A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge on Tuesday for allegedly aiding an illegal immigrant in an attempt to avoid law enforcement.
Authorities arrested Judge Hannah Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court last month after officials say she tried to help an illegal immigrant evade immigration authorities. Dugan’s indictment charged her with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings.
“Judge Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge,” her lawyers said in a statement, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-immigration.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. “Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.”
Dugan’s legal team is expected to enter a plea on Thursday, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/13/us-news/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-indicted-over-allegedly-helping-illegal-migrant-evade-ice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended Dugan from the bench while her case progresses.
Dugan allegedly aided Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz in his attempts to evade federal authorities.
Law enforcement officials gathered in a hallway outside of Dugan’s courtroom last month waiting for Flores-Ruiz to exit. Dugan confronted the officials while she was “visibly upset and had a confrontational, angry demeanor,” according to the criminal complaint. The judge then led Flores-Ruiz out a different exit from her courtroom instead of the public exit in an attempt to evade law enforcement.
“Despite having been advised of the administrative warrant for the arrest of Flores-Ruiz, Judge Dugan then escorted Flores-Ruiz and his counsel out of the courtroom through the ‘jury door,’ which leads to a nonpublic area of the courthouse,” the indictment says.
The Trump administration has defended Dugan’s arrest as an example of an equal standard of law for all.
“Shame on her,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1915826498533310904" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last month. “It was a domestic violence case, of all cases, and she was protecting a criminal defendant over victims of crime.”

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the Milwaukee judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade federal agents until further notice. 
The court, which has a 4-3 liberal majority, said Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan would be temporarily relieved of duty while she faced federal charges. Dugan was arrested on Friday and charged with obstruction of a federal agency and concealing a person to help them avoid arrest. 
“The court has learned that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah C. Dugan has been charged with two federal criminal offenses, one of which is a felony and one of which is a misdemeanor,” the court wrote in an order. &#8220;In the exercise of that constitutional authority and in order to uphold the public confidence in the court of this state during the pendency of the criminal proceeding against Judge Dugan, we conclude on our own motion that it is the public interest that she be temporarily relieved of her official duty.”
It added that Dugan would be “temporarily prohibited from exercising the powers of a circuit court judge in the State of Wisconsin” until further “order of the court.” 
Lawyers for Dugan said that they disagreed with the court’s decision. 
&#8220;We are disappointed that the Court acted in unilateral fashion,&#8221; they <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/29/wisconsin-supreme-court-suspends-judge-hannah-dugan-after-charges/83354123007/">said</a>. &#8220;We continue to assert Judge Dugan’s innocence and look forward to her vindication in court.&#8221;
Federal investigators <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25919655-1034-001-1-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say</a> that Dugan helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, avoid arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he showed up at the Milwaukee County Court Complex. Flores-Ruiz was charged in Milwaukee with three counts of battery-domestic abuse-infliction of physical pain or injury. He was previously deported in 2013.
According to the FBI, six members of an ICE task force showed up at the courthouse on April 18 to arrest Flores-Ruiz, where they agreed to wait to arrest him until after his domestic abuse appearance. The FBI said that Dugan had been informed of the ICE agents’ presence and “became visibly angry” and called the situation ”absurd,” according to witness interviews.
After directing the arresting ICE team to the chambers of the chief judge, Dugan returned to her courtroom and told Flores-Ruiz to leave through the “jury door” into a non-public part of the courthouse, according to charging documents. Despite leaving the courtroom through the jury door, the ICE arresting team was able to track down Flores-Ruiz outside of the courthouse, where they arrested him after a foot chase.

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FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday that federal agents arrested a Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, judge who is suspected of helping an illegal immigrant from Mexico evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Last week, ICE agents showed up at a Milwaukee County Courthouse to arrest a Mexican citizen after a hearing before Judge Hannah Dugan. The judge directed ICE agents to wait in Chief Judge Carl Ashley&#8217;s office and then told the defendant to exit the courtroom through a side door, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2025/04/25/fbi-investigating-allegations-that-milwaukee-judge-helped-an-immigrant-avoid-ice-arrest-dugan/83250128007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest,&#8221; Patel said in a post that was initially deleted. &#8220;Thankfully, our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public.&#8221; It was not immediately clear why Patel chose to initially delete the post, but he <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1915800907318468626?t=HrEySSHIGQFX5NqPMVpOpQ&amp;s=19">reposted</a> the same statement a short while later.
