{"id":2294402,"date":"2024-07-14T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T04:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-shots-blood-dead-bodies-biden-says-he-doesnt-know-if-it-was-an-assassination-attempt\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T00:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T04:25:05","slug":"despite-shots-blood-dead-bodies-biden-says-he-doesnt-know-if-it-was-an-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-shots-blood-dead-bodies-biden-says-he-doesnt-know-if-it-was-an-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Shots, Blood, Dead Bodies, Biden Says He Doesn&#8217;t Know if It Was an Assassination Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fdespite-shots-blood-dead-bodies-biden-says-he-doesnt-know-if-it-was-an-assassination-attempt%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=2294402&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>The summary of the\u200d article\u200d is about an incident at a\u200c rally\u200b in Butler, Pennsylvania, where shots were fired at former\u2063 President Donald Trump. Trump was injured but not fatally, and a shooter was neutralized. President Joe Biden issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-sorry-harvard-president-does-damage-control-on-disastrous-anti-semitism-testimony\/\" title=\"Harvard President apologizes for disastrous anti-Semitism testimony\">statement expressing \u2064concern<\/a> for Trump&#8217;s safety and condemning violence. Despite the obvious signs \u2062of an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a>, Biden did not use\u200d those words in his statement. The article also discusses the importance of \u200cthe\u200b upcoming\u2064 2024 election and the potential consequences for American values.  <\/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\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 13, 2024 at 6:29pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Shots rang out Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, for former president and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Blood was seen on the side of his head. A shooter was \u201cneutralized,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/election-biden-trump-07-13-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, which is a pleasant way of saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-trump-shooter-dead-bloody-disaster-pennsylvania-rally-da-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">someone has been killed<\/a>. There are reports of other injuries and at least one other death. Trump himself was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not supposed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, this is a fluid situation and known facts could change rapidly. But, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-5-days-ago-biden-said-put-trump-bullseye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the White House on behalf of President Joe Biden, and brief remarks Biden actually made on camera, two words were conspicuously absent: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/raw-video-trump-shooting-comes-president-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempt<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Biden said that he had \u201cbeen briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump\u2019s rally in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to hear that he\u2019s safe and doing well. I\u2019m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.<\/p>\n<p>\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<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden has released a statement on Trump\u2019s assassination attempt, via the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is also to address the nation today regarding the assassination attempt, according to the same source. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HLApsBfCAx\">pic.twitter.com\/HLApsBfCAx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News from Ukraine (@uasupport999) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uasupport999\/status\/1812277520458187203?\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No \u201cassassination attempt\u201d in the statement. Would Biden use them when he stepped to the podium to give short remarks?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no place in America for this kind of violence,\u201d Biden told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sick. It\u2019s sick. It\u2019s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is that Trump rally is a rally that he should have been able to conduct peacefully without any problems,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the idea \u2014 the idea \u2014 that there\u2019s political violence or violence in America is just unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More of this boilerplate talk continued for the roughly one minute and 40 seconds that Biden spoke, until he was asked whether this was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-shot-pennsylvania-rally-left-bloody-secret-service-rush-protect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His response: \u201cI don\u2019t know enough to \u2014 I, uh, uh, have an opinion, but I don\u2019t have any facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden Statement Following Shooting at Trump Rally: \u201cI have tried to get a hold of Donald. He\u2019s with his doctors. Apparently he is doing well. I plan on talking to him shortly, I hope\u2026There\u2019s no place in America for this kind of violence. It\u2019s sick.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nDCoXiA8Cj\">pic.twitter.com\/nDCoXiA8Cj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1812282482881941750?\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s almost no explanation that fits besides an assassination attempt, particularly given the condition of Donald Trump \u2014 who is expected to survive but was clearly bloodied by something that wasn\u2019t just a tumble from the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>If the president wanted to say this was an \u201capparent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-secret-service-gives-emergency-update-trump-left-bloody-gunshots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempt<\/a>\u201d or an \u201calleged assassination attempt\u201d to cover himself, fine. But to not say the words, period, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graduation-footage-goes-viral-after-emcees-wildly-incorrect-pronunciations-cause-confusion\/\" title=\"Viral Graduation Video: Emcee&#039;s Pronunciation Blunders Spark Confusion\">utterly inexplicable<\/a> and bordering on contemptible.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we\u2019ll know more as events unfold. But we all saw what we saw with our own eyes, and we all know enough to intuit what happened Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tries-convince-crowd-ok-rally-brutally-butchers-allys-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> can\u2019t bring himself to say the words that are on anyone\u2019s list adds to the increasingly inexplicable nature of this president and his administration to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ignores-reality-tells-donors-done-talking-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deal with reality<\/a> as it is.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. 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You\u2019ll experience a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-a-dent-liability-fears-are-driving-providers-to-drop-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-even-where-its-legal\/\" title=\"Liability fears force providers to abandon &#039;Gender-Affirming Care&#039; for kids, despite legality.\">radically reduced number<\/a> of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden on July 13, 2024, reported on a shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, for former president and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. The shooter was killed, and there were reports of injuries and at least one death. Trump was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. President Joe Biden&#8217;s statement did not mention the words &#8220;assassination attempt,&#8221; and when asked about it, he said he didn&#8217;t have enough information to form an opinion. The article questions why Biden did not use those words, given the circumstances. 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