{"id":16285,"date":"2024-08-09T22:13:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2024-08-09T22:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T22:13:25","slug":"16285","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=16285","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier reports said Trump was considering shaving a couple of days off his rally attendance, where he is scheduled to speak on Thursday, the final night of the convention, but he has changed his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Based on yesterday\u2019s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and the Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a \u2018shooter,\u2019 or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else,\u201d Trump posted on social media. \u201cTherefore, I will be leaving for Milwaukee, as scheduled, at 3:30 P.M. TODAY. Thank you! DJT.\u201d Not long after, he added: \u201cUNITE AMERICA!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump delivered another uplifting message to his supporters and the rest of the country via his Truth Social platform following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Our love goes out to the other victims and their families. We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed. In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win. I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from Wisconsin,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112784638860095397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Trump also noted that he wasn\u2019t going to change his plans to attend the Republican National Convention, which begins on Monday. He is scheduled to address the convention on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on yesterday\u2019s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a \u2018shooter,\u2019 or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112786183121187515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement officials stated they have no intentions of altering the security protocols for the RNC, which is being held in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div id=\"v-conservativebrief-v1-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div id=\"_vdo_ads_player_ai_19134\" class=\"vdo_video_unit vdo_content\"><video id=\"vdo_ai_8205_html5_api\" class=\"vjs-tech\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/h5.vdo.ai\/media_file\/v-conservativebrief-v1\/source\/uploads\/videos\/171827419548666ac893c63b7\" preload=\"true\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" muted=\"muted\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\" dir=\"ltr\"><button class=\"vjs-play-control vjs-control vjs-button vjs-paused\" title=\"Play\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Play<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-volume-panel vjs-control vjs-volume-panel-vertical\"><button class=\"vjs-mute-control vjs-control vjs-button vjs-vol-0\" title=\"Unmute\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Unmute<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-progress-control vjs-control\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"vjs-fullscreen-control vjs-control vjs-button\" title=\"Fullscreen\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-poster\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police reaffirmed their faith in the security system currently in place and declared that their security perimeter will not change despite Saturday\u2019s attempted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not anticipating any changes to our operational security plans for this event,\u201d said the Secret Service\u2019s RNC coordinator, Audrey Gibson-Cicchino. She declined to answer several questions about Saturday\u2019s events in Pennsylvania, citing her RNC-specific jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGibson-Cicchino emphasized that the security planning in Milwaukee has been underway for 18 months and has already been designated the highest level of security event. Pressed about specific threats to this week\u2019s gathering, Michael Hensle, the FBI\u2019s special agent in charge in Milwaukee, said that there is \u2018no known specific articulated threat to the RNC during or any specific individual attendee\u2019 but that there are higher levels of online \u2018chatter\u2019 about the assassination attempt,\u201d NBC News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/secret-service-says-are-no-plans-change-security-measures-rnc-rcna161815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-12578241793956198-359\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate stated during a separate news briefing earlier on Sunday that since the incident, there have been more online threats of violence, which were already on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Jeffrey Norman stated that the city is not allowed to ban guns anywhere in Milwaukee under those state restrictions due to the likelihood of guns in the soft security perimeter surrounding the Fiserv Forum arena, where the convention will take place\u2014a result of Wisconsin\u2019s open-carry legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as a city cannot legislate out of that,\u201d Norman said of the state\u2019s open-carry allowances, adding that from a \u201claw enforcement aspect, we have to operate within those guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier reports said Trump was considering shaving a couple of days off his rally attendance, where he is scheduled to speak on Thursday, the final night of the convention, but he has changed his mind. Based on yesterday\u2019s terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and the Republican National Convention, by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=16285\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16286,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16285\/revisions\/16286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}