The FBI director added that the bureau would share more information &#8220;soon&#8221; and thanked the FBI&#8217;s Milwaukee field office for its work in arresting the judge.
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi also confirmed Dugan&#8217;s arrest in a<a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1915799429455516128?t=8UTJOJOvUBSzY_rn896eDg&amp;s=19"> post</a> to X, stating, &#8220;I can confirm that our @FBI agents just arrested Hannah Dugan – a county judge in Milwaukee – for allegedly helping an illegal alien avoid an arrest by @ICEgov. No one is above the law.&#8221; 
According to Chief Judge Ashley, who sent an email to other judges about the incident, ICE agents showed a warrant for the illegal immigrant&#8217;s arrest and followed courthouse protocols. Dugan, who has served on the bench for nine years, responded to that email, however, saying &#8220;a warrant was not presented&#8221; to her.
ICE agents have <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/breaking/2025/04/25/milwaukee-county-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-by-feds-at-courthouse/83270885007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">routinely</a> shown up at the Milwaukee County Courthouse in recent weeks with arrest warrants. In the past two months, two suspected illegal immigrants were arrested by federal agents in the courthouse hallways.
During Trump&#8217;s first term in office, a Massachusetts judge was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/fbi-arrest-judge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> by the Justice Department with obstructing immigration agents after she and a court officer allegedly helped an illegal immigrant sneak out the back door of the courthouse. The federal government later dropped the charges after the judge agreed to go through potential judicial discipline.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee</a> sued the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/milwaukee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee</a> Election Commission on Monday accusing it of “arbitrarily limiting” poll watchers. 
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/MKE_Summons_and_Complaint_filed_no_stamp_1730742648.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> claims that the city plans to restrict certain precincts in the Democrat-dominated city to just one Republican and one Democratic poll watcher on Election Day. Milwaukee election officials have denied all the allegations contained in the lawsuit. 
“Wisconsin voters deserve to know that there are poll watchers from both parties in the room as votes are being cast and counted on Election Day. The RNC has not recruited and trained thousands of volunteers in the Badger State simply to back down from misguided officials who want to prevent a full measure of poll-watching transparency,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-sues-milwaukee-for-shutting-out-poll-watchers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “This lawsuit will compel officials in Milwaukee to ensure robust poll watcher access for the Republican Party.”
According to the suit, several Milwaukee precincts including the Serb Hall and the Good Hope Library polling locations, limited poll watchers during early voting in the state. The suit claimed these guidelines violated state law and the RNC asks a judge to block any restrictions on poll watchers. 
“The issue is that when access is arbitrarily restricted, a situation is manufactured where access is meted out largely according to the whims of the chief inspector,” the suit said. “The statutory criteria are mandatory when considering the establishment of observer areas at polling locations, and it is impermissible to establish an arbitrary number of observers that may be present.”
The Milwaukee Election Commission <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/04/rnc-sues-milwaukee-claiming-limits-on-vote-observers/76043420007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> the allegations of the suit, saying that it was “maintaining open communications with the RNC.”
&#8220;The [Milwaukee Election Commission] denies the allegation that observers will be arbitrarily limited. However, observers may be subject to reasonable limitations, a power given to chief inspectors under Wisconsin law. At no point was the Republican Party denied the presence of an observer during the in-person absentee voting period, nor will they be denied that presence on Election Day,” Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutiérrez said. 
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<a href="https://elections2024.thehill.com/wisconsin/harris-trump-wisconsin/">Polls</a> predict a tight race in Wisconsin with former President Donald Trump holding a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris. To win the state, Democrats will need high turnout in the urban cities of Milwaukee and Madison. Both Ohio Senator JD Vance (R) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-walz-visit-same-wisconsin-city-in-rival-campaign-appearances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent Monday</a> morning campaigning in Wisconsin.

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In-person early voting in the battleground state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> has jumped by 40% compared to the same time four years ago, elections officials announced.
Wisconsin Election Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe <a href="https://elections.wi.gov/news/rates-person-absentee-voting-nearly-40-percent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Friday that voters appear to be casting in-person absentee ballots at a record-setting rate. The surge comes as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have urged their supporters to vote before Election Day. 
