Biden Denounces Attempt on Trump’s Life, Historical Pattern of U.S. Political Violence Highlighted
WASHINGTON — Following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden swiftly condemned the violent act, emphasizing its abnormality in American political culture. The investigation, led by law enforcement agencies, has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania, as the suspect in the attack that tragically killed a local former volunteer fire chief, Corey Comperatore, and left two others critically injured. President Biden’s immediate denunciation reflected …