▲ Behind armored glass, the Republican candidate for the US presidency, accompanied by billionaire Elon Musk.Photo Ap

AFP and Europa Press

La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 6, 2024, p. 19

Butler. Supporters of Donald Trump gathered again yesterday in the city where the Republican candidate suffered an attack in July, which left him with an injury to his ear.

Time stood still as this monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper position. Not far away, but by the hand of Providence and the grace of God, that villain did not achieve his goal.Trump told a crowd gathered in Butler, Pennsylvania, this time behind bulletproof glass. Images of the former Republican president with a bloody face, shaking his fist and screaming as he was dragged away by Secret Service agents, quickly went viral and marked the campaign.

Yesterday, many supporters wore T-shirts emblazoned with iconography from the assassination attempt, and some carried earplugs reminiscent of the bandage he wore after the shooting.

Trump’s defiant and highly publicized return to Butler came a month before the November 5 presidential election, a day that President Joe Biden warned could occur amid a climate of violence.

Trump has tried to revive the incident, announcing his return to the place where took a bullet for democracy.

Attention focused on the Secret Service, which was ridiculed in July for failing to provide adequate security a few hundred yards from where the shooter, before being shot to death, managed to fire eight times at Trump. Along with him, two of his followers were injured and firefighter Corey Comperatore died.

This time, security in Butler was much tighter, with sniper squads positioned in several surrounding buildings and a surveillance drone.

The Republican was accompanied by his vice presidential candidate, JD Vance, and billionaire Elon Musk, whom he has offered a role in the next government, if he wins the presidential election.

Musk, owner of Tesla and X, reiterated his support. The true test of someone’s character is how they behave under fire. We had a president who couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs and another who fist bumped after being shot. Who do you want to represent the United States?asked.