Reaction of politicians in Michigan to shooting at Trump rally: “Horrified”
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Watch the moment former President Donald Trump was pushed off the stage after shots rang out while he was addressing supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
Republicans in the US state of Michigan expressed concern for the well-being of former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening after he was dragged from a rally stage in Pennsylvania with a bloody face following an apparent assassination attempt.
“There is so much we don’t know,” said former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. “My only message is: Pray for the president and for the country.”
Hoekstra said he heard the president appeared to be doing well after the incident, shortly after a rally began in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung issued a statement saying the former president was “doing well and being evaluated at a local medical facility.”
Trump is running for re-election as a Republican against President Joe Biden. Trump’s nominating convention is scheduled to begin this week in Milwaukee, with thousands of delegates expected to attend.
Hoekstra said Saturday night that people he spoke to “said it sounded like a gunshot.” The FBI confirmed later Saturday night that Trump was the target of an assassin and that the gunman and an innocent bystander at the rally were killed.
Hoekstra was Trump’s ambassador to the Netherlands when he was president, and the former president nominated him as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party ahead of this year’s election.
Other Republicans also expressed their concern and well wishes for the former president. Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton), whom Trump endorsed this year in the race for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, issued a statement on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
“This is a somber moment for our nation. We pray for President Trump and all Americans today,” Rogers said.
Former Senator Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte), who is running for the vacant U.S. House seat for Michigan’s 7th congressional district, also posted on X: “Ashley (his wife) and I are praying for President Trump and any innocent participants who may have been injured at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. Violence has no place in politics.”
Republican U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain of Bruce Township, a close ally of the former president, posted a photo of Trump’s bloodied face raising his fist to the crowd. The caption read, “God bless President Trump. We are praying for you!” Republican U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar of Caledonia wrote on social media, “We are praying for President Trump and everyone at his rally today.”
Republican U.S. Rep. John James of Shelby Township posted several messages, one of which began: “Please pray for President Trump and all those involved in the aftermath of the shooting that occurred at his rally today.”
He followed up with another photo, which he posted, and captioned it: “He’s bleeding from the head and his first instinct is to calm his troops! What a hero!”
He then posted a third message saying: “They tried to silence him. They tried to lock him up. And now they tried to kill him.”
Several Democrats in Michigan also reacted, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer. For her, the prospect of political violence is nothing new after several men were charged and convicted of kidnapping her four years ago.
“There is no place for political violence in this country, period. This is not how we resolve our differences,” Whitmer wrote on X. “I am appalled by this news and we will be monitoring the situation closely. I am grateful to law enforcement who took immediate action.”
Democratic U.S. Representative Dan Kildee of Flint Township also posted a message on X saying, “Violence is never the answer. I’m glad the former president is safe. I hope the other participants in today’s rally feel the same.”
“I’m following the news from the Trump rally and hope for the former president’s safety,” U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), who is running as a Democrat for the vacant U.S. Senate seat, wrote on social media. “I’m grateful for the quick response from intelligence and law enforcement. Political violence has no place in our country and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms, as all Americans should.”
Like Michigan, Pennsylvania is a hotly contested swing state in this year’s presidential election. Trump was last in Michigan in mid-June, where he took part in a panel discussion at a church in Detroit. Biden campaigned at a rally in Detroit on Friday evening.
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