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Trump said more than “13,000 murderers” have been let into the US during Joe Biden’s administration.

During his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, he said countries “all over the world” were releasing muderers and human traffickers into the US.

There is no evidence supporting Trump’s claim that countries are intentionally “releasing” anyone into the US.

Trump boasted about his properties and the “beautiful life” he could have if he weren’t running for president during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“I could have such a beautiful life,” Trump said, before boasting of his properties. “I could be in Monte Carlo, but I’d rather be in Butler.”

A short time later, someone in the crowd suffered a medical issue, briefly interrupting the rally. Trump stopped, saying “take your time, doctor” and waited for the individual to receive medical care before continuing.

During the downtime, the crowd started singing the national anthem.

Trump suggested on Saturday during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania that migrants in “holding bins” were being given government sponsored “sex change operations.”

“Who wants sex change operations for illegal aliens in holding bins?”

The dubious claim has been a frequent talking point among Republicans, who have made both illegal immigration and opposition to transgender individuals a main focus of the 2024 campaign.

Donald Trump said that Democrats “maybe tried to kill me” during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — the site of his attempted assassination by Thomas Matthew Crooks in July — after which the crowd chanted “fight fight fight.”

There is zero evidence that Democrats had anything to do with Crooks’s shooting.

Earlier in the night Trump’s son, Eric, made similar false insinuations.

Conservative social media influencer and campaigner Scott Presler made an appeal to the Amish in Pennsylvania on Saturday before Donald Trump appeared at his Butler rally.

He told them Trump’s White House would protect their “raw milk” and would provide them a country where they could afford to have families with 10 children.

It’s not the first time Republicans have courted the Amish vote in Pennsylvania.

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Trump recognized Corey Comperatore, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, the men wounded during the July 13 assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania.

Comperatore was killed in the attack. Trump called him a “folk hero,” a “brave guy,” and a “protector.”

He also noted that Copenhaver could not be at the rally because he was having surgery related to the shooting. Dutch was present at the rally on Saturday.

He then asked the crowd to join him in a moment of silence for Comperatore, during which time bells tolled and a singer sang “Ave Maria.”

Trump thanked the US Secret Service members who “threw their bodies on top of mine,” saying there “was not even a moment of doubt in their mind” when they moved in to assist him.

The Secret Service faced severe scrutiny in the aftermath of the assassination attempt in July. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in the wake of the assassination attempt.

Donald Trump started his Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania with the words “as I was saying,” referencing that his last rally in Butler ended abruptly when Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate him.

“By the hand of providence and the grace of God, that villain did not succeed in his goal,” Trump said.

The former president walked out to the stage to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA” sung by Lee Greenwood.

Donald Trump walked onto the stage to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA” sung by Lee Greenwood.

The former president returned to the Butler stage less than three months after a lone gunman tried to take his life. One supporter in the crowd died and two others were injured. Trump suffered a wound to his ear.

Trump started his rally, as promised, right where he left off in July: “As I was saying...”

The July 13 rally was interrupted just a few minutes in when shots rang out. Trump ducked behind a podium and Secret Service rushed to the stage to huddle around the former president, who eventually got up, with blood smattered across his face.

“The vicious monster unleashed pure evil from his sniper’s perch,” he said of the shooter.

“Donald Trump took a bullet for us. Please use your ballot and have his back on November 5,” Scott Presler told the crowd on Saturday.

The controversial campaigner, who boasts millions of followers across his various social media accounts, has been trying to urge Trump supporters in Pennsylvania to sign up for mail-in ballots — a message that directly contradicts that of the former president, who has repeatedly ragged on mail-in voting.

“Democrats vote for 50 days, Republicans vote for 12 hours. If we are going to be competitive in this election, then we must use an ‘all of the above’ approach to voting,” Presler previously told The Independent.

Presler’s efforts have won the support of Eric and Lara Trump.

Richard Hall has the full story.