Allegheny County GOP chairman Sam DeMarco spoke to Fox News Digital about the Trump assassination attempt's effect on his community and party.
The Republican leader of Pennsylvania’s second-most populous county said Friday the way former President Trump responded to his assassination attempt likely won him the support of critics and undecided voters alike. Allegheny County Republican Committee chairman Sam DeMarco – whose area was rocked by news that shooter Thomas Crooks was living in their community – said that although he did not attend the Butler, Pa., rally, he shared his real-time reaction to the news.
think President Trump, in the wake of the shooting there as he rose to his feet, with the Secret Service, men, women just hanging off of him had the thought to be able to raise his fist in the air to show the crowd that he was okay and to urge them to continue to ‘fight,’ fight for this country – I think he won votes from folks that were undecided, or may not have been supporters, from folks all across this country,' DeMarco said.
know that the security folks are still trying to determine what his motive was,' he said. 'I don't know whether it was political or anyone that may be unbalanced has to have that type of motive. But I put out a press release saying that I believe that the overheated political rhetoric may very well played a role.
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