Former President Donald Trump spoke more about the assassination attempt and the security lapses that led to the shooting, telling Fox News’s Jesse Watters in an interview that aired Monday night that it’s “crazy” that the Secret Service didn’t have more manpower at his Pennsylvania campaign rally. Trump survived the July 13 shooting after a bullet hit his right ear, while three other people were struck by more gunfire, including firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was killed. The 20-year-old shooter gained access to a roof fewer than 150 yards away from the rally stage and was spotted by Secret Service snipers 20 minutes before he opened fire, according to law enforcement officials. “Somebody should’ve made sure there was nobody on that roof. That roof was a dead aim right onto the stage,” Trump told Watters. “And they said they didn’t have the manpower for it, which is crazy. A hundred thirty yards is like sinking a one-foot putt. It’s considered really close.” “You have to answer: why couldn’t I have stayed off the stage for five minutes while they do their work? Why couldn’t, you know, how does a situation happen where a roof that’s plainly in sight from the location where I was speaking … why would somebody not have seen that?” the Republican presidential nominee added. Trump blasted the “Biden/Harris administration” over the assassination attempt in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, writing, “The Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for Democracy. IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!” Trump also told the Fox News host that Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned on Tuesday morning, came to see him after the assassination attempt. The former president said his meeting with Cheatle “went very nicely,” adding that he believes she was given “false information” about the slope of the roof the shooter was perched on. Cheatle said last week that the roof’s slope presented a safety risk. “I noticed that she [Cheatle] said, well, this is a slope[d] roof where you think of like a barn where you have, this thing had just a little — a little upswing in it, a few degrees. This was a not — it essentially was a flat roof,” Trump said. Cheatle was questioned during a Congressional hearing on Monday and was urged by Republicans and Democrats to resign after she dodged answering numerous questions on how the would-be assassin was able to fire multiple shots at the former president. RELATED: Whistleblower Says Law Enforcement Abandoned Roof Where Gunman Shot At Trump Due To Hot Weather

An elderly man in Hancock, Michigan, is in critical condition after what police are calling a “politically motivated” attack on Sunday. The man, who has not been identified, was putting up a yard sign supporting President Donald Trump around 5:45 p.m., when a suspect driving a Honda ATV drove onto the man’s yard and ran him over with the vehicle, the Hancock Police Department said in a press release. The driver reportedly began to pull out the yard signs, and when the victim tried to put them back in the ground, the driver ran him over. The victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, including a brain bleed, and is reportedly still in critical condition. “We’re not sure what could happen. Could he die from these injuries? Possible,” Hancock Police Chief Tami Sleeman said, according to WLUC. “If there’s anybody out there that has any information on the person driving this four-wheeler, please call the Hancock Police Department.” This was the third incident police believe to be politically motivated that occurred on Sunday alone. The first two involved vehicles that were vandalized, with the police department saying the suspect “appeared to target both Trump and Law Enforcement supporters.” It is unclear what about the vehicles indicated the drivers were either Trump or law enforcement supporters. “Around 4:45 p.m., we had reports of vandalism to two vehicles where the tire valves were broken off and another one, they had smashed all the windows out and tried to do the same [act]…with the vehicle tires,” Sleeman told WLUC. The driver has been identified, but no name has been released to the public yet. Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Polls show former President Donald Trump with a commanding lead among independent voters over Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee. According to the Associated Press, Harris has secured the backing of more than the 1,976 delegates required to win the nomination. A HarrisX poll conducted July 19-21 before Biden dropped out found Trump leading Harris by eleven points, 51-40% among likely November voters. In a shocking piece of data for Democrats, Trump and Harris were tied at 45% among Hispanic voters. The split among Hispanic voters broke down between men and women; male Hispanic voters favored Trump 58-36%, while female Hispanic voters favored Harris 52-34%. Suburban voters favored Trump by eleven points, 51-40%. A Quinnipiac poll conducted July 19-21 found that among independent voters, Trump led Harris by a 14-point margin, 46-32%. ?? 2024 GE: @QuinnipiacPoll ? Trump: 45%? Harris: 41%? RFK Jr: 6%? Other: 4% Independents? Trump: 46%? Harris: 32%? RFK Jr: 11%? Other: 7% #19 (2.8/3.0) | July 19-21 | 1,257 RV https://t.co/dR9PzUOOIl https://t.co/Q1gIXgXOp2 pic.twitter.com/OhJjihTzg3 — InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) July 22, 2024 A Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 17-20 showed Michigan voters favoring Trump over Harris by five points, 46-41% if two additional candidates were included: independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Green Party candidate Jill Stein. In North Carolina, Trump led Harris by four points, 48-44%, if two additional candidates were included; in Arizona, Trump led Harris 46-40%; in Pennsylvania, Trump led Harris 46-44% with four candidates. Additionally, Harris elicited far more unfavorable numbers than Trump; in Arizona, Trump was two points under while Harris was a massive 17 points under (Favorable/Unfavorable); in Pennsylvania, Trump was four points under while Harris was a whopping 16 points; in North Carolina, Trump was four points under while Harris was 10 points under; in Michigan, Trump was eight points under while Harris was 12 points under. Do you have a Favorable or Unfavorable opinion of…? Arizona Trump: 47-49 (-2)Harris: 38-55 (-17)—Pennsylvania Trump: 46-50 (-4)Harris: 38-54 (-16)—Michigan Trump: 44-52 (-8)Harris: 40-52 (-12)—North Carolina Trump: 47-51 (-4)Harris: 41-51 (-10)—@ppppolls for a… https://t.co/lUjsSH7n4Q pic.twitter.com/BFYgGZhOIb — InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) July 23, 2024 On Monday, Polymarket, which bills itself as “the world’s largest prediction market,” showed the odds of Trump winning the presidential election at 64-33%. It also showed the odds of Trump winning the swing states by significant margins; in Pennsylvania, Trump led 57-43%; in Wisconsin, Trump led 55-45%; in Michigan, Trump led 53-47%; and in Arizona, Trump led 66-34%. .@Polymarket – Swing States Odds (7/22) PENNSYLVANIA ? Donald Trump: 57%? Kamala Harris: 43%—WISCONSIN ? Donald Trump: 55%? Kamala Harris: 45%—MICHIGAN ? Donald Trump: 53%? Kamala Harris: 47%—ARIZONA ? Donald Trump: 66%? Kamala Harris: 34%—GEORGIA ?… pic.twitter.com/qaTda3xxyr — InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) July 23, 2024  

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