LIVE: Watch Trump’s First Rally Since Assassination Attempt Now

President Trump is set to take the stage in his first rally since being shot at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Trump’s rally will take place at the Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The arena can hold nearly 12,000 people, and it’s expected that the entire arena will be filled.

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Per BBC:

Thousands of people have gathered for Donald Trump’s first rally in public since a gunman shot him in the ear last week in an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania.
Trump is scheduled to address a crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, around 17:00 EST (22:00 BST) on Saturday, but people had already lined up for the rally in the morning hours.

A queue stretched for about three miles (4.8km) outside the Van Del Arena after the doors opened around 13:00 EST.

A little more than two hours before Trump and his new running mate JD Vance were set to take the stage, the arena, which has a capacity of 12,000 people, had to start closing its doors.

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The biggest change since last week’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was that the event was being held indoors, allowing security officers to carefully monitor who entered and to cut off threats from outside the rally.
Shooter William Crooks was able to take aim at Trump in Pennsylvania by climbing onto a roof of a building near the rally stage.

Check out what USA Today reported:

Attendees are gathering in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Saturday for the first rally for former president Donald Trump since an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last week. It will also be the first rally since Trump and JD Vance became the GOP nominees for president and vice president.

Trump survived the assassination attempt on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. In the week since, Trump has attended the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, ending the week with a long, rambling acceptance speech.

Trump and Vance will appear at the Van Andel Arena, which can accommodate more than 12,000 attendees, who may face extra security after the U.S. Secret Service’s handling of the Pennsylvania rally came under scrutiny.

Doors to the arena open at 1 p.m. Saturday, local time. The rally starts at 5 p.m.

The rally is at the Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.