Matt Gaetz organizing rally in honor of Donald Trump in Pensacola
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Gaetz wants to support Trump in prayer at a Pensacola church.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning a rally and prayer vigil in support of former President Donald Trump after an attempt to assassinate him this weekend.

Gaetz, the firebrand Republican from Florida’s Panhandle, is staging a “Never Surrender Rally” in Pensacola Monday at 5 p.m. Central Time. Gaetz plans the rally at the Marcus Pointe Baptist Church, 6205 North West Street in Pensacola.

His office announced the rally on Sunday and said the event would last about an hour and a half.

“Join Congressman Matt Gaetz to show your support and pray for President Donald J. Trump following the Saturday assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the announcement said.

Trump was grazed in the right ear by a gunshot as he was speaking at an open-air campaign rally Saturday at about 6:15 p.m. in the city just north of Pittsburgh. U.S. Secret Service agents rushed Trump from the stage as blood trickled down his face, and the former President raised his fist to show he was not seriously hurt.

At the Butler rally, one spectator died from bullets fired by the shooter, which also severely injured two other bystanders.

Secret Service agents shot and killed the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was perched on top of a building about 150 yards from the rally stage. Law enforcement officials found explosive devices in the car owned by Crooks at the scene of the rally and more bomb-making materials at his home in a town not far from Butler.

Drew Dixon

Drew Dixon is a journalist of 40 years who has reported in print and broadcast throughout Florida, starting in Ohio in the 1980s. He is also an adjunct professor of philosophy and ethics at three colleges, Jacksonville University, University of North Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville. You can reach him at [email protected].


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  • sharter maytr

    July 15, 2024 at 7:49 pm

    When is the pedophile dopehead party boy going to be expelled from Congress. I will celebrate that, not some rapist felon sharter pathological liar. Grazed my ass, an ar 15 slug would have torn Tramp’s ear off. Pray for your soul Matt

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