Trump says "I don't mind" if someone had to shoot through media

Lititz, Pennsylvania — Former President Donald Trump said during a rally connected Sunday that he wouldn't mind if personification tried to sprout done nan media riser to assassinate him while he was complaining that nan bulletproof glass positioned astir him was "ridiculous."

"I person a portion of solid complete here, and I don't person a portion of solid there. And I person this portion of solid here, but each we person really complete present is nan clone news," Trump said, pointing to nan solid positioned betwixt him and nan head-on riser wherever nan property was located. "And to get maine personification would person to sprout done nan clone news. And I don't mind that truthful much. I don't mind that."

He many times mocked nan media and reporters passim nan rally, calling nan media "bloodsuckers." 

Trump's comments came arsenic he was talking astir nan bulletproof solid surrounding him astatine his outdoor rallies, a measurement that was implemented aft nan assassination effort successful Butler, Pennsylvania, connected July 13. A bullet grazed Trump's ear astatine nan Butler rally, and an assemblage personnel was killed. Secret Service snipers killed nan shooter. Two months aft nan Butler shooting, different man was arrested pinch a weapon and charged pinch attempting to assassinate Trump, this clip astatine his play people successful Florida. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a run rally astatine Lancaster Airport connected November 03, 2024 successful Lititz, Pennsylvania.  Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

"The problem is, erstwhile you watch maine tonight, you'll say, 'the President doesn't look that good.' Well, really nan hellhole do you look good? Look astatine nan size of this sucker," Trump said, while going to study nan thickness of nan glass. 

Trump later said that location whitethorn beryllium a sniper successful nan field, harkening backmost to his first assassination attempt, and commented that his supporters would beryllium his glass. 

"Glass here. There's thing complete there. They're my glass. See? Those group are my glass," Trump said, pointing to nan crowd. 

In a statement, Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman, said successful a connection afterward that Trump was trying to protect nan media. 

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