Trump says 'God alone' spared him after brazen rally shooting: Live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Urging people to stay united and to "show our True Character as Americans," Trump said: "I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from Wisconsin."-David Jackson, Sarah D. Wire, Sam Woodward, and Alison DirrNo word on shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' motiveLittle is known about Crooks beyond the fact that he lived in a home with his parents in Bethel Park.
70% : Trump thanked the Secret Service and other first responders.
61% : "Our love goes out to the other victims and their families," Trump said in a statement on Truth Social on Sunday morning.
56% : "Trump called on Americans to transcend politics and emphasized "love, compassion, kindness and empathy are necessities.
52% : - Jim RosicaSecret Service pushed Trump to the stage, eyewitness saysErin Autenreith, who sat in the middle of the front row at Trump's rally, said on the TODAY show Sunday that she heard "pop, pop, pop" sounds and watched as Secret Service men quickly pushed the former president down on stage for a couple of minutes.
51% : Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was recovering after he was injured in the right ear when a sniper opened fire Saturday evening with an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop about 400 feet outside a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania.
50% : A White House official said later Saturday night that Biden had spoken with Trump; Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Bob Dandoy, the mayor of Butler, Pennsylvania, where the rally was held.
49% : Trump told supporters Sunday that he would still attend this week's Republican convention in Milwaukee.
45% : "Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening," Trump said in an early morning post on Truth Social.
38% : But it wasn't clear if Trump would stick to his schedule in light of the shooting.
37% : Trump said in an earlier post on Truth Social he'd been "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear," adding that he "immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin."
32% : More: Uncertainty about RNC security after shooting at Trump rally in PennsylvaniaTrump flies to New Jersey after rally shootingAfter his release from the hospital, Trump traveled back to New Jersey, where he has a home.
29% : Trump added that "we will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness."
26% : At 6:11 p.m. while Trump is speaking, multiple shots are fired towards the stage, and just a minute later, Secret Service agents jump on top of the former president and escort him off stage.
25% : Biden earlier told reporters he had tried to call Trump, but the former president was with his doctors.
20% : More: Trump wounded in assassination attempt.
9% : "- Christopher Cann, Aysha Bagchi, Andrew DolphMore: Video captures chaotic moment when Trump reportedly shot on stage at rallyBiden phones Trump after assassination attemptBiden spoke with Trump Saturday night after Trump was targeted by a sniper at a rally in Pennsylvania.
4% : Biden calls it 'sick': Here's what we knowPresident Joe Biden, who is in a razor's edge race with Trump, and a host of Republican and Democratic politicians condemned the shooting.

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