Hazlehurst Mayor Condemns Violence After Assassination Attempt on Trump

Hazlehurst Mayor John Ramay has added his voice to the resounding call from elected officials far and wide condemning political violence after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump during a rally Saturday evening.

Below is the message from Ramay in its entirety.

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As the Mayor of this great city, I feel that it is in­cum­bent upon me to con­demn the most re­cent act of po­lit­i­cal vi­o­lence. Ear­lier to­day, there was an ap­par­ent assassi­na­tion at­tempt against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, while speak­ing at a po­lit­i­cal rally.

While the for­mer pres­i­dent was in­jured, it ap­pears that he will be fine. Sadly, one of the at­ten­dees was fa­tally wounded. As Amer­i­cans, we should all be able to feel free to en­gage in pub­lic ac­tiv­i­ties with­out fear of vi­o­lence. No mat­ter which side of the po­lit­i­cal aisle you are on, I pray that you will never have to fear for your safety be­cause of your be­liefs.

In the strongest terms pos­si­ble, I con­demn any form of vi­o­lence. Di­ver­sity of opin­ion and spir­ited de­bate is a good thing, but I be­lieve that Amer­i­cans should be bet­ter than to re­sort to po­lit­i­cal vi­o­lence.

I hope that you will all join me in pray­ing for Pres­i­dent Trump and all oth­ers who were affected by to­day’s sense­less events. This is some­thing that should never hap­pen. God bless you all and God bless Amer­ica!!!