{"id":2294238,"date":"2024-07-13T20:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-place-for-violence-after-trump-rally-shooting-biden-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T20:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:55:31","slug":"no-place-for-violence-after-trump-rally-shooting-biden-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-place-for-violence-after-trump-rally-shooting-biden-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No place&#8217; for violence after Trump rally shooting: Biden &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-place-for-violence-after-trump-rally-shooting-biden-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">condemned<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccabe-says-trumps-message-demanding-peace-and-denouncing-violence-is-actually-coded-language-and-a-dog-whistle-to-his-base-to-fight-video\/\" title=\"McCabe Says Trump\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing Violence is Actually \u201cCoded Language\u201d and a \u201cDog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">political violence<\/a> as &#8220;sick&#8221; after\u200b former President \u2064Donald Trump survived a shooting during a rally in Pennsylvania. Biden\u200d emphasized the need to unite the country and condemned the violence. He expressed\u2064 relief that Trump was safe and expressed prayers \u200cfor him\u2063 and his\u200b family. \u200cThe Biden campaign paused all outbound communications and \u200bpulled \u2063down\u200b television ads. Vice \u200cPresident Kamala Harris also \u200dissued a statement saying \u200bshe was relieved \u2064that Trump\u2062 was not seriously injured and prayed for him and those impacted by the shooting. The White \u2062House\u200d provided briefings to Biden and Harris on the incident, with Biden addressing the nation later in the evening.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden says political violence is \u2018sick\u2019 after Trump rally shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/naomi-lim\/\">Naomi Lim<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T19:28:07-04:00\">July 13, 2024 7:28 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701218\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> condemned political violence as \u201csick\u201d during an impromptu address to the nation after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> survived a shooting during a rally in Butler, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From a police station in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where Biden is spending the weekend, the president said he had tried to reach his Republican opponent by telephone, but so far the pair had not connected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place in America for this kind of violence,\u201d Biden said Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s sick. It\u2019s sick. It is one of the reasons we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he believed it was an assassination attempt, Biden told reporters traveling with him that he had \u201can opinion but I don\u2019t have any facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier statement, Biden repeated that he was \u201cgrateful to hear\u201d that Trump is \u201csafe and doing well.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information,\u201d he wrote. \u201cJill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There\u2019s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign also announced Saturday that it is \u201cpausing all outbound communications and working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden was in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">church service<\/a> when the gunshots rang out at the Trump event six hours away, departing at 6:19 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 30 minutes later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> told reporters Biden had received an \u201cinitial briefing\u201d on the incident, with a second one provided at 7:10 p.m. by Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Homeland Security\u00a0Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Liz Sherwood-Randall, Biden\u2019s\u00a0White House homeland security adviser. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and top aides Steve Ricchetti and Annie Tomasini were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The White House circulated Biden\u2019s statement at 7:52 p.m. before his address to nation at 8:13 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, who was in Philadelphia earlier Saturday, has similarly been briefed, according to her staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been briefed on the shooting at former President Trump\u2019s event in Pennsylvania,\u201d Harris wrote in her own statement. \u201cDoug and I are relieved that he is not seriously injured.\u00a0We are praying for him, his family, and all those who have been injured and\u00a0impacted by this senseless shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the United States Secret Service, first responders, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erick-erickson-the-man-who-willingly-crawled-onto-a-pyre-to-be-burned-alive-for-jesus\/\" title=\"Erick Erickson: The Man Who Willingly Crawled Onto a Pyre To Be Burned Alive for Jesus\">local authorities<\/a> for their immediate action,\u201d she said. \u201cViolence such as this has no place in our nation. We must all condemn this abhorrent act and do our part to ensure that it does not lead to more violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has confirmed that the former president is \u201cfine and is being checked out at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-used-gorilla-glue-as-hair-spray-considers-suing-company-raises-thousands-in-gofundme-report\/\" title=\"Woman Who Used \u2018Gorilla Glue\u2019 As Hair Spray Considers Suing Company, Raises Thousands in GoFundMe: Report\">local medical facility<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,\u201d Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told reporters. \u201cMore details will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service has \u201cimplemented protective measures\u201d around Trump and that he is \u201csafe,\u201d per a Secret Service statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available,\u201d agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi added.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701218\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701218\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden denounced political violence as &#8220;sick&#8221; in a spontaneous address to the nation following a shooting incident at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Biden expressed his desire to unite the country and emphasized that such violence has no place in America. He also stated that he had tried to contact Trump but had not been able to connect. Biden&#8217;s campaign announced a pause in communications and the removal of television ads in response to the incident. Both Biden and Vice President Harris expressed relief that Trump was safe and condemned the violence. 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