(The Center Square) – In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Illinois officials condemned political violence and urged for unity. In Butler County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, just minutes into a political rally speech, Trump quickly halted his speech, grabbed his right ear and ducked behind a podium on stage in a […]
(The Center Square) – Republican and Democratic leaders in Texas are condemning the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. While Republicans have referred to it as an assassination attempt and used it as a rallying cry to support Trump’s reelection bid for president, members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation have described it as “political […]
(The Center Square) — Despite everyday political differences, Virginia’s political figures spoke with mostly one voice on social media and in official statements, condemning the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday evening. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Sunday afternoon praising the former president for his […]
(The Center Square) – Violence doesn’t have a place in politics, said North Carolina’s leaders of both major parties in Raleigh and Washington in the aftermath of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Democrats and Republicans posting messages to social media, through words or video, were in agreement against violence. Most encouraged prayers […]
(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump’s felony convictions in New York did not hurt his numbers in Tennessee. In fact, Trump’s 34 felony convictions for falsifying documents made 34% of Tennesseans more likely to vote for him while just 22% said it made them less likely to vote for him, according to a […]
Public Opinion Strategies, a polling firm used by NBC News in its latest poll, revealed a massive mistake in a survey released Sunday that appeared to show President Joe Biden ahead by 3 percentage points nationally. Former President Donald Trump, not Biden, had been ahead by 3 points in a multicandidate race, according to a […]
Despite owner Elon Musk’s attempt to moderate the liberal bias of his X social media platform, a “radical remnant” on the site formerly called “Twitter” is boosting leftist politicians far more than conservatives, according to a new analysis. Consider: X’s supposedly unbiased algorithm views Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as the least toxic House member and […]
The U.S. Secret Service announced Monday it has reviewed and strengthened security plans for the Republican National Convention in light of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday. The announcement comes a day after the agency said it would not make major changes to security plans for the convention, where Trump is […]
MSNBC has elected to air an NBC News special report rather than Morning Joe Monday morning after former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt on Saturday. The show, which features several panelists and has been critical of the former president, was not aired, but the show’s X account did say it […]
Assassination nation The 2024 presidential contest turned uglier than anyone imagined on Saturday when former President Donald Trump survived what appeared to be an attempt on his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Once ubiquitous in American politics, political violence has generally receded into the background. The domestic terrorist attacks and assassinations that plagued […]
