{"id":2295045,"date":"2024-07-15T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-assassination-attempt-four-ways-it-changed-november-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T06:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T10:20:21","slug":"trump-assassination-attempt-four-ways-it-changed-november-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-assassination-attempt-four-ways-it-changed-november-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump assassination attempt: Four ways it changed November &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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-assassination-attempt-four-ways-it-changed-november-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=2295045&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 article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-pm-survives-assassination-attempt-as-tensions-rise\/\" title=\"Iraqi PM Survives Assassination Attempt as Tensions Rise\">failed <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><\/a> \u200con former President Donald \u200cTrump, which sent shockwaves through the presidential contest. The incident occurred in Pennsylvania where the president was wounded and a\u2062 bystander was\u200b killed by the would-be assassin \u200dbefore being killed by Secret Service\u200b agents. The\u200c article explores the impact of the assassination attempt on the upcoming election \u200dcampaign, \u2063highlighting key changes such as Trump altering his speech to focus on unity, \u2063the shakeup \u200dof the Republican \u2064National Convention, calls\u200d to lower the political temperature, and\u2064 doubts about the effectiveness\u2064 of the Secret Service. President Biden also addressed \u200bthe nation, emphasizing the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-slams-de-niro-for-claiming-trump-wont-leave-office-if-elected-fearmongering\/\" title=\"Rob Schneider criticizes De Niro over Trump election claims: &#039;Fearmongering\">avoid political violence<\/a>. the article\u2062 delves into the aftermath of the assassination attempt and\u2064 its \u2063repercussions on the political\u2062 landscape.  <\/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 assassination attempt: Four ways it changed November<\/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\/max-thornberry\/\">Max Thornberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T06:00:00-04:00\">July 15, 2024 6:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1702194\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A failed attempt to assassinate former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday sent shockwaves through a presidential contest that, until last month, appeared to be little more than a rerun of what the country experienced in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2020-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was rushed off a stage in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> on Saturday with a bloodied ear and a charge to his supporters to continue fighting. The FBI identified <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> as the would-be assassin who climbed to the top of a building hundreds of feet away from the president\u2019s rally and opened fire, wounding the president and killing a bystander before he was killed by Secret Service agents. <\/p>\n<p>As information about what happened Saturday trickled out, it\u2019s unclear what much of it means for the next four and a half months of campaigning. <\/p>\n<p>Here are four of the biggest things to know about what happened this weekend. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump changed his mind<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082180\/trump-rewrites-republican-convention-speech-focus-unity-not-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a world-first exclusive interview he ripped up the \u201chumdinger\u201d of a speech he had planned to give at the Republican National Convention on Thursday in light of the attempt on his life. <\/p>\n<p>The former president said his new speech is going to be a message of unity for the country.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together,\u201d he said. \u201cThe speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would\u2019ve been two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-kamala-got-loomered-laura-loomer-catches-kamala-harris-body-double-at-palm-beach-polling-place-video-photos\/\" title=\"FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED! --Laura Loomer Catches Kamala Harris BODY DOUBLE at Palm Beach Polling Place! (VIDEO -PHOTOS)\">days ago<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When he turned his head to look at a screen on Saturday, the movement saved his life. The move was a rare one for Trump, who almost never turns away from his audiences. But the motion to look at the data he was showing the crowd was a crucial one. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rarely look away from the crowd,\u201d he said. \u201cHad I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?\u201d  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The RNC is getting a shakeup<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trump\u2019s message of unity was previewed with the RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082027\/nikki-haley-to-speak-at-gop-convention-in-show-of-party-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>extending an invitation<\/a> to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley to speak at the event. The former Trump foe, who refused to bow out of the contest with her former boss until March, was previously not scheduled to attend the event at all. <\/p>\n<p>Plans for the RNC were already trending toward highlighting the unity of the party after cracks appeared last year when Trump fended off several challengers for the nomination. Two of those challengers \u2014\u00a0Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) \u2014\u00a0have been floated as finalists to be his running mate, a decision he is expected to make as soon as Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The party has also invited Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), once Trump\u2019s chief rival in the contest, to speak in Milwaukee after initially keeping him locked out of an appearance with a microphone. <\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112786183121187515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on Sunday he was planning to delay traveling to the RNC that is set to begin on Monday in Milwaukee, but he decided he couldn\u2019t \u201callow a \u2018shooter,\u2019 or potential assassin to force change to scheduling, or anything else.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Universal calls to turn the temperature down<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082172\/biden-lowering-temperature-politics-oval-office-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spoke<\/a> from the Oval Office to address the nation and echo the calls that had been ringing out all weekend that the country needs to \u201clower the temperature in politics.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot, we must not go down this road in America,\u201d Biden said in a speech from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. \u201cWe\u2019ve traveled before throughout our history. Violence has never been the answer. There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can\u2019t allow this violence to be normalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The demands to change the national conversation came thick and fast in the hours after the shooting. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who was in the area on Saturday warned that, unchecked, more political violence could continue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t assume that these kind of things can\u2019t happen again,\u201d Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2024\/07\/14\/sotu-fetterman-full-interview.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cWe just have to turn down \u2026 the temperature on this. And this election is going to be the biggest kind of election in our lifetime, and we have months ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081662\/lawmakers-call-for-end-to-harsh-rhetoric-following-trump-assassination-attempt-we-cannot-go-on-like-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>warned<\/a> that \u201cwe cannot go on like this as a society.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Doubts linger about the Secret Service <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Questions about the effectiveness of the Secret Service were flying around Saturday night into Sunday morning. There were reports the agency denied Trump additional protection days before he was nominated as his party\u2019s candidate \u2014 accusations the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081572\/secret-service-denies-trump-requested-more-security-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>denied<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But whether there were enough agents surrounding the president or not was a secondary concern for Johnson and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), both of whom put pressure on the agency to answer for the apparent failures on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to know how an individual could be at that elevation that was seen by, apparently, bystanders on the ground,\u201d Johnson said on Sunday. \u201cHow could not that not be noticed by Secret Service? Lots more questions than answers this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speaker\u2019s TV appearance came after he vowed the night before Congress would investigate the agency. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comer also asked Kimberly Cheatle, the agency\u2019s director, to appear before his committee to answer questions about the assassination attempt. <\/p>\n<p>Biden also announced there will be an independent review of the agency and its response. <\/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_1702194\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1702194\"}});<\/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>An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump over the weekend had significant implications for the upcoming presidential election. Trump was targeted by Thomas Matthew Crooks during a rally in Pennsylvania, resulting in injuries to the president and the death of a bystander. The incident prompted Trump to change his planned speech for the Republican National Convention to focus on unity. The Republican Party also made changes to the RNC lineup, inviting former Trump critic Nikki Haley to speak and considering potential running mates. Calls for political unity and a decrease in violence were echoed by President Joe Biden and other political figures. Concerns about the effectiveness of the Secret Service in protecting Trump during the incident have also been raised, leading to calls for further investigation and review of the agency&#8217;s response<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2702,"featured_media":2295046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-shot-on-ground.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,7091,3634],"class_list":["post-2295045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-november","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-shot-on-ground.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}