“The rate of in-person absentee appears to be at a higher rate than previous elections,” Wolfe said. “Of course, it’s possible that the pace may slow in the days ahead, but the first three days of in-person absentee voting were exceedingly high.”   
Wisconsin, which was decided by less than 1 point in 2016 and 2020, is again expected to be close as both Trump and Harris have focused on the state. 
“We knew this was a high-interest election, and so far, the absentee numbers are certainly demonstrating that,” Wolfe said. “Election officials across the state deserve enormous credit for their efficient and careful handling of the incredible rush of voters they have worked with [this] week.”
Data provided by the commission shows that, so far, 1,039,042 total absentee ballots have been requested, which is already more than the 2008, 2012, and 2016 elections. In 2020, there were around 1,968,471 total absentee ballots requested. 
In the Democrat-dominated urban counties of Dane and Milwaukee, around 108,213 in-person absentee ballots have already been cast. In the traditionally Republican “WOW” (Washington, Ozaukee, and Waukesha) counties around Milwaukee, 86,244 people have cast absentee in-person ballots, according to election commission data. 
The election commission reported that 112,973 mail-in absentee ballots had already been returned in Dane and 123,234 in Milwaukee.
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Both Trump and Harris are set to campaign in Wisconsin this week as they seek to win the state’s 10 electoral votes. 
Trump will rally in Green Bay on Wednesday alongside NFL legend Brett Favre and will appear for a rally in Milwaukee on Friday. GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance will make appearances in Wausau and Racine on Monday. Harris, meanwhile, has a rally scheduled at the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison on Wednesday to appeal to young voters where she will be joined by Mumford &amp; Sons. 
Trump currently leads Harris 48.5% to 48.1% in the Badger State, <a href="https://elections2024.thehill.com/wisconsin/harris-trump-wisconsin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a DecisionDesk HQ average of 67 polls.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> sheriff is warning that the state will be “screwed” if Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> defeats former President Donald Trump in November.
The remark was relayed on Thursday by Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt as he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WUxeS8Chk&amp;t=4s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Milwaukee on how the border crisis had impacted Wisconsin. Schmidt, the president of the Badger State Sheriffs Association, said that law enforcement around the state were seeing a surge in crime and strain on resources.
&#8220;If Trump doesn’t win this election, we are screwed,” Schmidt said that one of his fellow Wisconsin sheriffs told him, saying another told him &#8220;people don&#8217;t understand how bad it is.&#8221;
Turning to his own experience, Schmidt said his county was now dealing with an increase in drug trafficking from cartels from Mexico.
“I’m fearful for my family. I’m fearful for the family of those that serve with me,” he said of dealing with an influx of cartel violence and drug trafficking.
Additionally, Schmidt said that law enforcement throughout the state struggled when they pulled people over and they had no valid licenses or identification.
“I would love to put up a border around Dodge County or around the state of Wisconsin but we need the federal government to do that at our southern border,” Schmidt said, noting that 1,500 people are killed in Wisconsin every year from fentanyl poisoning.
Schmidt thanked Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for being at the hearing, but said he was disappointed that Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin did not attend, asking where she was.
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Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney also spoke to lawmakers about the increase in drug trafficking in his county.
“We’re a county of about 100,000 people. We have numerous highways running through the community that makes us a corridor for drug trafficking,” he <a href="https://wislawjournal.com/2024/10/25/wisconsin-da-and-sheriff-testify-before-congress-on-border-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We’ve seen seizure of drugs with quantities soaring like we have never seen before.”
Toney said that the arrests of illegal immigrants were putting a strain on his county.
“When we have more illegal immigrants that are being prosecuted for crime, sometimes our jails operate at thin margins and counties are having to look at building new jails, not solely because of that, but that’s part of the issue,” he said.
Republicans have made the border a key issue in the 2024 election with both Trump and Senate candidate Eric Hovde campaigning heavily on the issue.

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A conservative legal group warned Monday of a “loophole” that allows thousands of voters in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> to cast a ballot without showing identification. 
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) released a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/09/Indefinitely-Confined-FINAL-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research report</a> that said there are 144,347 people in the Badger State classified as “indefinitely confined,” meaning that they could cast an absentee ballot without showing ID. Indefinitely confined rates skyrocketed during the 2020 election and allowed tens of thousands to cast absentee ballots. 
