Trump supporters flock to Grand Rapids one week after assassination attempt

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WJRT) – Thousands decended on Grand Rapids Saturday to see former President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. The event marks their first public rally together since Vance was picked at the Republican National Convention earlier this week. “I’ve had such an incredible, a blessed week. What a what a cool thing it was to be asked by President Trump to service as his running mate and to get out there on the campaign trail,” Vance told supporters inside a packed Van Andrel Arena. The event also comes just one week after the assasination attempt on the former president. “Last week I took a bullet for democracy,” Trump said. Supporters who came out to see him say it was in the back of their minds, but it wasn’t going to deter them from seeing the former president. “Waiting in line there we actually saw people, security, looking down on us,” said Phillip Lange of Gaines Township. He wasn’t the only person who noticed the extra security. “Even like seeing the snipers up on the roof it kind of sends a couple of chills up my spine. It was intimidating for sure,” said Nancy Stellini of Grand...