{"id":2295357,"date":"2024-07-15T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-co-founders-demand-trump-apologize-for-being-shot\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:43:39","slug":"axios-co-founders-demand-trump-apologize-for-being-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-co-founders-demand-trump-apologize-for-being-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios Co-Founders Demand Trump Apologize For Being Shot"},"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\">16<\/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%2Faxios-co-founders-demand-trump-apologize-for-being-shot%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=2295357&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 co-founders of Axios are calling on former \u2063President Donald Trump to take responsibility for an <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> over the weekend \u200cin which part of \u200bhis \u200dear was\u2062 blown off on live television.\u200c In a \u200dcolumn \u200ctitled &#8220;Behind the\u2063 Curtain,&#8221; Jim\u2062 VandeHei and Michael Allen suggested\u200b that Trump could use his political \u200dinfluence to\u2064 bring unity by expressing humility and toning down his\u2062 rhetoric. Despite the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania rally, Trump was \u2064saved by a quick movement that caused the bullet \u2062to miss his brain. Former First Lady Melania Trump released a statement urging Americans to rise above violence and\u200c hate. The Secret Service&#8217;s failure to prevent the assassination attempt was the most significant since\u200c President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The co-founders of Axios are demanding former President Donald Trump take responsibility for an assassination attempt over the weekend when the Republican candidate had part of his ear blown off on live television. <\/p>\n<p>In their \u201cBehind the Curtain\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/15\/trump-convention-speech-rnc-milwaukee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">column<\/a> on Monday, Jim VandeHei and Michael Allen suggested Trump could leverage his political star power to \u201cunify America\u201d by practicing what the Axios founders characterized as \u201chumility.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cImagine him telling the nation that he has been too rough, too loose, too combative with his language \u2014 and now realizes words can have consequences, and promises to tone it down and bring new voices into the White House if he wins,\u201d VandeHei and Allen wrote. Trump, they said, \u201ccould show a different side of himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who know Trump well say he\u2019s a gracious host, inquisitive, loves music and social media,\u201d they added. \u201cThis is the kind of moment when people give leaders a second look, a second change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was shot in the ear at a Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a> on Saturday following a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/14\/the-left-spent-years-running-an-assassination-prep-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-slams-biden-over-creating-commission-to-study-court-packing-the-far-left-controls-him\/\" title=\"McConnell Slams Biden Over Creating Commission To Study Court Packing: The \u2018Far-Left\u2019 Controls Him\">years-long campaign<\/a><\/a> to smear the GOP candidate as a fascistic political figure on par with Adolf Hitler. Slow-motion videos of Trump delivering his stump speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/trump-assassination-attempt-how-a-bullet-pierced-upper-part-of-his-right-ear-photo-says-it-all-8965453.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show<\/a> the former president was saved by a split-second tilt of his head, which caused the bullet to avoid piercing the back of his brain.<\/p>\n<p>Former First Lady Melania Trump released a statement after the attempted assassination calling on Americans to \u201cascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I watched that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trump-shooting-was-brink-of-devastating-change-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Melania Trump: Shooting was \u2018brink of devastating change\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">violent bullet strike<\/a> my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron\u2019s life, were on the brink of devastating change,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI am grateful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-breaks-her-silence-issues-touching-statement-on-donald-and-his-passions-for-life-music-and-laughter\/\" title=\"Melania Breaks Her Silence, Issues Touching Statement on &#039;Donald&#039; and His Passions for Life, Music, and Laughter\">brave secret service agents<\/a> and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The weekend assassination attempt, however, was the greatest failure for the Secret Service since President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-identified-rooftop-security-flaw-rcna161783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Sunday that the rooftop from where the gunman fired at Trump was identified by officials as a security threat days before the campaign rally, according to \u201ctwo sources familiar with the agency\u2019s operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Service worked with local law enforcement to maintain event security, including sniper teams poised on rooftops to identify and eliminate threats, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said,\u201d according to NBC. \u201cBut no officers were posted on the building used by the would-be assassin, outside the event\u2019s security perimeter but only about 148 yards from the stage \u2014 within range of a semiautomatic rifle like the one the gunman was carrying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/gunman-pointed-rifle-at-local-officer-before-firing-at-trump-during-rally-sources-tell-ap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> the gunman was confronted by a local police officer on the rooftop, but the officer backed down moments before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Two rallygoers were injured and another died in Saturday\u2019s failed assassination attempt. Corey Comperatore was a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief who was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/15\/late-trump-rallygoer-was-a-real-life-superhero-who-took-a-bullet-to-protect-his-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a> while protecting his family from the bullets.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founders of Axios are calling on former President Donald Trump to take responsibility for an assassination attempt that occurred over the weekend, where part of his ear was blown off on live television. They suggest that Trump could use his political influence to bring unity to America by showing humility and toning down his combative language. They believe that this could be a moment for Trump to show a different side of himself. Melania Trump released a statement urging Americans to rise above hate and violence following the attempted assassination. The Secret Service&#8217;s failure to prevent the attack was the biggest since President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. The gunman was able to fire from a rooftop that had been identified as a security threat days before the rally. Two rallygoers were injured and one died in the failed attempt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2295358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[9791,35114,3634],"class_list":["post-2295357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-axios","tag-co-founders","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295357","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}