An Inch Difference and He ‘Would’ve Been Dead’: McCormick on Trump’s Assassination Attempt

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McCORMICK: "Well, as — as I said, I was sitting right in the front row, and the shots went off, and it — it was pretty clear quickly, you know, a huge rally, it was very — lots of upbeat energy, it was pretty clear quickly this was a series of shots. And — and the president went down immediately, and the Secret Service jumped on top of him, and — and then he got up and you saw the pictures you're now seeing on TV where his fist came out in, sort of, a measure of, I think, defiance and reassurance and, you know, leadership. He really reassured people that he was okay. But at the same time, over my shoulder, it became clear that someone else had been hit. And, sadly, an innocent bystander was knocked over, and it was clear that he was very, very injured and bleeding very badly. And so there were, sort of, two things going on at the same time, one to my left and one to my right. And the president was — was, you know, taken off the stage, and -- and there was a real confusion of what was going on, whether there were multiple shooters, whether the shooting was done, and really a — a sad day. The — the president — you know, an inch difference, and the president would have been dead. It was a very scary moment."