Democrats condemn apparent shooting at Trump rally

Top Democrats quickly condemned the apparent shooting that took place at former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

The apparent gunshots rang out as Trump was rallying voters in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump appeared to grab his ear before he dropped behind the lectern, and Secret Service agents swarmed on top of them. They surrounded him as he stood up, and he put a fist up to the crowd as they led him off stage. Blood could be seen on his ear.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung in a statement said Trump was “fine” and “being checked out at a local medical facility.”

“I am horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement. “Political violence has no place in our country.”

“My thoughts and prayers are with former President Trump,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) echoed in a statement on X. “I am thankful for the decisive law enforcement response. America is a democracy. Political violence of any kind is never acceptable.”

"As one whose family has been the victim of political violence, I know firsthand that political violence of any kind has no place in our society. I thank God that former President Trump is safe," former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Read Entire Article