Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is flying out to America to support Donald Trump following the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The Brexit champion says he would have been at the rally where the shooting took place if not for his last-minute decision to stand for Parliament in Britain’s snap election on July 4.
“I will go and see my friend. I’ll listen to his acceptance speech at the [Republican National] Convention on Thursday, and I’ll do it not just as a friend, but I’ll do it because we have to stand up for democracy. We have to stand up for people to be able to campaign,” he said.
“If we don’t, we’re absolutely sunk.”
I will fly out to America this week to support my friend Donald Trump at the RNC.
We all have a duty to support and defend democracy. pic.twitter.com/KoDqszd2Jj
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) July 14, 2024
Farage and Trump are longtime allies. In 2016, Trump supported Brexit, and Farage supported Trump on the campaign trail.
Farage was among the first people to meet with President-elect Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton, Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, and other leading Brexit supporters.
Trump congratulated Farage following his parliamentary breakthrough on July 4, calling him “a man who truly loves his country.”
Saturday’s assassination attempt saw Trump was struck in the ear by a rifleman, named by the authorities as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, PA. The National Pulse identified Crooks as a 2021 donor to the Progressive Turnout Project through the Democratic donation platform ActBlue.
While Trump has not been seriously wounded, supporters standing near him sustained more severe injuries, with at least one reported killed.
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— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) July 14, 2024