Joe Biden, President of the United States, urged this Sunday, July 14, 2024, to “lowering the temperature” of politics after the assassination attempt against Republican Donald Trump in the middle of an election campaign.
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In a resounding message to the nation, the 81-year-old Democratic president, who is running for reelection in the November 5 election against Trump, said on Sunday that Politics should not be a “death camp.”
The elections, he said, will be a “trial period.” after the attempt to end the life of the Republican magnate at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, July 13, where he was injured in the ear.
Both Biden and Trump had called throughout Sunday for “unity” in a politically polarized nation.
“Unity is the most difficult goal of all to achieve, “But nothing is more important than that right now,” Biden said in brief remarks from the White House, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and his national security chief.
The Democrat called his rival on the phone, whom During the campaign he has accused it of being a threat to democracy, to inquire about their condition.
The Democrat’s campaign has temporarily paused television ads.
Donald Trump also gave a message of unity
Trump, 78, also posted a similar message on his Truth Social platform: “Right now, it is more important than ever that we stand together.…strong and determined and preventing evil from winning.”
“Only God prevented the unthinkable from happening”he said of how close the bullet fired by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks came to his head.
The New York tycoon arrived this Sunday in Milwaukee (north), where this week he will be crowned presidential candidate in the Republican Party Convention.
Throughout the day, details began to emerge about the shooter and the victims of the shooting, who took the life of Republican supporter Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter who leaves behind a wife and two daughters. “He died protecting his family from bullets,” Biden said.
Two other attendees at Trump’s final rally before his nomination were injured and are in “stable” condition. David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, of 74, according to the police.
Where Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Donald Trump
Secret Service Snipers Crooks was shot dead after he fired shots from a rooftop 150 metres from the election site with a legally purchased AR-556 rifle. The weapon was initially reported to be an AR-15 rifle.
The FBI is investigating the incident as “an attempted murder,” but does not rule out that it is “a possible act of domestic terrorism,” said Robert Wells, assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division.
Some people who knew him describe the young man as “quiet” and “lonely”although authorities are still gathering information about his motivations.
The shooter’s father, Matthew Crooks, told CNN he was trying to process “what was happening.”
In their car, parked near the fairground of the electoral act, the Investigators found a “suspicious device” and were analyzing his phone to try to understand the motivations behind the most serious incident in American politics in decades.
Conspiracy theories emerge about the attack
In the face of criticism and incomprehension that something like this could have happened in the midst of the strong security device of the Secret Service that protects presidents and former presidents, Biden said that had ordered a complete review of security at the rally, as well as at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
“We are fully prepared and We have a comprehensive security plan in place, and we are ready“Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the Secret Service coordinator for the Republican convention, told reporters Sunday. Trump will be protected by the “highest level of security,” she added.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi rejected the claims. “absolutely false” that Trump had been denied additional protection before Saturday’s rally.
The assassination attempt has sparked conspiracy theories and accusations from Republicans.
Trump’s potential vice presidential nominee JD Vance said that Biden’s “rhetoric” had “directly led” to the attack on Trump.
The United States has a long history of political violence and presidents, former presidents and candidates are subject to strict security measures. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, while Ronald Reagan was shot, but survived an assassination attempt in 1981.
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