Lititz, Pennsylvania — Former President Donald Trump mentioned throughout a rally on Sunday that he would not thoughts if somebody tried to shoot by means of the media riser to assassinate him whereas he was complaining that the bulletproof glass positioned round him was “ridiculous.”
“I’ve a bit of glass over right here, and I haven’t got a bit of glass there. And I’ve this piece of glass right here, however all we’ve got actually over right here is the faux information,” Trump mentioned, pointing to the glass positioned between him and the head-on riser the place the press was positioned. “And to get me someone must shoot by means of the faux information. And I do not thoughts that a lot. I do not thoughts that.”
He repeatedly mocked the media and reporters all through the rally, calling the media “bloodsuckers.”
Trump’s feedback got here as he was speaking concerning the bulletproof glass surrounding him at his outside rallies, a measure that was carried out after the assassination try in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. A bullet grazed Trump’s ear on the Butler rally, and an viewers member was killed. Secret Service snipers killed the shooter. Two months after the Butler capturing, one other man was arrested with a gun and charged with making an attempt to assassinate Trump, this time at his golf course in Florida.
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“The issue is, if you watch me tonight, you may say, ‘the President would not look that good.’ Nicely, how the hell do you look good? Have a look at the scale of this sucker,” Trump mentioned, whereas going to survey the thickness of the glass.
Trump later mentioned that there could also be a sniper within the area, harkening again to his first assassination try, and commented that his supporters could be his glass.
“Glass right here. There’s nothing over there. They’re my glass. See? These individuals are my glass,” Trump mentioned, pointing to the group.
In an announcement, Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman, mentioned in an announcement afterward that Trump was making an attempt to guard the media.
