Although President Joe Biden didn’t respond Saturday for more than an hour after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, numerous other politicians—from both parties—were quick to comment.
“They try to jail him. They try to kill him. It will not work. He is indomitable,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said in a post on X.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who was shot and seriously wounded in 2017 by a political opponent of congressional Republicans, weighed in.
“Praying for President Donald Trump,” Scalise posted. “There is never any place for political violence.”
Trump apparently was grazed by a bullet fired at his rally in Butler, or hit by glass that was struck by a bullet. But his campaign staff and Secret Service said he was OK.
The shooter reportedly is dead after being shot by authorities.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a consistent critic of Trump, said he was “horrified.”
“I am horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe. Political violence has no place in our country,” Schumer said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called for prayers for the former president.
“Kelly and I are praying for President Trump and all the attendees of the campaign rally today in Pennsylvania, and we send our gratitude to the law enforcement who responded at the scene,” Johnson said. “I have been briefed by law enforcement and am continuing to monitor the developments. This horrific act of political violence at a peaceful campaign rally has no place in this country and should be unanimously and forcefully condemned.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, also posted on X.
“Violence has NO place in our democracy,” Newsom wrote. “My thoughts are with President Trump and everyone impacted at the rally today.”
A third-party opponent in the presidential race, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose father, the former New York senator and attorney general, was assassinated after winning California’sDemocratic primary in 1968, spoke out.
“Now is the time for every American who loves our country to step back from the division, renounce all violence, and unite in prayer for President Trump and his family,” Kennedy posted.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he was grateful for the Secret Service’s quick response.
“Tonight, all Americans are grateful that President Trump appears to be fine after a despicable attack on a peaceful rally. Violence has no place in our politics,” McConnell said. “We appreciate the swift work of the Secret Service and other law enforcement.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., posted: “My thoughts and prayers are with former President Trump.”
“I am thankful for the decisive law enforcement response,” Jeffries also wrote. “America is a democracy. Political violence of any kind is never acceptable.”
One Colorado Democrat didn’t get the memo.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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