Donald Trump has departed for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Republican National Convention despite an assassination attempt on Saturday.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform Sunday afternoon and said he flew to Milwaukee Sunday afternoon. He said he felt compelled to go to the city where the convention is being held, even though he suffered an injury to his right ear from a bullet as he was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening.
Trump, who was treated and released from a Butler hospital that night, said he is changing his mind about waiting to travel locally to the convention.
"Based on yesterday's terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin and The Republican National Convention by two days. But (I) have just decided that I cannot allow a 'shooter,' or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else," said the former President and presumptive Republican nominee.
As he spoke at the open-air rally, a bullet grazed Trump's right ear. He was immediately surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents who rushed him off the stage and into a sport utility vehicle as blood was trickling down his face. After several shots were fired, the former President raised his right arm and clenched his fist to show he was all right.
One spectator at the rally died from the gunshots; two others were severely injured.
The shooter was 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was perched on top of a building where he fired the shots at the rally about 150 yards away. Secret Service agents shot and killed Crooks. Any motive remains unclear.
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