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Being President Donald Trump A year ago, the moment he tried to assassinate Butler, Pennsylvania, the crowd entered his vehicle and was surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents.
Senior political journalist Salena Zito Before her new book was released, she talked to Fox News Digital, “Butler: The Nearly Assassination Story of Donald Trump and the Fight for the Heart of America.” Zito released gunfire into the crowd a year ago, just a few steps from Trump, and Zito found himself around Trump’s safety.
“It’s not aimed at the press,” Zito said of enthusiastic Trump supporters. “It’s aimed at cameras and let the country know that it’s unacceptable, that our country is at risk, and we need to be strong on that.”
Zito built his career and told the true story of the American Heartland.
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Donald Trump covers Salena Zito with his daughter and son-in-law during a rally held in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Zito said: “They confirmed that. They said, ‘We are not blaming the press. We blame everything that leads to our country, we are angry about it, and we want to resist it.’
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Fox News confirmed that, ahead of the first anniversary of Trump’s first assassination, six Secret Service agents were suspended unpaid after Trump opened fire at a rally last summer in western Pennsylvania.
The Secret Service confirmed to Fox News that supervisors and line-level agents were suspended in February, ranging from 10 to 42 days.
Zito said in a conversation with Fox News Digital after preliminary reports on the agency’s suspension that it was “necessary” to put a pause on the logistics decision.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attacked a bullet at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, 2024, surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“I’m clear that the men and women who cared for President Trump that day were in the most important attitude in his details and that buffer zone,” Zito said. “They were doing the right job when those men and women put themselves in the line of fire.”
Zito refused to come down when he first heard the filming, saying Trump was “enclosed in a blue ocean.”
“They put him in a protective position and then put their lives on the boundaries,” Zito said. “In that moment, no courage should be taken away. Those field officers were heroes that day.”
Trump has recovered From his near assassination It was just a bullet put into his ear, thanks to the immigration chart he faced. One rally attendee, firefighter Corey Compperatore, was killed, and two others were seriously injured by the shooting of the fraudster.
A large group of people awaited the arrival of President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, months after he was assassinated at the same location on Saturday, October 5, 2024. (Matthew McDermott for Fox News Digital)
The moment after the gunshot, Zito said that what she saw next was “really great.”
Zito explained: “People left there very in a very orderly manner. There was no rush. There was no stampede. You saw doctors caring for the fallen (or) injured people. But you mainly saw people running around with each other.”
Zito said it was “amazing” to see “how orderly people left behind”. An hour later, when she returned to the large parking lot, they didn’t put a car, so thousands of Trump supporters gathered.
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“These people aren’t in the car, they share water, they hug each other, make sure they’re OK, they’re sharing food. They’re just talking. I’m really shocked by their competition at that moment.”
Zito’s book readers Back on July 13, 2024, she was just a few steps away from Trump when she fired. She is a political journalist for the Washington Examiner, a special contributor to the Washington Post and was a columnist for the New York Post.
