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David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to the president in the Obama White House, warned that Saturday’s Trump rally shooting could invigorate Republican National Convention attendees next week.
Former President Donald Trump, “assuming he is up for attending, and I assume he will be, will be greeted as a kind of martyr of this event and I think it could be angrier or could be more somber,” Axelrod said on CNN. “But it’s certainly not going to be the same.”
Axelrod, who is also a political commentator for the network, made the comment just hours after Trump was shot at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Just minutes into his rally, the former president fell to the ground before Secret Service agents rushed him off the stage to safety.
Trump later confirmed he had been shot in the ear.
“Horrendous news from PA,” Axelrod wrote on X. “In America, we settle our differences through our votes, not violence. Violence is never the answer.”
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Former President Donald Trump, “assuming he is up for attending, and I assume he will be, will be greeted as a kind of martyr of this event and I think it could be angrier or could be more somber,” Axelrod said on CNN. “But it’s certainly not going to be the same.”
Axelrod, who is also a political commentator for the network, made the comment just hours after Trump was shot at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Just minutes into his rally, the former president fell to the ground before Secret Service agents rushed him off the stage to safety.
Trump later confirmed he had been shot in the ear.
“Horrendous news from PA,” Axelrod wrote on X. “In America, we settle our differences through our votes, not violence. Violence is never the answer.”
Trump will go to GOP convention a ‘martyr’: Ex-Obama strategist - Washington Examiner
David Axelrod warned that Saturday’s Trump rally shooting could invigorate Republican National Convention attendees next week.
www.washingtonexaminer.com