A shot that did the trick
By Mehdi Ebrahim
Staff writer
At 6:12 p.m. ET last Saturday, halfway through a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, eight rounds of shots were heard, one of which partially pierced Republican candidate Donald Trump’s right ear shortly before he was shielded by the Secret Service and whisked offstage with a streak of blood on his face.
“I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear,” Trump said, while recounting the incident. “I said to myself, Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet. I moved my hand to my right ear, brought it down, and my hand was covered with blood.”
Speaking with a voice brimming with emotions, Trump tried to win the hearts of potential voters who were not mindful of the benefits of a staged assassination attempt that could bestow upon the 78-year-old nationwide acclamation at an exponential rate.
“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Trump said. “I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God.”
After the suspected assassination, Trump became the hero of some American citizens at a time that Joe Biden, the incumbent president, was being ridiculed for his old age and mental disability.
Few people asked why the assassination took place two days before the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin and few politicians across the US dared to analyze why the shooting happened in Pennsylvania as the two states are regarded in American politics as swing states (battleground states, toss-up states, or purple state), where Republican and Democratic candidates have similar levels of support and play a key role in the outcome of presidential elections.
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