2024
Trump delivered a 115-minute speech, and U.S. Sen. JD Vance, his recently-announced running mate, participated in his first campaign event with the former president.
He was in supreme Trump form.
“I shouldn’t be here right now, but something very special happened,” Trump told the Grand Rapids crowd. “The horrific last-Saturday event: it was exactly one week ago today, almost to the minute.”
Attendees then chanted, “fight, fight, fight” — a callback to the words Trump spoke as Secret Service agents removed him from the rally stage during the assassination attempt.
“They keep saying, ‘(Trump’s) a threat to democracy,” Trump said. “What the hell did I do for democracy? Last week, I took a bullet for democracy.”
Donald Trump: “They keep saying ‘He’s a threat to Democracy’… What the Hell did I do to Democracy?”
“Last week, I took a bullet for Democracy.” 🔥
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 20, 2024
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Watch in full here:
https://youtu.be/7MJw8G4qtuQ?si=31oqR3PADPGvldMW
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