He also announced that he would order an independent investigation to help clarify the facts. He called on citizens to remain united in the face of an assassination attempt that the president said was “the opposite of everything we defend.”
The American President, Joe Bidenon Sunday described the shooting of his Republican rival Donald Trump as an “attempted murder” and promised “high” security for the candidate and the Republican convention that begins tomorrow.
In remarks from the White House Roosevelt Room, Biden asked Americans not to speculate about the motivations of the alleged attacker, who was shot dead on a rooftop near the campaign event, where Trump suffered a minor wound from bullets that lacerated his right ear.
“The investigation is in its early stages. We have no information whatsoever about the motives of the shooter. We know who he is. I urge everyone to please not speculate about motives and affiliations, but leave it to the FBI and the intelligence community to do their job,” the president said.
The first thing I want to do is that Trumpas a former president and candidate of the Republican Party, now receive a high level of security“, Biden said.
Trump is not yet officially the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, which normally prompts the Secret Service to increase security, although as a former president, Trump was already entitled to protection from that executive branch.
As a second measure, Biden announced that he has asked Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to review “all security measures.” security for the Republican National Convention“, which begins tomorrow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will last until Thursday.
As a third measure, the President has requested a independent research of the events that took place Saturday at the Butler (Pennsylvania) rally.
Biden has stated that violence has no place in America. “We may or may not agree on many things, but this cannot happen,” he stressed, adding that ‘Attempted murder is the opposite of everything we stand for’.
He completed his performance with a calling for unity of the country and offered his condolences to the family of the spectator killed in the shooting against Trump, former firefighter Corey Comperatore, and his support to the families of the two injured attendees.
Source: EITB
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