Former President Donald Trump on Saturday night issued a statement after he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania just hours earlier.
"Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured," former President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
The former president confirmed in his statement that he was "Shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear," adding that he "Knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin."
"Former President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., issued a statement on his father's health, saying he is in "great spirits" after the incident.
Before former President Trump allowed Secret Service to whisk him off the stage, he made a conscious effort to let the crowd know he was ok with some fist pumps in the air while looking around at the crowd.
"While we are surging these resources, we want to be very clear that we see no nexus to NYC at this time," wrote Fabien Levy on X. Mr. Levy said the mayor "Has been briefed on the incident involving former President Trump in Pennsylvania [and] continues to get updates." After the incident, several top Democrats, including President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama, condemned the shooting.
"There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy," former President Obama wrote in a statement, adding that "We should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn't seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics."
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