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Former first lady Melania Trump on Sunday released her first public statement following the assassination attempt Saturday night against her husband, former President Donald Trump, calling the attack a "heinous act."
"When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron's life, were on the brink of devastating change," she said in her statement. "I am grateful to the brave secret service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband."
She continued: "Let us not forget that differing opinions, policy, and political games are inferior to love. Our personal, structural, and life commitment — until death — is at serious risk. Political concepts are simple when compared to us, human beings."
Read the former first lady's full statement below:
Trump said his right ear was grazed by a bullet on Saturday while he was speaking onstage at a campaign rally outside Butler, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh. He was not seriously injured, his campaign said.
One rally attendee was killed in the shooting and two spectators were injured, the Secret Service said. The shooter, identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by the Secret Service moments after his attempted assassination of the presumptive GOP nominee, officials said.
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