Biden condemns violence in remarks

President Joe Biden delivered remarks on Saturday night after former President Donald Trump was injured and rushed offstage when gunshots have been fired at his political rally.

“There is not any place in America for this sort of violence,” Biden mentioned in Rehoboth Seashore, Delaware.

“It is sick,” Biden mentioned. “It is sick.”

“It is one of many causes we have now to unite this nation,” the president mentioned. “We can’t enable for this to be occurring. We can’t be like this. We can’t condone this.”

Biden mentioned he hoped to talk with Trump shortly, including, “apparently he is been doing nicely.”

Political violence is “simply extraordinary, it is simply not acceptable, and all people, all people should condemn it,” he mentioned.

Requested if he believed the capturing was an assassination try in opposition to Trump, Biden mentioned he had “an opinion” however wished to assemble extra information earlier than making extra feedback.

Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned shortly after the incident that he’s “high quality and is being checked out at an area medical facility.” Trump was seen with blood on his face and ear as he was evacuated by Secret Service.

The U.S. Secret Service mentioned, “the previous President is protected,” and that there’s an energetic investigation into the obvious capturing.

In a written assertion earlier Saturday night, Biden, who’s working for reelection in opposition to Trump, mentioned that he was glad to listen to Trump is “protected and doing nicely.”

“I am praying for him and his household and for all those that have been on the rally, as we await additional data,” Biden mentioned within the assertion.

“There is not any place for this sort of violence in America. We should unite as one nation to sentence it,” the president mentioned.

The assertion and Biden’s remarks adopted an outpouring of assist for Trump from his political allies and opponents alike, who roundly condemned political violence in all kinds.

Each of Trump’s presidential predecessors, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, had already shared their aid that Trump appeared to not be significantly injured.

“There’s completely no place for political violence in our democracy,” Obama mentioned in a press release on X. “Though we do not but know precisely what occurred, we must always all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t significantly damage, and use this second to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics.”

Bush mentioned that he and former first woman Laura Bush “are grateful that President Trump is protected following the cowardly assault on his life.”

Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was shot within the head in a 2011 assassination try and has since develop into a gun management activist, wrote, “Political violence is terrifying. I do know.

“I am holding former president Trump, and all these affected by right now’s indefensible act of violence in my coronary heart. Political violence is un-American and isn’t acceptable—by no means,” Giffords wrote.

Vice President Kamala Harris in a press release mentioned that she and second gentleman Doug Emhoff “are relieved that [Trump] just isn’t significantly injured.”

“Violence reminiscent of this has no place in our nation. We should all condemn this abhorrent act and do our half to make sure that it doesn’t result in extra violence,” Harris mentioned.

Not each response was nonpartisan.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a vocal critic of Biden who reportedly not too long ago donated to a pro-Trump tremendous PAC, wrote on X inside an hour of the capturing: “I totally endorse President Trump and hope for his fast restoration.”

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