Trump rally shooting: Biden orders security review, FBI believes shooter acted alone
- Republican Party members say US President Joe Biden and Democrats did not do enough while Secret Service rejects rumours of denying extra cover
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Trump rally shooting: Biden orders security review, FBI believes shooter acted alone
US President Joe Biden delivered an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, reiterating in the wake of the assassination attempt against his contender in the upcoming US election, Donald Trump, that violence should not be normalised and called for unity in a country where “political rhetoric has gotten very heated”.
“While we may disagree, we are not enemies ... We are fellow Americans. We must stand together," he said in the televised prime-time national address. “Yesterday’s shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania calls on all of us to take a step back, take stock of where we are, how we go forward from here.”
Biden said that at the three-day Republican National Convention starting on Monday, he has “no doubt” Republicans will “criticise my record and offer their own vision for this country.” He said he will continue to campaign and lay out his vision.
“In America, we resolve our differences at the ballot box - not with bullets,” he said.
Earlier on Sunday, Biden said he has directed an independent review of national security at the rally where Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday evening.
He said Trump has “already received a heightened level of security”.
“I’ve been consistent in my direction of the Secret Service to provide him with every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure his continued safety,” adding that he has also directed the Service to review all security measures for the Republican National Convention.