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‘Let Us Reunite. Now.’

Former First Lady Melania Trump calls for unity, civility after apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump.

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Jennifer Taylor
Jul 14, 2024
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First Lady Melania Trump at Boston Medical Center in 2019. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

Former First Lady Melania Trump is calling for unity and civility among Americans in a silence-shattering statement released this morning, less than 24 hours after her husband, former President Donald Trump, survived an apparent attempted assassination at a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“America, the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered, but our courage and common sense must ascend and bring us back together as one,” the former first lady said in the one-in-a-half page statement that addresses the victims of the shooting, the valiant work of Secret Service agents, and America at large.

“Let us reunite. Now,” she says. “This morning ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the  simple-minded ideas that ignite violence. We all want a world where respect is paramount, family is first, and love transcends. We can realize this world again. Each of us must demand to get it back.…

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