Trump: "NEVER SURRENDER . . . Former President Donald Trump's joint fundraising committee sent an email and text message Sunday afternoon. They linked to a WinRed page that shows a stylized image of Trump raising his fist after he was shot, along with the words: "I am Donald J. Trump and I will NEVER SURRENDER." He wrote Sunday: "Based on yesterday's terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a 'shooter,' or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else. Therefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee, as scheduled, at 3:30 P.M. TODAY. Washington Times
Trump marvels at his close call . . . Trump was standing at the podium and began to refer to a large screen, hanging to his right, that showed statistics about immigration. To better see the screen, Trump turned his head to the right and a little up, and at the millisecond in which his head was at just the right angle for the bullet to graze his ear but not enter his skull — at that moment, the bullet whizzed by. Trump suffered a bloody wound to his ear, but no other injuries. It seemed like a miracle. "The most incredible thing was that I happened to not only turn but to turn at the exact right time and in just the right amount," Trump said. "If I only half-turn, it hits the back of the brain. The other way goes right through [the skull]. And because the sign was high, I'm looking up. The chances of my making a perfect turn are probably one tenth of one percent, so I'm not supposed to be here." Washington Examiner
Trump rewrites Republican convention speech to focus on unity, not Biden . . . Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the assassination attempt against him on Saturday and will call on Thursday for a new effort at national unity. Trump said he wanted to take advantage of a historic moment and draw the country together. "The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger," he said, "Had this not happened, this would've been one of the most incredible speeches" aimed mostly at the policies of President Joe Biden. "Honestly, it's going to be a whole different speech now." Washington Examiner
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Trump Shooting
Secret Service blames local police, says it was tasked with securing perimeter . . . The Secret Service blamed local police for failing to secure the rooftop from which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, insisting it was outside of the perimeter the federal agency was tasked with protecting. Instead, securing and patrolling the factory grounds of AGR International Inc. — located about 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking Saturday — was the responsibility of local Pennsylvania police, Secret Service representative Anthony Gugliemi said. New York Post
Local cop confronted would-be Trump assassin on roof but failed to stop him . . . A local cop spotted attempted assassin Thomas Crooks just moments before he tried to kill former president Donald Trump — but failed to stop the gunman despite the clear threat, according to a report. After rallygoers spotted Crooks on the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were notified and one officer climbed a ladder to investigate. The officer – whose department had been enlisted by the Secret Service to help with security — encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them. New York Post
Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was loner 'relentlessly' bullied in high school . . . The 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday was described by former classmates as a bullied loner with a penchant for hunting outfits and video games. Thomas Matthew Crooks was killed by the Secret Service on Saturday evening after he opened fire at the Butler Farm Show grounds, grazing Trump and killing another attendee. Crooks – who graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022 – was a loner who was "relentlessly" bullied, former classmate Jason Kohler told KDKA. New York Post
Effort to remove Biden looks finished . . . The effort to replace President Biden as the Democratic Party's 2024 nominee has lost all momentum and is essentially "over" following the assassination attempt against former President Trump, allies of the president say "I think it's over," one ally to the president told NBC News. "You just lose all momentum.""They were having a very bad political day, and then we had this supernova event. Now, it's frozen," one Democratic strategist told the outlet. Fox News
Hours before attack Biden called Trump a dictator who would take freedoms away . . .
Nine House Democrats tried to nix Secret Service protection for Trump . . . Nine Democrats in the U.S. House sought to strip former President Donald Trump of his Secret Service detail just months before an assassination attempt was made against him on Saturday. After Trump survived the shooting, one of their staffers reportedly said in a Facebook post the shooter needed shooting lessons so he wouldn't "miss the next time." The post has since been deleted and the staffer has been fired. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chaired the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attacks, introduced a bill in April to strip Trump of his Secret Service detail. The bill was introduced on April 19 and has gone nowhere in the Republican- controlled House. Just the News
Dem staffer axed after saying Trump gunman should have taken 'shooting lessons' . . . A staffer for a Democratic congressman from Mississippi was fired for her inflammatory comments saying she hoped the shooter who targeted Donald Trump "wouldn't miss next time." "I don't condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don't miss next time ooops that wasn't me talking," Jacqueline Marsaw wrote on Facebook Saturday evening. Marsaw, of Natchez, worked as a field director of Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Natchez Democrat reported. New York Post
Liberal media claim Trump helped cause his own assassination attempt . . . Some corporate and liberal media outlets insisted Sunday that former President Donald Trump contributed to the "violent rhetoric" that they claim helped spur an assassination attempt on the former president. ABC News hosts George Stephanopoulos and Martha Raddatz claimed past comments by Trump, including his use of the terms "bedlam" and "bloodbath," contributed to the "violent rhetoric" in the U.S. that helped incite the assassination attempt. Daily Caller
Victim in Trump rally shooting died while shielding his family from gunfire . . . On Saturday, Corey Comperatore drove to a fairground half an hour away from his house to hear from former president Donald Trump, someone he had admired for years. Comperatore, an engineer and father of two, had just turned 50. He and his family watched from a set of bleachers draped in the colors of the American flag as Trump began to speak. Minutes later, the sound of gunfire ripped through the sweltering air. Comperatore didn't hesitate. He threw himself on top of his family to shield them, his wife, Helen, told Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D). Washington Post
Marine veteran David Dutch ID'd as one of the 2 men injured in Trump rally shooting . . . A US Marine veteran was identified as one of the two spectators injured by the sniper who shot and wounded former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, was shot twice when Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, fired at Trump and his supporters on Saturday. MCL District 8 vice commandant Matt Popovich broke the news to his fellow Marines on Sunday afternoon as Pennsylvania State Police identified Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver as the two injured rallygoers. New York Post
Culture
Biden-appointed Secret Servce director put focus on diversity . . . Kimberly Cheatle has been a forceful advocate of diversity in the Secret Service and in the security industry in general. She spoke about this in a 2022 interview with the website Women in Security while still working at PepsiCo. "That achievement in a male-dominated industry was not lost on me," Cheatle said in the interview. "I kept a photo on my desk of the first five women sworn into the service, and I used that to remind me that these women created opportunities for me and I can help others grow and lead as well." Daily Signal
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Shannen Doherty, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star, dies at 53 . . . Shannen Doherty, the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53. After years with breast cancer, Doherty died Saturday, according to a statement from her publicist, Leslie Sloane. Her illness was publicly revealed in a lawsuit filed in 2015 against her former business managers, in which she alleged they mismanaged her money and allowed her health insurance to lapse. She later shared intimate details of her treatment following a single mastectomy. In December 2016, she posted a photo of her first day of radiation, calling the treatment "frightening" for her. Associated Press
Guilty Pleasures
Biden calls for Americans to settle differences at the "Battle Box" . . . As President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a live speech on Sunday evening, attempting to lower the political temperature in the country after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, his speech was filled with gaffes and verbal mistakes. "In America, we resolve our differences at the Battle Box," Biden could be heard saying at one point. "Now, that's how we do it, at the Battle Box. Not with bullets." "Tonight, I'm asking every American to recommit to make America so….make America….well, think about it, what's made America so special," Biden continued, appearing to stumble on trying to find a way to say, "make America Great Again" without using those words. Breitbart
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