[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 143 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6042-S6043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I am dismayed to begin another week 
with news of an assassination attempt against a former President. We 
are certainly all grateful once again that the worst outcome was 
avoided.
  This ought to be a moment of soul-searching for all Americans. It is 
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time to reflect on the ways that our political process has been 
injected by reprehensible violence. In America, our democracy flows 
from the ballot box, not from the barrel of a gun--period.
  In the meantime, for the second time in as many months, law 
enforcement faces an even more urgent task: completing a thorough, 
swift, and transparent investigation into the circumstances of 
yesterday's close call.
  The American people deserve answers. They deserve assurance that a 
former President whom tens of millions of Americans have nominated once 
again will receive every appropriate measure of security. And they 
ought to receive them without delay.

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