UGA politics professor on how assassination attempt may affect election
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., after an assassination attempt on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Georgia’s voters and political leaders are reacting to the apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump.
This close to the presidential election, such a shocking event could influence how voters in key states, like Georgia, approach the election.
WABE’s Emily Wu Pearson asked University of Georgia professor of political science and expert in Southern politics Charles Bullock III about what the months leading up to the election might look like now.
Bullock said historically political candidates who experience this kind of event often experience a bump in support, and hopefully this will cause political leaders to tone down their rhetoric.