Washington: Former US president Donald Trump in his first campaign rally since surviving an attempted assassination attempt has dismissed concerns raised
Washington: Former US president Donald Trump in his first campaign rally since surviving an attempted assassination attempt has dismissed concerns raised by critics that he is a threat to democracy, telling a large crowd in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy.”
In the rally in Michigan on Saturday, Trump, who is the Republican presidential nominee for the November 5 elections, was joined by his running mate J D Vance.
More than 12,000 people piled into the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids to see him and his running mate.
“They keep saying he’s a threat to democracy. I’m saying, ‘’What the hell did I do to democracy?’ Last week I took a bullet for democracy,” Trump said, referencing an often-used Democrat talking point.
“What did I do against democracy? Crazy,” Trump, 78, said amidst applause from thousands of his supporters.
Trump’s comments come one week since the former president survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Pennsylvania.
