The world on Saturday night is decrying violence after former President Donald Trump suffered an assassination attempt and some of his supporters were shot at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally. One attendee was fatally shot and two were critically injured, according to authorities. Secret Service killed the suspected shooter.
While speaking, former President Trump turned his head just before a bullet sliced through the top of his right ear. Video capturing the chaos after the shooting has been replayed by viewers around the world, but here is what people in attendance witnessed and experienced. Mike Boatman, part of the group known as the Front Row Joes, has attended 94 rallies for the former president.
He said he was in the center of the front row and to his left, heard the pop-pop-pop of gunshots. He was stunned to see former President Trump clutch his right ear and disappear behind the lectern where he had been speaking. Then, he said he heard another volley of shots.
“I would have rather they shot me than him,” Mr. Boatman of Evansville, Indiana, told The Epoch Times. “He’s the only guy who can save this country.
” “They’ve tried everything to keep him from being the president again. They tried everything. .
.. Now they’re trying to assassinate him,” he said.
Tom King, general counsel for the Pennsylvania Republican Party, met with former President Donald Trump about 10 minutes before finding his seat in the second row to the side of the stage. He was.