Woman’s act during Donald Trump rally shooting goes viral
Footage of a woman who was sitting behind Donald Trump at a campaign rally has gone viral as many question her reaction online.
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A woman who was sitting behind Donald Trump at the Pennsylvania rally has raised eyebrows on social media over her behaviour moments after the shooting.
Footage of the rally shows the woman, who was wearing a white shirt, black hat and sunglasses, ducking and pulling out her phone after shots ran out, while others took cover around her.
The footage has gone viral on social media, adding to bizarre conspiracy theories about the attempted assassination.
However, others pointed out many were filming the historic moment and suggested her actions were a “harmless coincidence”.
Mr Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when multiple bangs rang out.
He clutched his ear, with blood visible on his ear and cheek, then ducked to the floor as Secret Service agents swarmed onto the podium, surrounding him and rushing him to a nearby vehicle.
The shooter and a bystander were killed, and two spectators injured. Newly surfaced video backs up reports from witnesses that they had called out to police and physically pointed at the shooter as he lay on the roof preparing to open fire, the Washington Post reported Monday.
The shots targeting Mr Trump rang out 86 seconds after the first audible attempts to warn the police, the Post said, citing an analysis it did of video clips from the scene of the attack.
President Joe Biden ordered a full review of the security at the rally, as well as at this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Mr Trump will be crowned the party’s presidential nominee.
He also ordered Secret Service protection for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and long-time vaccine sceptic who has no chance of winning in November, but whose candidacy could potentially sway close contests in key swing states.
The Secret Service faces intense scrutiny over how a gunman aiming an assault rifle was able to take position on a roof some 500 feet (150 meters) from one of the most protected political figures on the planet.
With Mr Trump set to star at the convention, a spokesman for said the agency said it was working to toughen security.
- with AFP
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