Truly a sad day for America.
As we all know by now, former president, and current republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, was less than an inch away from being assassinated on live TV yesterday evening while holding a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The former (and soon to be yet again), president of the United States, had a bullet pierce the skin of his upper right earlobe before being swarmed by secret service in what has officially been confirmed as an assassination attempt on the presidential front-runner.
The sniper, who was positioned on a nearby rooftop and has been identified as a 20 year-old male from the local Butler Country area, was killed within seconds after firing off multiple rounds. With the help from secret service, Trump then stood tall with his fist raised in the air in front of the entire world as blood dripped down his cheek in what could’ve been an even more tragic day in our country.
BREAKING: Donald Trump pumps his fist as blood covers his face after ‘pops’ ring out. pic.twitter.com/XSLVR055bv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 13, 2024
Just a couple hours later, country music legend George Strait held a concert at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, where he addressed what was on every concertgoers mind, and decided to take a minute to thank the first responders that put their lives on the line to protect us in situations like these:
“Thank you for coming when we need you, when we call you..we appreciate that very much. Especially after today.”
The crowd then erupted in a glorious “U-S-A!” chant, a regular practice at concerts and sporting events that bring drunk Americans from all different backgrounds together for a brief moment in time, reminding each other that there’s still sometimes unity in this divisive era.
And although Toby Keith would probably be writing the banger of all bangers right about now, there’s still one thing all country fans can agree on, and that’s George Strait always being a class act. Check out the clip from the King here: