Fox News: Trump says that ‘only consequential presidents get shot at’ during Michigan event

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Trump says that 'only consequential presidents get shot at' during Michigan event

Former President Trump argued that "consequential presidents" are victims of assassination attempts just two days after he survived a second attempt on his life.......                    ...                        ...FLINT, Michigan - Former President Trump argued that it is "consequential" presidents who face the threats he has over the last few months at a town hall event in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the former president's first since surviving an assassination attempt Sunday......."You wonder why I got shot at right. You know, only consequential presidents get shot at right," Trump said during the town hall at Flint's Dort Financial Center.......The event marked Trump's first official campaign stop since the latest attempt on his life Sunday, when a lone gunman was spotted by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login agents while Trump was playing a round of golf at Trump International Golf Club in Florida.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The gunman, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, was spotted by Secret Service agents as Trump moved between holes five and six on the course, with the agents firing at Routh after spotting his rifle and scope poking out of the brush.......Trump, who was about 300-500 yards away from the shooter at the time of the incident, escaped uninjured.......The attempt marked the second time Trump faced an assassination attempt, coming just over two months after the former president was grazed in the ear by a bullet fired at him during a rally in Butlery, Pennsylvania.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on the attempts on his life during the Michigan event, saying being and running for president is a "dangerous business."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"It's a dangerous business. However, being president, it's a little bit dangerous. It's. You know, they think race car driving is dangerous. No, they think bull riding. That's pretty scary, right? No, this is a dangerous business, and we have to keep it safe," Trump said.......The former president spent much of the event, which took place in a critical swing state, hitting You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on issues such as inflation and the auto industry......."'I'll say this for Michigan, if I don't win, you will have no auto industry within two to three years," Trump said. "China is going to take over all of your business because of the electric car and because they have the material we don't."......Michigan figures to play a key role in this year's election. Trump won the state by less than one percentage point in 2016, but lost it to President Biden in 2020 by less than three percentage points.......Polls show a close race brewing in the state again, with Harris holding a less than one percentage point lead as of Tuesday, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average....

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