Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
Biden Appeals For "Unity" After Attempted Trump Assassination, Orders Security Review
gvw_ap_news
By Associated Press
Published 5 months ago on
July 14, 2024

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, July 13, 2024. President Biden is going back to Washington from Delaware earlier than planned following the attack at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Share

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and said he was ordering an independent security review of the lead-up to the attack.

Biden delivered brief remarks from the White House after receiving a briefing on the investigation in the Situation Room. He said he has directed the probe to be “thorough and swift,” and asked the country not to “make assumptions” about the perpetrator’s motives or affiliations.

Biden plans to deliver extended remarks to the nation Sunday evening in a prime-time address from the Oval Office.

Biden quickly denounced the shooting and talked to Trump in its aftermath. His campaign team, meanwhile, is grappling with how to manage the political implications of an attack on the man Biden hopes to defeat in the November election. He postponed a planned trip to Texas on Monday, where he was to speak on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library in wake of Trump rally shooting, the White House said.

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

Survey: Small Businesses Are Feeling More Optimistic About the Economy After the Election

DON'T MISS

Heavy Travel Day off to a Rough Start After American Airlines Briefly Grounds All Flights

DON'T MISS

Global Monitor Says Famine Is Weeks Away in North Gaza. A US Diplomat Calls Warning ‘Irresponsible’

DON'T MISS

California Residents on Edge as High Surf and Flooding Threats Persist on Christmas Eve

DON'T MISS

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Holds Near Breakeven Ahead of Christmas

DON'T MISS

Fresno Authorities Seeks Public’s Help to Locate Family of Deceased Man

DON'T MISS

Opinion: Does Jesus Want Christians to Be Environmentalists?

DON'T MISS

Illegal Immigrant Faces Murder Charges in Death of Woman Lit on Fire in NYC Subway

DON'T MISS

$1M Investment in Fresno Lender to Help Small Businesses Get Funding

DON'T MISS

Who Is Making a Difference in Fresno? Explore This List of 2024’s Shining Stars

UP NEXT

Bill Clinton Is Hospitalized With a Fever but in Good Spirits, Spokesperson Says

UP NEXT

Cheers! Wine Clubs Are This Year’s Hottest Last Minute Gift

UP NEXT

House Ethics Committee Accuses Gaetz of ‘Regularly’ Paying for Sex With Women, Including Minor

UP NEXT

White House Pushes to Find American Journalist Abducted in Syria

UP NEXT

Liberal Donors Plot to Overturn Republican House Majority in 2026

UP NEXT

The ‘Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From US, Officials Say

UP NEXT

Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Over the Law That Could Ban TikTok

UP NEXT

Trump’s Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but ‘Team of Opponents’

UP NEXT

Most US Teens Are Abstaining From Drinking, Smoking and Marijuana, Survey Says

UP NEXT

Mystery Drone Sightings Continue in New Jersey and Across the US. Here’s What We Know

California Residents on Edge as High Surf and Flooding Threats Persist on Christmas Eve

15 minutes ago

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Holds Near Breakeven Ahead of Christmas

20 minutes ago

Fresno Authorities Seeks Public’s Help to Locate Family of Deceased Man

31 minutes ago

Opinion: Does Jesus Want Christians to Be Environmentalists?

5 hours ago

Illegal Immigrant Faces Murder Charges in Death of Woman Lit on Fire in NYC Subway

16 hours ago

$1M Investment in Fresno Lender to Help Small Businesses Get Funding

16 hours ago

Who Is Making a Difference in Fresno? Explore This List of 2024’s Shining Stars

17 hours ago

Fresno State Tossed by Northern Illinois in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

17 hours ago

2 Rescued After Santa Cruz Wharf Partially Collapses Due to Heavy Surf From Major Pacific Storm

17 hours ago

Spain Faces Threats of Terrorism and Unrest, US Warns in Travel Advisory

18 hours ago

Survey: Small Businesses Are Feeling More Optimistic About the Economy After the Election

A recent survey shows small business owners are feeling more optimistic about the economy following the election. The National Federation of...

34 seconds ago

35 seconds ago

Survey: Small Businesses Are Feeling More Optimistic About the Economy After the Election

An American Airlines employee wearing a Santa Claus hat looks toward quiet check-in counters in the American terminal at Miami International Airport, on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
12 minutes ago

Heavy Travel Day off to a Rough Start After American Airlines Briefly Grounds All Flights

13 minutes ago

Global Monitor Says Famine Is Weeks Away in North Gaza. A US Diplomat Calls Warning ‘Irresponsible’

A security guard watches the entrance to the closed Santa Cruz Wharf in Santa Cruz, Calif., Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP/Nic Coury)
15 minutes ago

California Residents on Edge as High Surf and Flooding Threats Persist on Christmas Eve

20 minutes ago

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Holds Near Breakeven Ahead of Christmas

The Fresno County Coroner’s Office seeks help locating the family of Jalal Tantash, 87, to arrange his proper burial. (Fresno County SO)
31 minutes ago

Fresno Authorities Seeks Public’s Help to Locate Family of Deceased Man

5 hours ago

Opinion: Does Jesus Want Christians to Be Environmentalists?

16 hours ago

Illegal Immigrant Faces Murder Charges in Death of Woman Lit on Fire in NYC Subway

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend