Trump campaign says former president is safe after reported gunshots 'in his vicinity'

A spokesperson for Donald Trump's campaign says he is safe after gunshots were heard while he was at his Florida golf club in an apparent assassination attempt.

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[Deezhan]

Update: they found one of the empty casings. It had "fact check" written on it. It's being reported that there is a lot of police in front of David Muir's house.

[SkankHuntForty]

David Muir fact checked this and said, "No shots were fired." 😂😂😂

[Tierone]

David Muir fact checked this and said it didn’t happen

[ParagonChumba]

What a way to downplay another assassination attempt.

[nickbarrera]

Rumor has it that several saw Hillary Clinton speed off on I-75

[moondog]

I heard a dozen gun shots in my area today and I want you all to know I am safe as well

[Nadezhda]

Seeing the disgusting comments on here is all one needs to see to know some people no longer have any morals whatsoever .

[kelli]

New game…Take a shot of alcohol (or water/juice/soda) every time they say the word “vicinity”. 🤣

[ProtectionAgent]

EVERY DEMOCRAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

[Ryany]

This is America, of course he heard gun shots. Good thing he was not in a school

[Lordkurova]

Saying "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT" is apparently already backfiring.

[tennisace]

So now attempted assassination is called “shots fired in vicinity “. These people are useless

[jacksonrosario]

“Eating cats, dogs” distraction didn’t work now they trying to see if this works, End.

[JoseFlores-xhcj]

It was just a Haitian shooting at a cat

[Charles-otxo]

The next thing he's going to do is throw a Hamberder with extra ketchup on the wall and call it brain splatter from a gunshot

[angelinaloguisto]

How can I or anyone else trust ABC after the debate.

[jamescrick]

Another grift to beg for money! Watch and see he’ll be sending something out that’s he safe and loves us and send money!

[philipoconnell]

Car backfiring = gunshots
Door slammed = gunshots
Fireworks = gunshots
Paranoid much.

[LoadinMosin]

America has had a democrat president for 12 of the last 16 years. If you're unhappy with the state of the country, maybe you could use that fact as a guide this election.

[anthonylogiudice]

Update- Not in the vicinity. More like close range - the shooter was on the golf course very near where Trump was golfing. He was within the shooter's sights but the guy missed him. The Secret Service returned fire on the shooter. Nothing to see here ABC keep moving