Counter snipers were positioned on building roofs, helicopters and drones circled overhead and there was a heavy police presence as Donald Trump returned to the place where an attempt was made on his life in July.
: Three months after a would-be assassin almost took his life, Donald Trump was given a hero’s welcome as he returned to the scene of his near-death experience, marking the home stretch of an election fraught with upheaval and violence.
“But by the hand of Providence and the grace of God, that villain did not succeed. He did not shake our unyielding resolve to save America.”Some die-hard fans began lining up the day before the rally, while thousands began piling into the Butler showgrounds throughout the morning, many wearing t-shirts with the iconic fist-pumping image of Trump - or variations of it.
“I remember just standing there when I heard ‘pop, pop, pop’. I looked at my friend, and we both ducked down, and I said a prayer,” she said. “You never think something like that is going to happen.” But while Trump began today’s speech with a more optimistic tone, it didn’t take long before he returned to form, hitting out at Democrats over everything from fracking and immigration, to transgender athletes and foreign wars.
Among those in the crowd was Damase Pendelton, who is black but was wearing a tee shirt that echoed Trump’s doubts about Harris’ racial identity.“My family came off a plantation and fought for freedoms,” he said.“So I knew I had to be here, to support him and be a part of history.” Harris, meanwhile, headed to Charlotte in North Carolina to check on the recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene and to meet with people impacted by the storm.
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