{"id":2294760,"date":"2024-07-14T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-went-from-skeptical-to-scared-as-assassination-attempt-unfolded-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:47:57","slug":"trump-supporters-went-from-skeptical-to-scared-as-assassination-attempt-unfolded-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-went-from-skeptical-to-scared-as-assassination-attempt-unfolded-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump supporters went from skeptical to scared as assassination attempt unfolded &#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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-supporters-went-from-skeptical-to-scared-as-assassination-attempt-unfolded-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=2294760&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>Summary: The \u2064article\u2062 discusses a recent\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> on former President Donald\u200c Trump \u2063at a rally in \u2062Pennsylvania. The chaos that ensued after the shooting is described through the \u2064accounts \u200dof witnesses at the rally. The article captures the fear and confusion among Trump supporters as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-beginning-of-sacramento-mass-shooting-that-killed-at-least-six-and-wounded-10-caught-on-tape\/\" title=\"Video: Beginning Of Sacramento Mass Shooting That Killed At Least Six And Wounded 10 Caught On Tape\">event unfolded<\/a>. Various witnesses recount their experiences during the shooting incident, highlighting the moments\u200d of uncertainty and panic \u200das they \u200ctried to make sense of the situation. \u200dThe article also mentions the swift response of the Secret\u2062 Service agents and the eventual confirmation that the attempt was carried out by a \u2064lone gunman. The story provides a detailed \u200dand gripping narrative of the events surrounding the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.  <\/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\">Trump supporters went from skeptical to scared as assassination attempt unfolded<\/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\/brady-knox\/\">Brady Knox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-14T15:29:08-04:00\">July 14, 2024 3:29 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> survived an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination<\/a> attempt at a rally in Butler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, where the presidential candidate was shot in the ear and a bystander was killed, sending the rally into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> spoke with more than a dozen people at the rally following the shooting, who recalled the chaotic moments following the violence. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump pumps his fist at supporters after surviving an assassination attempt in Butler County, Pennsylvania. (Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy first reaction was kind of stunned,\u201d Sean McMillan, who was about<strong> <\/strong>20 rows behind the stage where Trump stood, said. \u201cI kind of stood up and then everybody was getting down. And I got down because I was trying to see what was going on. So I thought maybe it was, there was fireworks, or something was going on. It was just a lot of chaos all at once. And then when I saw them tackle [Trump], I realized that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gunshots<\/a> that were going off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted a spurt of water and sparks flying by the stage, which he speculated were bullets hitting a hydraulics system and speaker.<\/p>\n<p>One child interviewed by the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>said she saw three muzzle flashes before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Secret-Service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> agents returned fire. The child\u2019s mother, who declined to give her name, said everyone around her and her daughter \u201cthrew ourselves over the kids, and we stayed down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then as soon as we were going to clear to get up, everyone was crying,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut we actually got a group of about like 40 people praying together for Trump and for the kids. Because [her child] was like, \u2018Can we pray?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump speaks to a rally at Butler, Pennsylvania, minutes before being wounded in an assassination attempt. (Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several witnesses said they thought there were multiple shooters, with one or more possibly still at large. Officials later said the assassination attempt was carried out by a lone gunman. Others thought the shooter was in the bleachers to Trump\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>Though most were uncertain or confused as to where the shots were coming from, Anastasia Matchers, standing on the left side of the stage, quickly identified the shots were coming from a building to the left, later confirmed as having been where the gunman was positioned, some 400 feet from the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Her sister, Karis Matchers, said she saw the counterfire from Secret Service snipers that killed the would-be assassin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I look over, and then I look up at the snipers, and I see them, and they\u2019re pointing their guns like aiming, like they\u2019re about to shoot,\u201d Karis Matchers said. \u201cAnd I literally tell my dad, I say, \u2018they\u2019re about to shoot,\u2019 and then they start shooting, and everybody drops down, and this girl fell on top of me, and my ears started bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd everybody, like people, they started crying, like they were bawling their eyes out,\u201d Karis Matchers added. \u201cAnd, yeah, nobody really knows what happened, but Trump got shot in the ear, and I think two people got shot in the stands in the left corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donald Holmes said he was about 20-30 feet from the former president when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shooting<\/a> began, saying he heard about 10-12 gunshots, with some sounding different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, just bang bang bang, bang bang bang,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then to the right of us, something either exploded, or the water cannon came off of the firetruck \u2026 We knew the snipers were on the roof over there shooting, but we were all hitting the ground. Everyone in front of us, everyone behind us, everybody hit the ground immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holmes speculated the \u201cexplosion\u201d was a speaker getting hit by a stray bullet.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Reiter was seated in the bleachers directly behind Trump and said that she didn\u2019t take the shooting seriously at first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard the shots,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone said \u2018get down,\u2019 kind of didn\u2019t take it serious, because it sounded like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fireworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fireworks<\/a> to me. Then we saw like six guys surround Trump, his shoe came off, it was sitting there \u2026 Then we saw the Secret Service taping off the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one bystander who was killed was confirmed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081773\/trump-rally-attendee-killed-assassination-attempt-identified-corey-comperatore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Corey Comperatore<\/a>, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-6-dead-as-tornadoes-devastate-ala-ga\/\" title=\"At least 6 dead as tornadoes devastate Ala., Ga.\">fire chief<\/a>\u00a0from the area. Two others were seriously wounded and life-flighted to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanner Lussack, 16, was at the metal detectors when the shooting began. He said he started to run away when he first heard the gunshots but then turned back to help his mother.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, investigators still haven\u2019t confirmed a motive from the shooter, who was identified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081636\/thomas-matthew-crooks-everything-we-know-about-alleged-shooter-at-trump-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/a>, 20.<\/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_1701734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701734\"}});<\/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>Trump supporters at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, were initially shocked and then frightened as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump unfolded. 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