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1 verified report published on July 13, 2024.
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The Butler shooting was the day’s defining event, and it was so severe that it swallowed everything else. But even on a day like that, Trump-world’s recurring problem remained visible: chaos, exposure, and a habit of turning every turn of the calendar into another legal or political mess. The biggest difference on July 13 was that the stakes were not just reputational or electoral — they were literally life and death.
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At Donald Trump’s July 13, 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, one attendee was killed and others were wounded. Later Secret Service testimony and a September 2024 mission assurance summary described serious failures in planning, communications, and site security.