LIVE UPDATES: Trump Safe After Apparent 2nd Assassination Attempt

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

89% : In an X post, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump's top congressional allies, said he had spoken with Trump after the incident and that Trump was in "good spirits" and was "one of the strongest people I've ever known.
69% : Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, said he and his wife, Gwen, are "glad" to hear Trump is safe.
69% : Trump has confirmed that he is unharmed.
66% : House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he had spent the past few hours with Trump and the former president is "unstoppable."
60% : "Trump often spends the morning playing golf, before having lunch at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, one of three he owns in the state.
59% : In a campaign email after the incident, many details of which remain unknown, Trump confirmed he was safe.
58% : Trump had returned to Florida this weekend from a West Coast swing that included a Friday night rally in Las Vegas and a Utah fundraiser.
58% : Trump had returned to Florida this weekend from a West Coast swing that included a Friday night rally in Las Vegas and a Utah fundraiser.
56% : Trump was safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity Sunday afternoon in Florida, his campaign and the Secret Service said.
49% : Trump planned a town hall Tuesday in Flint, Michigan, with his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, followed by a rally Wednesday on New York's Long Island.
49% : A Secret Service agent that is stationed near of Trump while he was golfing "was able to spot this rifle barrel" and "immediately [engaged] that individual, at which time the individual took off," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told the news conference.
48% : In the aftermath, Trump checked in with allies, including his vice presidential nominee, JD Vance, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and several Fox News hosts.
48% : Around 1:30 p.m. ET, a Secret Service agent patrolling the Trump International Golf Course at West Palm Beach, where Trump was golfing, noticed a rifle pointed through the perimeter fence.
43% : Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a leading Trump ally in the House, wrote on X.A Secret Service agent walking on the golf course a hole ahead of where Trump was playing spotted the rifle sticking out of the fence and immediately opened fire, Palm Beach County Bradshaw said.
43% : A witness who took a picture of the suspect's vehicle and license plate number provided it to law enforcement officers.Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the gunman was about 400 to 500 yards away from Trump and hidden in shrubbery while the former president played golf on a nearby hole.
42% : Within seconds, he said Witkoff recounted, Secret Service agents "pounced on" Trump and "covered him" to protect him.
41% : "The leaders of a bipartisan task force in Congress that has been investigating the assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July said it is monitoring the Florida situation and has requested a briefing by the Secret Service.
39% : Currently, the suspect is only facing state-level charges, but officials say federal charges could also be levied.Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the entire golf course would have been lined with law enforcement if Trump was the sitting president.
37% : His campaign had not advised about any public plans for Trump on Sunday.
36% : In the wake of a previous assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Biden delivered a national address.
34% : The Martin County Sheriff's Office in Florida said it has taken a suspect into custody that is believed to be connected to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Trump.
29% : "The second attempt on the former president's life occurred two months after an event in Butler, Pennsylvania, in which shots were fired at Trump.
27% : Roughly two months ago, Trump was shot during an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania, and a bullet grazed his ear.
25% : The Republican speaker said he and his wife, Kelly, had been with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.Dave Aronberg, state attorney for Florida's Palm Beach County, says that his prosecutors are working on charging the would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump with state-level crimes, but said that federal charges are also possible.

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