NBC News campaign embed Jake Traylor was covering Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, when a shooter attempted to assassinate the former president. Traylor recounted the moments of the shooting to Andrea Mitchell.
In remarks delivered from the White House's Oval Office, President Joe Biden on Sunday forcefully condemned political violence and called for national unity following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump a night earlier. 'I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics,' Biden said. 'We must stand together.
As Politico reported Sunday, Biden has delivered just two other speeches from behind the Resolute Desk: In June 2023, 'to mark the passage of legislation averting a federal default, and in October, to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.' Biden reminded Americans that political differences should be resolved 'at the ballot box ... not with bullets.
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