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An eyewitness at former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, spoke out about the “extremely lax” security at the event after gunshots rang out on Saturday.
Benjamin Shrader, who was invited to the battleground state rally by Trump himself, told Fox News Digital that the security was “terrible.”
“My first thing that I have to say is that security at this event was terrible,” he said. “It was extremely lax.”
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Former President Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
Shrader said that the security at the special guest section was “great,” but overall security at the major political rally was “lax.”
“I had to give all my information and security in the special guest section and that was great,” he said. “But overall for the event, the security was extremely lax.”
Overall, for the event, the security was extremely lax.
Shrader added that the screening for general admission before the event was lacking.
“There were only metal detectors and then a pat down. That was it,” he said. “There was nobody going around the fences and somebody could have easily thrown a gun in.”
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