He also announced that he would order an independent investigation to help clarify the facts. He called on citizens to remain united in the face of an assassination attempt that is, according to the president, “the opposite of everything we stand for.”
The American president, Joe Bidenon Sunday described the shooting of his Republican rival Donald Trump as an “attempted assassination” and promised “high” security for the candidate and the Republican convention that begins tomorrow.
Speaking from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Biden urged Americans not to speculate about the motives of the alleged attacker, who was shot down on a rooftop near the campaign rally where Trump suffered a minor wound from one of the bullets that tore through his right ear.
“The investigation is in the early stages. We have no information about the shooter’s motive. We know who it is. I urge everyone to please not speculate about motives and affiliations, let the FBI and intelligence services do their job,” the president said.
“The first thing I want to do is that Trumpas a former president and Republican Party nominee, already receive a high level of security“Biden said.
Trump is not yet officially the Republican presidential nominee, which normally prompts the Secret Service to step up security, although Trump as a former president was already entitled to protection from that executive branch.
Biden has announced, as a second measure, that he has asked the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, to review “all measures of security for the Republican National Convention“, which begins tomorrow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will continue until Thursday.
As a third measure, the president has requested a independent investigation of the events that occurred on Saturday at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Biden has stated that there is no place for violence in America. “We may or may not agree on many things, but this cannot happen,” he stressed, adding that “an attempted murder is the opposite of everything we stand for”.
He completed his appearance with a call for unity of the country and expressed his condolences to the family of the spectator killed in the shooting of Trump, former firefighter Corey Comperatore, and his support for the families of the two injured attendees.
Source: Eitb
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