Georgia officials react to assassination attempt on Trump

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa., after an assassination attempt.

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Georgia Republican and Democratic officials rushed to condemn the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. 

Trump was hit by a bullet on his right ear during a rally in Pennsylvania after a gunman fired from a nearby rooftop. 

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock prayed for the former President and other victims of the attack during his sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday. 

“We must be very clear: Yesterday's attack is an attack on all of us because it is an attack on democracy, the sacred and precious right of the American people to choose and to do so nonviolently," he said. "And if we lose that, we lose the very idea of America."

The shooter was "not a patriot," Warnock added.

Georgia House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration said that he is also praying for the victims, and is glad that Trump is okay. 

“What we do know is that this was a truly terrible act," he said. "No person running for public office should have his or her safety threatened."

President Joe Biden also condemned the attacks that killed one rally attendee and injured two others. The suspect is also dead. 

Trump was treated for his injuries at local hospital and released.

Other Georgia officials react to attempted assassination of Trump

Gov. Brian Kemp: 

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff:

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams:

U.S. Rep. Austin Scott:

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green:

U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk:

U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde:

Speaker of the House Jon Burns:

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones:

Georgia U.S. Rep. Mike Collins also posted a baseless and unfounded claim about Biden and the shooting.

Trump is set to attend the Republican National Convention, where he will officially become the party's nominee for president.