Donald Trump is rallying supporters at the same Pennsylvania grounds where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July setting aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety. (AP video shot by Tassanee Vejpongsa / Oct. 5, 2024)
By Julie Carr Smyth, Jill Colvin And Adriana Gomez Licon The Associated Press
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting.
The former president and Republican nominee picked up where he left off in July when a gunman’s bullet struck his ear. He began his speech with, “As I was saying,” and gestured toward an immigration chart he was looking at when the gunfire began.