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'If You Can Keep It': The Attempted Assassination Of Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Details are still emerging after the shooting at a Pennsylvania rally held by Donald Trump.

The shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt. The former president says he was injured shot in his right ear. One person was killed, and two other rally attendees were critically injured.

We break down what we know about the shooting and the security failures that led to this weekend's events.

In spite of the shooting, President Trump is headed to the Republican National Convention, which begins today in Milwaukee. How will this incident affect the rest of the run up to November?

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