Trump decries shooting of top Congressman, calls for unity
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump decried the shooting of a top House Republican on Wednesday as a "very, very brutal assault" and called for all Americans to set aside differences and pray for the recovery of the victims.
Trump said that "many lives would have been lost without the heroic action" of the Capitol Police officers who took down the gunman.
"We may have our differences but we do well in times like these in times like these that everyone who serves in our nation's capital is here because above all they love our country," said Trump, speaking from the White House's Diplomatic Room. "We can all agree that we are blessed to be Americans that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace and that we are strongest when we are unified."
