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'Let me get my shoes': Trump explains why he asked for footwear after assassination attempt
By Julia Gomez, USA TODAY,
2024-07-15
Former President Donald Trump explained why he was asking for his shoes while Secret Service agents began escorting him off the the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, moments after a gunman opened fire at his rally.
Video footage captured the moments after the assassination attempt on Saturday, when the shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks , opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle on a rooftop about 400 feet outside the rally. One person was killed and others were injured, including the former president and presumptive GOP nominee for the 2024 election, who said he had a bullet graze his right ear.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images
Why did Trump ask for his shoes?
When agents got Trump to the ground, his shoes came off, reports the New York Post .
“The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off," Trump told the New York Post. "And my shoes are tight.”
He also applauded the agents for taking down the shooter.
“They did a fantastic job,” he told the outlet. “It’s surreal for all of us.”
What happened at Saturday's Trump Rally?
On Saturday, at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a man opened fire on the president and the crowd of people surrounding him.
A Pennsylvania firefighter and two other local residents were identified as the victims in the shooting that targeted Trump in a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
The shooter, who officials identified as the 20-year-old Crooks , was killed by authorities moments after shots were fired.
Biden discussed the shooting during an Oval Office address and decried the shooting.
"There's no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence, ever, period, no exceptions," said Biden. "We can't allow this violence to be normalized."
Who are the victims?
On Sunday, authorities identified Corey Comperatore , a firefighter from Sarver, Pennsylvania who had two daughters and was an avid Trump supporter, as the victim who was killed.
Two men injured in the shooting – 57-year-old David Dutch of New Kensington, Pennsylvania and 74-year-old James Copenhaver of Moon Township – were still in critical condition at Allegheny General Hospital on Monday morning.
He wanted his cheap sparkling shoes he brought to panhandle! The entire thing is a lie…trump was just too calm!!
Linda Powers
07-26
right at the end of this photo you can see a military looking guy with a rifle in the back ground he started walking up to the car but the photo ended before you can see that military man pointing his rifle right at Trump as Trump was half way in the car. Another angle of a photo shows another military guy standing about 8ft away pointing his rifle at Trump's head point blank as Trump's head was up above the door of the car. Did anyone else see that.
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