American law enforcement agencies are working to ensure the security of this week's Republican convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign event, Reuters reported today, quoted by BTA.
Trump escaped with minor injuries and is expected to accept the official Republican presidential nomination at the four-day convention, where more than 50,000 people are expected to attend.
Seventy-eight-year-old Trump had barely begun his speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night when 20-year-old alleged shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire – Trump escaped with a minor wound to his right ear, a 50-year-old volunteer police officer died at the scene, and two other people were in critical condition. The attacker was killed at the scene, and the FBI is investigating the motives for the action.
After the assassination attempt on my rival, President Biden instructed the Secret Service to review security measures for the Republican convention.
"We feel very comfortable working with the Secret Service. We are working with 40 law enforcement agencies in terms of what this (security) system will look like,'' said in an interview with "Fox" Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a key Biden supporter, said the violence against Trump should prompt both parties to step up security ahead of the Democratic National Convention in mid-August in Chicago. , the state of Illinois.