“I took a bullet for democracy,” Donald Trump said Saturday in Pennsylvania, addressing the first rally since being shot in the ear.

Michigan: Former US President Donald Trump addressed his first rally in Michigan after being shot in the ear following a horrific assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, saying, “I took a bullet for democracy,” The Hill reported.
Trump returned to the campaign trail in Grand Rapids, Michigan after accepting the Republican nomination for president at the Republican National Convention.

“I don't want to know anything about it. But what they do is disinformation and disinformation and they say that's a threat to democracy,” Trump added, referring to Democrats. 'I am saying, 'What have I done for democracy? Last week, I took a bullet for democracy,” Trump said.
Speaking about Project 2025, Trump said, “They're seriously extreme, but I don't know anything about it.”

Democrats have tried to tie Trump to Project 2025, a conservative policy forum organized by the Heritage Platform, whose contributions include former Trump administration officials, The Hill reports. The former US president and his campaign have denied any support for Project 2025.
“I stand before you by the grace of Almighty God,” he said during the rally. Trump wore a small beige band over his right ear at his rally, which was different from the large white one he wore to the Republican National Convention earlier this week, The Hill reports.
It was Trump's first rally since surviving an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday. He was shot in the ear and escorted off stage by US service agents. A bystander and the shooter were killed during the attack, while two others were injured in a shooting incident in Pennsylvania.

Many Trump supporters who attended the rally wore shirts with images of Trump raising his fist in the air and telling their constituents to “fight back” as Secret Service agents led them off the stage after the Pennsylvania shooting, CNN reported. .
Several merchandise tables outside the venue in Grand Rapids, Michigan were selling shirts to attendees as they waited in line to enter the indoor arena.
At the same rally in Michigan, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance criticized U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, questioning her accomplishments and defending her own loyalty to the country.

“Vice President Kamala Harris, actually some bad news, she doesn't like me,” Vance said.
“Kamala Harris said something like … I have no loyalty to this country. Well, I don't know, Kamala, I served in the United States Marine Corps and built a business. What have you done besides collect checks?,” Vance said.

This was Vance's first rally after being chosen as the running mate of former US President Donald Trump. Vance's comments came after Kamala Harris criticized her earlier this week for not certifying the results of the 2020 election.

Harris also compared Vance to former US Vice President Mike Pence, saying that Vance “would have executed Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election.”

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