Garland Deeply ‘Alarmed’ Shooter Was Able To Get So Close To Donald Trump
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“Our democracy will not survive if people decide that the way in which they get the outcomes they want … is by killing someone.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday he was deeply alarmed after a shooter was able to get close enough to attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month.
Garland spoke to NBC News on Tuesday, describing the attack — which left one of Trump’s supporters dead at a rally in Pennsylvania — as a “security failure” that “should not happen in America.” The FBI said last week Trump was struck by a bullet in the ear, although officials are still searching for a clear motive in the attack.
“This is extremely alarming,” the attorney general told NBC. “Our democracy will not survive if people decide that the way in which they get the outcomes they want … is by killing someone.”
“That’s why we have to find out what happened here, why it happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Republicans have continued to react with fury following the shooting, prompting Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign earlier this month amid a bipartisan push.