California Leaders Respond to Assassination Attempt Against Trump

Published on July 15, 2024

California political leaders reacted in shock to the news that former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Gov. Gavin Newsom was one of the first Democratic leaders to express his condemnation of the attack against the former president. “Violence has NO place in our democracy. My thoughts are with President Trump and everyone impacted at the rally,” Mr. Newsom wrote in a post on X. The former president is safe after the assassination attempt, which occurred shortly after the rally began, but was injured when a bullet pierced his right ear. He released a statement July 14 on Truth Social thanking Americans for their prayers, adding that “it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”...

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