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Less than one day after surviving an assassination attempt, President Donald Trump announced that he will be arriving to the Republican National Convention (RNC) as previously scheduled, full steam ahead.
The 45th president had previously sought to delay his trip to the RNC “by two days” after getting shot during a campaign rally on Saturday, but decided that he “cannot allow a ‘shooter'” to “force change to scheduling.”
In a post to his Truth Social, President Trump explained that “Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else.”
“Therefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee, as scheduled, at 3:00 P.M. TODAY,” he concluded. “Thank You! DJT”.
The 45th president then added “UNITE AMERICA!” with a separate post to Truth Social.
President Trump will join supporters and family members at the RNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is set to formally accept his party’s nomination for president, and further announce the name of his running mate.
The four-day convention will begin on Monday, just two days after the president had been shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. President Trump was swiftly rushed from the stage moments after his would-be assassin grazed his ear with a bullet. One rally goer was also killed in the attack, while two more victims are still hospitalized.
The suspect, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot by agents and killed, according to the FBI.
In the wake of this assassination attempt, law enforcement will expand the perimeter at the RNC, and create buffer zones around the events, CBS News reported.
Joe Biden also revealed that he asked that the Secret Service “review all security measures” for the convention during an address to reporters on Sunday.
“As I said last night, there’s no place in America for this kind of violence, or any violence for that matter,” said Biden, then rebuking the assassination as something “contrary to everything we stand for as a nation.”
Biden added that he also called President Trump on the phone yesterday after the shooting, noting that the call had been “good, short, and respectful.”
In the wake of the shooting, Joe Biden is set to address the country from the Oval Office at 8:00 P.M. ET Sunday night.