Just hours after a shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the former president’s aides said that the Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee as planned.
Trump “looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee,” the campaign said Saturday.
Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” he said in the post. “Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”
The attack, by a shooter who law enforcement officials say was then killed by the Secret Service, was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It comes amid a deeply polarized political atmosphere, just four months from the presidential elections and days before Trump is to be officially named the Republican nominee at his party’s convention.
A bloodied Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on July, 13, 2024. The former president was rushed off stage at rally after sounds like shots; the former president was escorted into his motorcade at his rally in Butler, Pa., a rural town about an hour north of Pittsburgh. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Former President Donald Trump touches his ear as he speaks at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July, 13, 2024. Trump was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Former President Donald Trump inspects his hand after touching his ear, as he speaks at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on July, 13, 2024. Trump was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Secret Service tend to republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump onstage after a popping noise was heard at a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
A bloodied Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on July, 13, 2024. The former president was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
People take cover as U.S. Secret Service agents surround Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on stage at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
A bloodied Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on July, 13, 2024. The former president was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
People hug after Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
People react after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots as former President Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on Saturday, July, 13, 2024. The former president was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is escorted into a vehicle at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
U.S. Secret Service agents surround the stage as other agents cover Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is taken to a vehicle at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Law enforcement officers gather at the campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler (Evan Vucci/AP)
A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP)