“Wisconsin has a strong voter ID requirement in place, but there is one loophole that is ripe for exploitation. In Wisconsin, voters can claim they are ‘Indefinitely Confined,’ a status that allows a voter to continually receive an absentee ballot without ever showing an ID,” the report from WILL researcher Will Flanders said. 
Flanders said that while the number of voters classified as “indefinitely confined” had come down from 2020, it was still 116% higher than it was back in 2016 as of July 2024. He added that there were still thousands of voters who should be removed from the list under state law. 
“Per state law, clerks are to remove voters if they vote in-person or do not vote in any election. Those voters must sign and return a form to retain that status,” the report noted. 
According to Flanders, voters who should have received a notice of potential removal from the &#8220;indefinitely confined&#8221; list include 24,800 who didn’t vote in the April election, 2,788 who haven’t voted at all since 2020, and 2,595 who voted in person in April.
The areas with the highest number of indefinitely confined voters are the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Madison followed by more divided areas like Green Bay and Kenosha. 
Indefinitely confined voter status was designed to help voters who are elderly or disabled and unable to make it to the polls. Voters just have to select that they fit the requirements for being indefinitely confined.
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“Under this statute, voters decide for themselves whether they meet the requirements and can receive an absentee ballot in perpetuity if they continue to vote in every election,” the report said. “Most critically, voters can receive ballots in this way without providing a photo ID. In Wisconsin, you only need to show a photo ID when you vote—not when you register.”
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During the 2020 election, election officials in Madison and Milwaukee said that effectively all voters could claim indefinitely confined status because of COVID. The Wisconsin Supreme Court <a href="https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=0&amp;ArticleID=28110#:~:text=In%20Republican%20Party%20of%20Wisconsin%20v.%20Dane%20County%2C,can%20declare%20persons%20indefinitely%20confined%20for%20any%20reason." target="_blank" rel="noopener">later ruled</a> against this guidance, after the election. 
WILL has argued that there should be tighter guidelines for receiving indefinitely confined status and sent out letters to 15 communities across the state to see if they were complying with state law about cleaning up their rolls. 
“Confidence in our elections continues to be dangerously low in Wisconsin and across the country,” Flanders told The Daily Wire. “Voter ID is a popular and well-executed way to keep our elections secure and free of fraud. While the Governor refused to fix this loophole in the years since 2020, efforts must be made by local election clerks to resolve it as much as possible.”
Wisconsin is expected to be one of the key battleground states that may determine the outcome of the 2024 election with polls showing a close race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Ohio Senator and GOP vice presidential nominee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jd-vance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JD Vance</a> said on Thursday that his 7-year-old son was trying to talk to him about Pokemon as former President Donald Trump called him about joining his ticket.
Vance made the comments on the “Full Send Podcast” when asked by the Nelk Boys after being asked about finding out that Trump had selected him as his vice president pick. He said that his son was interrupting his call with Trump to try to talk to him about Pikachu, a yellow creature with electrical abilities from the Pokemon universe. 
The Ohio Republican began by talking about how when he flew to Milwaulkee for the Republican National Convention he didn’t have WiFi on the plane so he had no idea what was going on. When he landed he said he had hundreds of messages. 
“And I land and I’ve got like 350 messages,” he said.  “And one of them is from somebody on the Trump campaign and says, ‘Hey, you know, check your phone. Make sure you don&#8217;t miss a call because a really important call is coming.’”
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President Trump spoke to his son on speakerphone and read the statement off to him before posting it on Truth.
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He said didn’t know if it would be a good call or bad call, but said he knew it would be an “important call.”
&#8220;And about an hour later, I get another message from the same person who says, &#8216;Hey, you just missed a really important call,’” Vance said. 
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He said that he called Trump back, who jokingly told him that he was going to have to select someone else instead of him. 
“JD, you missed a very important phone call and now I&#8217;m gonna have to pick somebody else,” Vance said Trump told him as he tensed up. 
“The crazy thing about it is my son, who’s 7, is in the hotel room with me, and he’s really into Pokemon cards right now. He’s going through a Pokemon phase right now,” he said. “So he’s trying to talk to me about Pikachu and I’m on the phone with Donald Trump.”
