Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump plans to return Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, setting aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety in order to fulfill a promise — “really an obligation,” he said recently — to the people of Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I’ll probably start off by saying, ‘As I was saying …’” the Republican presidential nominee has joked, in a bit of black humor about a speech cut short when a bullet struck Trump’s ear and he was whisked off stage — fist aloft — with blood dripping across his face.
Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, also will be on hand at the Butler Farm Show grounds, as will billionaire Elon Musk, as the campaign elevates the headline-generating potential of his return with just 30 days to go in their tight campaign against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
The campaign is predicting tens of thousands of people will attend what is being pitched as a “tribute to the American spirit.”
“President Trump looks forward to returning to Butler, Pennsylvania to honor the victims from that tragic day,” said Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt. “The willingness of Pennsylvanians to join President Trump in his return to Butler represents the strength and resiliency of the American people.”
Trump will use the 5 p.m. Eastern time event to remember Corey Comperatore, a volunteer firefighter struck and killed at the July 13 rally, and to recognize the two other rallygoers injured, David Dutch and James Copenhaver. They and Trump were struck when 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, opened fire from an unsecured rooftop nearby before he was fatally shot by sharpshooters.
__
Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
7 comments
Michael K
October 5, 2024 at 8:06 am
And at what enormous additional taxpayer expense are Americans paying for this campaign stunt?
A day without Michael K
October 5, 2024 at 8:11 am
You scumbags shell out millions for illegals.
Bobblehead Kammy
October 5, 2024 at 8:33 am
Yup. Where did that FEMA money go to?
Bwj
October 5, 2024 at 3:06 pm
The Trump administration pulled $271 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum-seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico. Trump’s 2018 budget blueprint proposed more than $1 billion in cuts to FEMA—11 percent of its total footprint. The proposal would make major cuts to six FEMA grants, including its two largest for preparing for and responding to emergencies. It would also entirely eliminate four grants, including funding for emergency food and shelter and training for first responders.
Billy Rotberg
October 5, 2024 at 6:07 pm
Biden has been president for almost 4 years.
A day without Michael K
October 5, 2024 at 6:09 pm
You blue turds shell out billions for Ukraine. They are more important than Americans according to you blue cultists.
Cindy
October 5, 2024 at 10:04 pm
Yes Ukrainian is important to economy’s in America.. they wouldn’t presue if not.
Donald says musk went to Yale. The background says Pennsylvania. And 2 days Stanford. And no he did not make rocket scientists 😭
Comments are closed.