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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday October 5th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today Trump returns to Butler, Pennsylvania three months after an attempt on his life there.

Plus the latest updates from Helene's aftermath and what a new development could mean for the future of the Menendez brothers.

Former President Donald Trump is set for another rally in Butler, Pennsylvania today, three months

after an assassination attempt in the town.

Since then he's brought up the shooting dozens of times

while avoiding the name of the shooter.

I spoke with USA Today, Trump campaign reporter

Zach Anderson for more.

Zach, it's always good to hear from you.

Thanks for having on.

Hey, good to be here.

So Zach, in the weeks since this Butler shooting from the summer,

how often has Trump referred back to it publicly and really how does he typically frame it?

Yeah, I went back and looked at all the events that Trump has held since the shooting on July 13th in Pennsylvania and there's 51 of them or at least

51 of them that I found and he talks about the shooting in at least 31 of

them so the shooting has really become a big part of the narrative of his campaign.

He mentions it quite often. He first talked about it during his nomination speech at the Republican

National Convention and he said then that he was only going to talk about it

that once because it was too painful but he's really integrated it into his

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