JD Vance calls for ‘full-scale investigation’ into assassination attempt on Donald Trump: ‘Clearly mistakes were made’

"What worries me is why was there a shooter 150 yards from the President of the United States?” JD Vance said.

Published on: Jul 16, 2024, 13:51:30 IST

By Sumanti Sen

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Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has been chosen by Donald Trump as his vice-presidential pick, has called for a “full-scale investigation” into the assassination attempt on the former president. “We need to understand what happened because clearly mistakes were made,” Vance told Fox News.

JD Vance calls for ‘full-scale investigation’ into assassination attempt on Donald Trump (Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)

‘What worries me is why was there a shooter 150 yards from the President of the United States?’

“The Secret Service ran up there. They put their bodies over, and they reacted quickly. That’s not what worries me. What worries me is why was there a shooter 150 yards from the President of the United States?” Vance said.

Vance recalled that he was playing mini golf with his children on Saturday, July 13, when gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump. “My first reaction was just to pray for him. I was terrified if President Trump had been killed, of course, terrible, terrible, terrible. But the reverberations in the country it would have been a world historic tragedy. Thank God he was OK,” Vance said.

“I don’t know enough about the security protocols, but I was a United States Marine. And 150 yards is not nearly enough of a security perimeter,” he added.

After the assassination attempt, Vance had taken to X to share a statement. “Today is not just some isolated incident,” he wrote. “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.”

“That rhetoric led directly to President Trump's attempted assassination,” he added.

Meanwhile, after learning that he was Trump’s VP pick, Vance expressed his “gratitude” in a social media post. “Just overwhelmed with gratitude,” he wrote on X. “What an honor it is to run alongside President Donald J. Trump. He delivered peace and prosperity once, and with your help, he'll do it again. Onward to victory!”

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Sumanti Sen
Sumanti Sen covers everything that’s happening in the US, from politics to entertainment, but her expertise lies in covering crime news. She has comprehensively chronicled the Idaho student murders, the Laken Riley and Iryna Zarutska cases, and the killing of Charlie Kirk, among other incidents. Over the years, she has interviewed several victims/families of victims of crimes seeking justice. She digs up stories that might otherwise remain unheard, and does her bit to ensure that victims and survivors’ voices are heard. Sumanti’s many years of experience also include interviews with Hamas attack survivors and mental health experts, among others. Her coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and interviews with survivors of the tragedy, coupled with her other works including the Titan submersible coverage, earned her the Digi Journo of the Quarter award during her first year at Hindustan Times. Sumanti actively tracks missing person cases in the United States, and peruses Reddit and other social media platforms to bring to light cases that frequently elude public attention. She has extensively covered the disappearances of Nancy Guthrie, Thomas Medlin, Beau Mann, and Sudiksha Konanki, among others. When not at work, you will either find her with her novels, or with her beloved rescue pooches.Read More

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