Joking, he said that he asked his son to “shut the hell up for about 30 seconds about Pikachu.” 
“This is the most important phone call of my life,” he said. “Please just let me take this phone call. And he doesn’t care. He doesn&#8217;t know what the President of the United States means.”
He said Trump asked who was speaking and told him to put his son on speaker phone. 
“Trump proceeds to read the statement that he’s about to put out making me his vp nominee,” he said. Vance said Trump asked his son what he thought of the statement and his son said, “Oh, it sounds pretty good.” 
“He hangs up the phone and the statement goes out five minutes later and then my whole life changed,” Vance concluded.

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UFC President Dana White spoke about his friendship with former President Donald Trump on Thursday night during his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
White said he received a call from Trump two weeks ago asking if he would be willing to speak at the event and that the former president was concerned about interrupting the time White spent with his family.
&#8220;He&#8217;s fighting for the future of this country and he&#8217;s concerned about interrupting my family trip. That&#8217;s the President Trump that I know. A man who truly cares about people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The mainstream media likes to push the narrative that he doesn&#8217;t care about anyone but himself. I absolutely know that&#8217;s not the truth because I&#8217;ve been friends with this guy for 25 years. And for the people who know me, they&#8217;ll know this is true.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m in the tough guy business and this man is the toughest, most resilient human being that I&#8217;ve ever met in my life,&#8221; he later added. &#8220;The higher the stakes, the harder he fights and this guy never ever gives up. So what&#8217;s at stake here? The answer is in President Trump&#8217;s text and I quote &#8216;a fight for our country&#8217;.&#8221;
White said that Trump &#8220;is a proven leader, a fearless leader, and this country was in a much better place when he was in the Oval Office.&#8221;
He also called Trump &#8220;a real American bad*ss,&#8221; which comes just days after Trump was shot during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania.
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danawhite</a> on the choice Americans will make this fall:
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Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night accepted the Republican nomination for president for the third time in a keynote speech that set a record for the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Trump’s address effectively signaled the end of the four-day convention that officially settled the GOP presidential ticket. The former president <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/rnc-trump-republican-convention-live-updates-rcna161245/rcrd47080?canonicalCard=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> for more than 90 minutes in a broad-ranging address that began with him recounting his near-assassination at his campaign rally on Saturday. At the end of his speech, Trump was joined on stage by his wife, Melania, and the Trump family.
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The entire Trump family joins the stage at the end of President Trump&#39;s speech. Truly incredible moment 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/Y93WDzR0zA">pic.twitter.com/Y93WDzR0zA</a>
&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1814153500491726880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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During his speech, Trump honored Corey Comperatore, a retired firefighter who died on Saturday shielding his wife and daughter during the assassination attempt against Trump.
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Tragically, the shooter claimed the life of one of our fellow Americans, Corey Comperatore, and seriously wounded two other great warriors, David Dutch and James Copenhaver.
— President Donald J. Trump <a href="https://t.co/6W04vbXSKA">pic.twitter.com/6W04vbXSKA</a>
&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1814137280287686983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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One of the key themes throughout the speech was unity and a promise to represent every American, whether Trump received their votes or not.
“To every citizen — whether you are young or old, a man or woman, Democrat, Republican, or independent, black or white, Asian or Hispanic — I extend to you a hand of loyalty and friendship,” Trump said.
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To every citizen — whether you are young or old, a man or woman, Democrat, Republican, or Independent, black or white, Asian or Hispanic — I extend to you a hand of loyalty and friendship.
Together, we will lead America to new heights of greatness like the world has never seen. <a href="https://t.co/c0MkzeSqYC">pic.twitter.com/c0MkzeSqYC</a>
&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1814138273197162798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump attributed his surviving the assassination attempt – during which a bullet tore his right ear – to divine intervention. He relayed what took place from his perspective for the first and what he said would be the last time.
Kid Rock performed an original song written for the convention prior to Trump&#8217;s speech.
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Kid Rock performs at RNC: &quot;I need everybody to put a fist up in the air!&quot;
&quot;Fight! Fight!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mDx7KpLSb5">pic.twitter.com/mDx7KpLSb5</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1814124257259270258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump was introduced by UFC CEO Dana White, who, in a short but powerful address, touted Trump&#8217;s personal character and resiliency as a friend of 25 years.
