Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate.
At the rally, Trump talked about the shooting, acting out how he turned his head toward a chart of southern border crossings projected on a giant screen, narrowly dodging the bullet | Photo: Bloomberg
Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. It was exactly one week ago, even to the hour, even to the minute”, Trump said, reflecting on the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania that left him with a bloodied ear, killed one supporter in the crowd and left two others injured. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp I stand before you only by the grace of almighty God, he said, the white gauze on his ear now replaced by a skin-coloured bandage.
I shouldn’t be here right now”, he went on. Something very special happened.”
Trump was joined by Ohio Sen. JD Vance at the pair’s first event together since they became the GOP’s nominees at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
I find it hard to believe that a week ago, an assassin tried to take Donald Trump’s life, and now we have got a hell of a crowd in Michigan to welcome him back on the campaign trail, Vance said, speaking before Trump’s arrival.
Michigan is one of the handful of crucial swing states expected to determine the outcome of November’s presidential election. Trump narrowly won the state by just over 10,000 votes in 2016, but Democrat Joe Biden flipped it back in 2020, winning by a margin of 154,000 votes on his way to the presidency.
At the rally, Trump talked about the shooting, acting out how he turned his head toward a chart of southern border crossings projected on a giant screen, narrowly dodging the bullet that hit his ear.
I owe immigration my life, he said. It’s true.
Hours before he took the stage, Trump’s supporters crowded the streets of downtown Grand Rapids in anticipation of the former president’s remarks.
