‘Wake-up call’: Mayor Greenberg addresses attempted assassination of Trump
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg offered his condolences and again decried political violence following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, saying everyone can play a role in "lowering the temperature of our political world."
“There is no place for violence in politics. Period,” Greenberg said Monday at an unrelated press conference at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. “And really, there is no place for violence anywhere in America.”
Saturday’s events, which took place in Butler, about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh, left the former president with an injured ear after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks climbed on a rooftop approximately 400 feet outside Trump’s rally stage and began firing an AR-15-style rifle. Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed and two others seriously injured — 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver. Both are in stable condition, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.
Crooks was shot and killed by law enforcement officials.
Greenberg offered his condolences to all victims, including Trump, and called the events a “wake-up call.”
“Absolutely no good came from Saturday’s heinous act of gun violence,” he said. “But let’s hope it’s finally the wake-up call some of us always hope for when there’s a tragic act like this.”
“A wake-up call to end the vitriol online. A wake-up call to end the ‘victory at all costs’ tactics that campaigns have seemingly been using recently. A wake-up call to address the carnage that keeps happening when people use deadly assault weapons to kill other people,” he said.
Greenberg said he was at a restaurant with his family when he learned about the shooting.
“My heart dropped,” he said. “It just brought back an experience for me that hit way too close to home.”
In February 2022, Greenberg survived a shooting while running for mayor. He said he was pleased to hear that Trump survived.
“Saturday night was a tough night for me,” Greenberg said. “I think it was a sad day for America.”
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