Trump Supporters Rally In Ocean County After Assassination Attempt

TOMS RIVER – The news cycle has been dominated lately by the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, but this wasn’t the cause of a rally the next day; it was a regularly scheduled stop for the Trump Train.

A couple hundred people gathered in the parking lot near Kohl’s and the closed Foodtown on Route 37. This is a sizable parking lot, used every year as a staging ground for the Halloween parade.

Many people decorated their cars in signs praising Trump or criticizing Biden, or “Brandon.” Some were selling merchandise.

The rally had been scheduled prior to the July 13 assassination attempt, but it is likely that the shooting redoubled the convictions of his supporters.

According to the Associated Press, Trump wrote on his social media site: “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place.”

Authorities said that the shooter was killed. One attendee was killed and two spectators were critically injured.

Biden was briefed on the incident and spoke to Trump several hours after the shooting, the White House said.

“There’s no place in America for this type of violence,” the president said. “It’s sick. It’s sick.”