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Dana White’s full five and a half minute speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee tonight 🇺🇸 
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&mdash; MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) <a href="https://twitter.com/mma_orbit/status/1814126962618642797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Retired wrestling star Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, delivered a WWE-worthy pump-up speech during which he ripped off his shirt.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/HulkHogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HulkHogan</a> brings the house down! 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/JbPEwi4GSs">pic.twitter.com/JbPEwi4GSs</a>
&mdash; MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1814111373103673781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The day&#8217;s lineup also f<a href="https://x.com/TCNetwork/status/1814105264859296231">eatured Tucker Carlson</a>, the former Fox News host who has launched an independent media company since leaving the network.
The final day of the convention also featured personal stories of Americans suffering from President Joe Biden’s policies and leadership, a staple throughout the convention. Real estate investor Steve Witkoff, a longtime friend of Trump, spoke of his son’s death from opioids.
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Steve Witkoff: It is a dark hour for America, but there is nobody I trust more in this moment than DONALD J. TRUMP.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RNCinMKE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RNCinMKE</a> <a href="https://t.co/cPC5hNc08r">pic.twitter.com/cPC5hNc08r</a>
&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1814098134706069858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor at a church in Detroit, addressed black Americans and encouraged them to back Trump against Biden.
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Rev. Lorenzo Sewell is raising the roof at the RNC.
“I was mentored by murderers and raised by the streets.”
“He (Trump) came to the hood because he cares about average everyday Americans.”
“What would you ask for your birthday? He (Trump) asked for prayer.” <a href="https://t.co/KBTuQBoHCB">pic.twitter.com/KBTuQBoHCB</a>
— Allen Lively (@AllenLivelyLOF) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllenLivelyLOF/status/1814086192607998223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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RNC Day 4: Trump Takes The Stage In 1st Major Address Since Failed Assassination Attempt

RNC Day 4: Trump Takes The Stage In First Major Address Since Failed Assassination

Former President Donald Trump recounted the assassination attempt against his life for the first time in a speech to the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Thursday night.
Trump took to the stage on the final day of the RNC to accept the GOP nomination for president less than a week after a gunman&#8217;s bullet tore through his right ear. He recounted the harrowing moment, which took place on Saturday at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania, for what he said would be the last time “because it’s actually too painful to tell.”
The former president had just taken the stage at the rally in Butler and was referencing immigration numbers shown on a screen to the side when he was shot.
“In order to see the chart, I started to … turn to my right and was ready to begin a little further turn – which I am very lucky I didn’t do – when I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear,” Trump said. “I said to myself, ‘Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet,’ and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. My hand was covered with blood, just absolutely blood all over the place.”
As the president dropped on stage in cover, Secret Service agents rushed to shield him.
“These are great people at great risk, I will tell you, and pounced on top of me so that I will be protected,” Trump said, adding that he felt the presence of God protecting him.
 “There was blood pouring everywhere and yet in a certain way I felt very safe because I had God on my side,” Trump said, evoking cheers from the audience.
“The most incredible aspect of what took place on that terrible evening in the fading sun was actually seen later,” Trump said. The crowd of thousands of his supporters at the Pennsylvania rally did not, generally, fall into chaos or stampede, which could have injured many more people.
“This massive crowd of tens of thousands of people stood by and didn’t move an inch. In fact, many of them bravely but automatically stood up looking for where the sniper would be. They knew immediately it was a sniper, and then began pointing at him,” Trump said.
The former president said that while he was down on the stage, covered by Secret Service agents and bleeding through his right ear, he could see the concern written across the faces of the crowd.
“They didn’t know I was looking out. They thought it was over. But I could see it and I wanted to do something to let them know I was okay,” Trump recounted. “I raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting, and started shouting, ‘Fight, fight, fight.’”
“Once my clenched fist went up, and it was high into the air – you’ve all seen that – the crowd realized I was okay and roared with pride for our country like no crowd I have ever heard before. Never heard anything like it,” Trump said. “For the rest of my life, I will be grateful for the love shown by that giant audience of patriots that stood bravely on that fateful evening in Pennsylvania.”
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Trump Recounts Assassination Attempt: ‘I Had God On My Side’

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