Trump says he took a bullet for democracy

The Republican frontrunner addressed the crowd in the crucial state at his first rally since last week’s assassination attempt

Former US President and Republican candidate for the November election, Donald Trump, delivered a speech to a group of supporters in the swing state of Michigan, along with his recently announced running mate, JD Vance.

Saturday’s rally in Grand Rapids was Trump’s first public campaign event since the attempt on his life last week, when he narrowly escaped being shot in the head. The gunman’s shots at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazed his ear and hit the crowd behind Trump, killing one person and wounding two others.

Michigan is one of the crucial states expected to determine the outcome of the November presidential election. In the 2020 election, incumbent US President Joe Biden flipped the state’s vote, despite Trump securing it in the previous election in 2016.

“Right now, the leaders of the Democratic Party are desperately trying to overturn the results of their own party’s primaries to remove Crooked Joe Biden from the ballot,” Trump, now wearing a flesh-colored bandage over his ear, told the crowd.

“As you can see, the Democratic Party is not the party of democracy. They are actually the enemies of democracy,” he added.

The Republican front-runner lashed out at his political opponents, saying Democrats “have no idea who their nominee is, and neither do we.”

This comes amid a growing chorus of congressional Democrats urging their presumptive nominee to step aside and make way for another party member to run. While the 81-year-old has faced public criticism for his mental and physical decline for some time, concerns have been heightened since his disastrous performance in the televised debate against Trump last month.

Biden, who is currently isolating at his home in Delaware after contracting Covid-19, has maintained he is still in the race and will return to campaigning next week.

(RT.com)