Trump shooting update: Sources say suspect was 20 years old, no motive revealed
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76% Very Conservative
- Reliability
30% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
96% Very Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-24% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
58% : It took two minutes from the moment of the first shot for Trump to be placed in a waiting SUV.58% : As the first pop rang out, Trump said, "Oh," and grabbed his ear as two more pops could be heard and he crouched down.
57% : "Trump could be heard on the video saying at least twice, "Let me get my shoes, let me get my shoes," with another voice heard saying, "I've got you sir.
54% : "Trump got to his feet moments later and could be seen reaching with his right hand toward his face.
46% : Video showed Trump turning back to the crowd and raising a fist right before he was put into a vehicle.Witnesses ducked for cover"Everybody went to their knees or their prone position, because we all knew, everyone becoming aware of the fact this was gunfire," said Dave McCormick, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, who was sitting to Trump's right on stage.
44% : The Secret Service said it killed the suspected shooter -- who it said attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue, a farm show in Butler, Pennsylvania -- and that Trump was safe.
44% : The roof where the person lay was less than 150 meters (164 yards) from where Trump was speaking, a distance from which a decent marksman could reasonably hit a human-sized target.
35% : As Trump was talking, a popping sound was heard, and the former president put his right hand up to his right ear, as people in the stands behind him appeared to be shocked.
34% : Trump is a rarity as both a former president and a current candidate.
33% : "He said once Secret Service and other authorities converged on Trump, he and Takach assisted two people who may have been shot in the grandstand and cleared a path to get them out of the way.
32% : As he saw Trump raise his fist, McCormick said, he looked over his shoulder and noticed someone had been hit while sitting in the bleachers behind the stage.
32% : When it was clear the situation had been contained and that Trump would not be returning to speak, attendees started filing out of the venue.
30% : North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the three men on Trump's shortlist for vice president, all quickly sent out statements expressing concern for the former president, with Rubio sharing an image taken as Trump was escorted off stage with his fist in the air and a streak of blood on his face along with the words "God protected President Trump.
23% : "History of political violenceThe perils of campaigning took on a new urgency after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in California in 1968, and again in 1972 when Arthur Bremer shot and seriously hurt George Wallace, who was running as an independent on a campaign platform that has sometimes been compared to Trump's.
22% : They pointed in particular to a comment Biden made to donors on July 8, saying "it's time to put Trump in the bullseye.
13% : President Joe Biden, who is running against Trump, was briefed on the incident and spoke to Trump several hours after the shooting, the White House said.
8% : Many Republicans quickly blamed the violence on Biden and his allies, arguing that sustained attacks on Trump as a threat to democracy have created a toxic environment.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.