Former President Donald Trump held a rally on Saturday in Butler Township, the site of the first assassination attempt against him.
Roughly 45 minutes into the speech, Trump invited billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on stage. Musk urged the crowd and the audience watching to register to vote. He cautioned that this year will be “the last election” if people don’t take the step. “Nothing is more important,” Musk said. The former president, who is in the final stretch of his second bid to regain the White House, had vowed to come back to Butler shortly after narrowly avoiding a direct hit from a bullet; it pierced his right ear.
Trump thanked the law enforcement and first responders who were involved in protecting him and rushing him off the stage and to a hospital. He also devoted several minutes to commemorate Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed in the shooting. The former president paused the rally for a minute of silence in memory of Comperatore, timed to 6:11 p.m., the moment the shooting in July began.
A singer performed “Ave Maria” as the crowd stood by.
