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FLINT, Michigan – Former President Donald Trump argued that it’s “consequential” presidents who face the threats he has over the previous couple of months at a city corridor occasion in Flint, Michigan, the previous president’s first since surviving an assassination try Sunday.
“You surprise why I obtained shot at proper. You already know, solely consequential presidents get shot at proper,” Trump mentioned through the city corridor at Flint’s Dort Monetary Heart.
The occasion marked Trump’s first official marketing campaign cease because the newest try on his life Sunday, when a lone gunman was noticed by U.S. Secret Service brokers whereas Trump was enjoying a spherical of golf at Trump Worldwide Golf Membership in Florida.
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a city corridor assembly moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on the Dort Monetary Heart in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. (Photograph by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photograph by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
The gunman, recognized as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, was noticed by Secret Service brokers as Trump moved between holes 5 and 6 on the course, with the brokers firing at Routh after recognizing his rifle and scope poking out of the comb.
Trump, who was about 300-500 yards away from the shooter on the time of the incident, escaped unhurt.
The try marked the second time Trump confronted an assassination try, coming simply over two months after the previous president was grazed within the ear by a bullet fired at him throughout a rally in Butlery, Pennsylvania.
Trump mirrored on the makes an attempt on his life through the Michigan occasion, saying being and operating for president is a “harmful enterprise.”
FBI investigators collect proof from the perimeter of Trump Worldwide Golf Membership in West Palm Seashore, Florida on Monday, September 16, 2024. (Mega for Fox Information Digital)
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“It is a harmful enterprise. Nonetheless, being president, it is just a little bit harmful. It is. You already know, they assume race automotive driving is harmful. No, they assume bull driving. That is fairly scary, proper? No, this can be a harmful enterprise, and we have now to maintain it secure,” Trump mentioned.
The previous president spent a lot of the occasion, which occurred in a essential swing state, hitting Vice President Kamala Harris on points equivalent to inflation and the auto business.
“’I’ll say this for Michigan, if I don’t win, you’ll have no auto business inside two to 3 years,” Trump mentioned. “China goes to take over all your enterprise due to the electrical automotive and since they’ve the fabric we don’t.”
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a city corridor assembly moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on the Dort Monetary Heart in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. (Photograph by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photograph by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Michigan figures to play a key position on this yr’s election. Trump received the state by lower than one proportion level in 2016, however misplaced it to President Biden in 2020 by lower than three proportion factors.
Polls present a detailed race brewing within the state once more, with Harris holding a lower than one proportion level lead as of Tuesday, in keeping with the Actual Clear Politics polling common.
Michael Lee is a author for Fox Information. Previous to becoming a member of Fox Information, Michael labored for the Washington Examiner, Bongino.com, and Unbiased America. He has coated politics for greater than eight years.
