The GOP candidate also verified that he will undergo questioning by the FBI regarding the assassination plot targeting him.
Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has come to the defense of Senator JD Vance regarding his previous remarks about "childless cat ladies". Trump stated that Vance was aiming to highlight the importance he places on family life.
Vance's remarks from 2021, where he criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats as "a group of childless cat ladies who are unhappy in their own lives", have resurfaced following Trump's selection of the Ohio senator as his running mate earlier this month.
These comments have sparked criticism and concerns from certain political strategists, who believe they may potentially harm the Trump campaign's chances of securing crucial votes in a closely contested election.
He had a pretty unique family background, and he believes that family is a positive thing. "I don’t see anything wrong with saying that," Trump mentioned during a Fox News interview that aired on Monday.
In the same chat, Trump added that he doesn’t think people with families are necessarily more valuable.
"You might not find the right person, or maybe you just don’t meet anyone at all. But honestly, in many cases, you can be just as good, if not better, than someone who’s in a family," Trump explained.
Harris has two stepchildren with her husband, lawyer Doug Emhoff, and Vance, who was raised in Ohio, and was primarily brought up by his grandmother.
Donald Trump also discussed the assassination attempt against him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month during the interview, as the FBI is still investigating what motivated the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks.
Trump mentioned that he will be participating in an interview with the FBI this week.
Yesterday, FBI officials revealed that police had spotted the man who attempted to assassinate Trump over an hour before the shooting on 13 July in Butler, Pennsylvania, and took a photo to share with other law enforcement officers.
“The shooter was flagged as a suspicious individual by law enforcement,” Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, informed reporters during a briefing on the agency’s investigation into the assassination attempt.
A local officer captured a photo of Crooks and sent it to other law enforcement officials at the scene of Trump’s rally that day. Thirty minutes later, Rojek mentioned that Swat team operators observed Crooks using a rangefinder and browsing news sites.
Crooks was spotted carrying a backpack around 5:56 pm, less than 20 minutes before the shooting occurred, and at 6:08 pm he was captured on a police dashboard camera walking on the roof from where he ultimately fired the shots, Rojek stated.
FBI personnel are currently compiling a timeline of events, even though the FBI is not the agency responsible for investigating any security breaches related to Trump.
FBI officials mentioned that they have not yet determined a motive for Crooks, who was killed by a Secret Service agent after opening fire. However, they revealed that he had searched online for information on past mass shootings, improvised explosive devices, and the attempted assassination of the Slovakian prime minister in May.
Despite Trump's criticism of the FBI, he has agreed to participate in a standard victim's interview. According to Rojek, this interview will follow the same protocol as any other victim interview conducted by the FBI. "We are interested in hearing his perspective."
Rojek confirmed that Trump was hit by a bullet, whether it was whole or fragmented into smaller pieces.
FBI officials have described Crooks as a loner who had no close friends or acquaintances, with his social circle limited primarily to immediate family members.
During Monday’s Fox News interview, Trump said he would continue to hold outdoor rallies despite the shooting and insistence from the Secret Service.
Trump also did little to clear up questions over whether he will participate in a 10 September debate with Kamala Harris. The event had been previously scheduled against Biden.
“I’ll probably end up debating,” Trump said. “But I can also make a case for not doing it.”
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