President Biden Says He Spoke With Donald Trump After Rally Shooting: ‘An Assassination Attempt Is Contrary to Everything We Stand for as a Nation’

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Sunday following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday evening.

“Last night, I spoke with Donald Trump,” Biden said from the White House. “I’m sincerely grateful that he’s doing well and recovering.”

Biden said that he and Trump had a “short but good conversation” after the rally shooting.

Biden continued: “We also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. He was a father; he was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired when he lost his life. God love him.”

Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a gunman opened fire outside the venue, the U.S. Secret Service said.

The Secret Service “neutralized” the shooter, who is dead, agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. One person in the crowd, who has been identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore, was killed by the gunfire, and two were critically injured.

“We’re also praying for the full recovery of those who were injured, and we’re grateful to the Secret Service agents and other law enforcement agencies and individuals who risked their lives literally for our nation,” Biden said. “As I said last night, there is no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter. An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation — everything. It’s not who we are as a nation. It’s not American and we cannot allow this to happen.”

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