Media Statement: Mayor Buckley on the Assassination Attempt on Presidential Candidate Donald Trump

Media Statement

Mayor Gavin Buckley

Public Information Office

160 Duke of Gloucester Street

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact: Mitchelle Stephenson, 410-972-7724or mwstephenson@annapolis.gov

Mayor Buckley on the Assassination Attempt on Presidential Candidate Donald Trump

"I was shocked and dismayed last night to learn of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. We all know that we are living in a time of heightened political and social division but violence is neveracceptable and cannot provide answers.

I send best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Mr. Trump and those injured, and my heartfelt sympathies to the family of the innocent victim who was killed while exercising his First Amendment right to peaceably assemble.

This tragedy is a wake up call. We know, from the sad and awful history of political violence in our nation, that these acts do not solve our problems and leave deep scars on our collective conscience - scars that last for decades and decades.

The only healthy way to solve our problems and rebuild public dialogue is to exercise our rights peacefully and treat others with respect, no matter their political or social views.

Here in Annapolis, we have a unique opportunity to do this at the local level, where we all live as neighbors. I urge everyone in our community to join me in rejecting violence and recommitting to the values of respect and dialogue - because these are the values that truly underpin and safeguard the privilege of living in a free democracy."

• Gavin Buckley, Mayor of Annapolis Annapolis, Maryland - July 14, 2024

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