The President of the United States, Joe Bidenordered his team to “continue to ensure” that the secret services have “all necessary resources, capabilities and protective measures.” to ensure safety “continued” by the former president and presidential candidate Donald Trump after a second assassination attempt, this time while he was playing golf in Florida.
“I am relieved that the former president is unharmed”he said, after praising the work of the secret service and the rest of the law enforcement “for their vigilance and their efforts to ensure the security of the former president and his entourage,” according to a statement from the White House.
“As I have said many times, there is no place for political violence nor for any type of violence in our country,” he stressed. He also said that an investigation was underway into the incident while security forces gathered more details about what happened.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been “deeply shocked by this possible murder” Trump. “As we gather the facts, I will be clear: I condemn political violence. We must all do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to further violence,” she said.
“As Biden has said, our administration will ensure that the Secret Service has all the resources, capabilities and safeguards necessary to carry out its critical mission,” he stressed after praising the Secret Service and security forces for their work and expressing gratitude that the former president “is safe.”
For his part, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas praised the Secret Service “for their swift action to prevent this apparent assassination attempt and protect the former president.”We condemn violence against public officials and candidates,” he said through his profile on the social network X.
Mayorkas said the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service are working “closely with federal, state and local law enforcement to determine all the facts related to this incident.” “The safety of the presidential candidates and other protected individuals is the Secret Service’s top priority,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, announced that his office “will conduct its own investigation into the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club,” saying that “People deserve to know the truth about the possible murderer and how he was able to get within 500 meters” of the former president.
He FBI This “investigation into what appears to be an attempted murder” against Trump, just two months after an assassination attempt against him at a rally in Pennsylvania left one of his supporters dead. Acting Secret Service chief Ronald Rowe is traveling to Florida, according to sources consulted by CNN.
