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Butler, Pennsylvania – Butler, Pennsylvania, has no one with 13,000 people, thinking that their quiet community will be the backdrop for attempts to be assassinated.
But on July 13, 2024, gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks opened fire at a rally at a local farm show, and the violence erupted far beyond the ups and downs of western Pennsylvania and changed the course of American history.
A bullet passed through Trump’s ears and could have ended his life if he had tilted his head slightly. In the following months, Republicans gathered violently behind him. Trump continues to win reelection as supporters and Trump himself, saying God saved him and saved the United States.
Residents and rally attendees remained shocked, their town became synonymous with the attack and regretted that Butler’s image as a tranquil farm community was overshadowed by that dark day.
First responder sits at the robbery of firefighters killed by Butler in Pennsylvania
Corey Compperatore’s voting coat is a retired volunteer fire department head who was shot dead in July in an attempt to assassinate Republican presidential candidates and former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
“It’s very sad to push Butler to national and international focus,” Slippery Rock mayor JD Longo told Fox News Digital.
“It’s not Butler or Western Pennsylvania Longo said: “Hope is known for it.
But most importantly, their hearts were hurt for the firefighters’ family and lost their lives at that time fraud Eight shots at Trump.
“Many of us hope that despite the ugliness and horror of that day and the obvious loss of life Losing Corey CompperatoreButler County can be remembered for the way we unify immediately after that moment, and how we get aid and defense from the Comperatore family and the president. ”
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Fox News Digital interviewed Zach Scherer, the Butler Farm outside Butler Farm, where Trump’s rally was held. (Fox News figures)
After the tragedy, Butler was proud of how they were together. But some people can’t forget why they have to do so.
“It definitely puts us in a dilemma,” said Butler local Zach Scherer, who volunteered to participate in several Trump campaigns. “Some people here are thinking about this.”
“Many of us hope that despite the ugliness and horror of that day, and the obvious loss of life that occurred due to the loss of Cory Shortrell, the way Butler County is unified immediately after that moment and how we get aid and defend the President and the President.”
“We’re very sad about Butler,” said Erin Autenreith of Grenshaw, Pennsylvania, a longtime volunteer and rally to the Trump campaign.
“I’ve been on the farm for years,” she added, describing one of her favorite attractions – the cows walked into the area where the milking was, a building next door, with the kind of vanilla shake made of vanilla shakes. “It’s so healthy. My husband loves truck pulling,” she said.
“This has always been something we’re expecting and is now related to it.”
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“We’re very sad about Butler,” said Erin Autenreith, a longtime Trump campaign volunteer and rally. (Fox News figures)
Butler Farm Show allows the Trump campaign to use his property for rally, and he also attempts to associate it with the shooting. Media members are not allowed to film on the property.
“It’s stained a very good neighborhood,” Autenreith said. “It’s just 45 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. It’s like you’re turning into a little bit of Iowa.”
Still, Butler residents say the shooting did not break the community. In the following days and weeks, they united in support of Comperatore’s family and others affected by violence.
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“General Pittsburgh, we’re very tough here – the president calls it a tough cookie,” Bob Crankovic said.
Lucie Roth sat behind Trump at Butler Rally and returned without hesitation. “The next rally (Trump), I’m behind him again.”
