Attendees at the Long Island rally shared their reactions to the attempted assassination at the Trump Golf Course on Sunday.
UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Former President Donald Trump on Sept. 18 held his first full rally since surviving a second apparent assassination attempt over the weekend.
The rally was held in Uniondale, a city on Republican-leaning Long Island in the deep-blue state of New York. Long Island is home to several highly competitive congressional districts that could determine control of the House in the next Congress.
Ahead of the event, a large crowd had already assembled at the venue, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which seats around 13,000 people. Most seats were filled.
The rally was held just three days after an apparent assassination attempt was averted by the Secret Service at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The failed plot was top of mind for attendees in Uniondale.
William Diver, a 70-year-old from Farmingville, New York, called the attempted assassination “disgusting” and expressed hope that the federal government could find answers to the events that unfolded that day.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii has been charged with two federal gun crimes over the incident, with further charges expected as both federal and