What Trump Said Just Before He Got Shot

Editor's Note: Former President Donald Trump turned his head slightly to the right to look at a chart he was using as a prop shortly before a man with a rifle on top of a nearby roof shot at him, which may have saved his life..The top of Trump's right ear was hit. Three spectators were also hit, authorities said – including one who died..Trump spoke for 6 minutes 22 seconds before the shooting began. (His speech begins at 1:48 of the C-Span video. The shooting begins at 8:10.).Trump came out to a recorded version of Lee Greenwood's "I'm Proud To Be An American.".Below is a transcript of what Trump said during the rally, which took place during the early evening of Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Butler Farm Show in Butler County, Pennsylvania..^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.Donald Trump:.This is a big crowd. This is a big, big beautiful crowd..[cheers and applause].I wish the Fake News back there would show it. I wish they'd spin their cameras and show it, because nobody would believe it. You know, the other day, Biden was saying, "I've got big crowds" — meeting him, he gets big crowds. He doesn't know what a big — And there were like 93 people there. 93. You know, that is that's where the front row Joe said, right? Yeah, 93. We got more than 93 front row Joe's..Hello, Butler and hello to Pennsylvania. I'm thrilled to be back in this beautiful Commonwealth with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots, and that's what you are..We've got to bring our country back to help, because our country is going to hell, if you haven't noticed. Millions and millions of people are pouring in from prisons and from mental institutions. We're going to stop it. We're going to get it stopped. We're going to bring 'em back. As he said, we're going to bring them back. We're going to deport. Deport..With the help of everyone here tonight, we're going to win Pennsylvania this November. We're going to defeat crooked Joe Biden and laughin' Kamala Harris ..And we're going to take back the White House and we're going to take back our country. We're going to take it back. Our country's been stolen from us. You see that. It's the greatest, one of the greatest crimes is what they've done over four years in hiding what the obvious facts are, isn't it? Isn't it a shame? You run for president of the United States from a basement. From a basement. It's all very bizarre stuff..You know, we're going to have the greatest election. I tell you what, we did fantastically in 2016..We did much better in 2020. You know, we did much better. And it was rigged. It was a rigged deal, but we did much better. But it's nothing compared to the enthusiasm all over, not just in Pennsylvania, all over. There's nothing compared to the enthusiasm that we've seen over the last year, because I mean a year, think of it, a year and a half ago it started. It really started from immediately after the election, you want to know the truth. But a year and a half ago we were seeing crowds of people desperate.to have rallies, desperate to have anything to take back our country. And we're going to take it back. Next week, the Republican Party will hold its convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and five days from now we will officially accept the Republican nomination for President of the United States..[cheers and applause].Right? And we're going to get a good senator, and I'll tell you, you have a real stiff right now in office, he's a stiff..You know your current senator? I never met him, I don't think I've ever met him. I was only there four years, but I don't think I ever met him. I'll tell you, that's your senator. He votes with Biden or whoever happens to be furthest left. We got to get him elected..McCormick. We got to get McCormick, Press McCormick. He's a good man, too. He's a valiant fighter. He's a great, great gentleman, so we're going to bring him up for a minute..Can we bring him up for a couple of minutes later? Let me put this right here. All right. You get ready, McCormick. You get ready. I'll get you up here..The world will see a vibrant Republican Party that is bigger, stronger, more confident, and more united than ever before. That's what we are. We're the most united party now. I'm watching the Fake News go crazy because they're saying the Republican Party has not been united since Ronald Reagan like it is right now. It was united under Ronald Reagan the second time. It was very united, and they said there's never been anything like it. They've never seen a movement like this. Make America Great Again. You know, Joe Biden talks about "we have to stop MAGA." MAGA means Make America Great Again, Joe. It means Make America Great Again. That's all we want to do. If he was doing the job, I wouldn't even be doing this. I'd be at some beautiful place with a gorgeous ocean, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, maybe the Pacific..[Crowd chants "Thank you Trump!"].Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And instead I'm here with you fighting like hell to get a senator elected, and to make sure we take back the White House, because if we do we're going to make America better than ever before. We're going to make it. And it's not easy because we have millions and millions of people in our country that shouldn't be here..Dangerous people. Criminals. We have criminals. We have drug dealers. We have people that should not be here. It's much tougher than if it happened —.You know, we had the strongest border ever. In recorded history we had the best border. In fact, if they could ever put up a chart, I don't know if they could do it. Do you guys have access to that chart that I love so much? You don't mind if I go off teleprompter, do you? Because these teleprompters are so damn boring. I'm trying to explain the —.Oh, there's a — Wow! You guys are doing — They're getting better with time. My guys. Take a look at that chart. Take a look at the arrow on the bottom. See the big red arrow? Right? So that's when I left office. That was the lowest point, and that comes right from the government services, comes right out of Border Patrol. Take a look at that. So that arrow is the lowest amount of illegal immigration ever in recorded history into our country..And then — And then the worst president in the history of our country took over. And look what happened to our country!.Probably 20 million people. And you know, that's a little bit old, that chart. That chart's a couple of months old. And if you want to really see something that's sad, take a look at what happened..[pop, pop, pop].New to NewBostonPost? Discover the difference with content that goes beyond the typical Massachusetts news outlets. 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What Trump Said Just Before He Got Shot

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