No one trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala: Elon Musk after second assassination attempt on Trump

Donald Trump survived another assassination attempt in Florida, with the FBI confirming he was safe. Elon Musk questioned why Biden and Kamala Harris are not being targeted. The suspect, armed with an AK-47 style rifle, escaped but was later appre...

Reuters
After Republican US Presidential candidate Donald Trump survived another assassination attempt, tech tycoon Elon Musk asked a controversial question on why Biden and Kamala Harris are not being attacked and targets of assassinations.

"No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala," said Musk while quoting a X user who had posted a question on the recent attack on Trump.

Attack on Trump:

Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sunday in Florida, the FBI said, with the Republican presidential candidate's campaign and law enforcement reporting he was safe and unharmed.

The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents "opened fire on a gunman" located near the boundary of Trump's golf course, and that an "AK-47 style rifle" with a scope was recovered along with a GoPro video camera.

Amid the confrontation with the Secret Service, the suspect bolted out of the shrubbery he had been hiding in and escaped in a black car. A witness helped police identify the vehicle and authorities tracked it down.

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"We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told a news conference.

Trump had been golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, not far from his Mar-a-Lago residence, when the would-be shooter was spotted in bushes one hole ahead of the former president, Bradshaw said.

"President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity," his campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, while Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris expressed relief her political rival was out of danger.

Trump himself said in a website fundraising message: "Fear not! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God!"

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The unnerving incident appears to mark the second time in as many months that Trump has been the target of an assassination attempt. The former president was wounded in the ear on July 13 as he addressed an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

(with agency inputs)
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