Machado and González Urrutia repudiate attack attempt on Trump and senior US officials
María Corina Machado and Edmundo González on Monday morning rejected the attack on the President of the United States, Donald Trump, which occurred on Saturday night. In a statement issued by the Official Spokesperson's Office, the political group expressed its solidarity with the president and all officials present at the dinner with the correspondents. [...]
TL;DR
- María Corina Machado and Edmundo González rejected the attack on U.S. President Donald Trump.
- The political group expressed solidarity with the president and officials present at the event.
- They strongly condemned any act of violence against legitimate authorities of a free and democratic nation.
- The statement highlighted that such actions are not an alternative for political change.
- They affirmed their commitment to the principle that the election of the destiny of American nations belongs to their free peoples.
- The incident involved an armed individual attempting to enter the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner.
- President Trump described the attacker as a 'lone wolf' who did not breach the security perimeter.