The entire country is shaken, with elected officials and law enforcement from Washington to California on high alert for any additional threats.
The FBI has identified the now-dead shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., a registered Republican . He used a semi-automatic weapon, NBC News reported.
“We are all Americans, and we must treat each other with dignity and respect,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in an interview on NBC News’ “Weekend Today” on Sunday.
Just a day before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, some Republicans and Trump allies accused Democrats of inciting violence with rhetoric they said demonized Trump.
CNBC’s political reporters and breaking news team are in Washington, D.C. and New York covering the day’s developments.
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