Many Americans, in a new poll, say the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign stop earlier this month has not changed him, according to Yahoo News.
The Yahoo News/YouGov survey, released Wednesday, found that 44 percent of those surveyed said the shooting hadn’t changed Trump at all. Just 28 percent of Americans believe the attempt on Trump’s life changed him “for the better,” while 7 percent said the shooting changed the former president “for the worse,” according to a Yahoo report.
The numbers come just over two weeks after a gunman opened fire during a Trump rally on the outskirts of Pittsburg, hitting the former president in the ear with a bullet. Two rally attendees were also injured in the incident and the shooter – identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks – and another rally attendee were killed.
Trump appeared to walk back Wednesday on some suggestions that he would be “nice” after the assassination attempt. Immediately after the shooting, both Republicans and Democrats urged both sides to tone down political rhetoric.
Trump signaled during his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday that he would not hold back on attacks on Vice President Harris, who President Biden endorsed earlier this week following her recent withdrawal from the race.
“I should be nice. They say something happened to me when I got shot. I became cool,” Trump told the crowd. “And when you’re dealing with these people, they’re very dangerous people, you can’t be very nice.”
He added, “So if you don’t mind, I’m not going to be nice.
Yahoo News noted that the poll was primarily conducted before Biden announced Sunday that he would not seek re-election. The poll also found that Harris, who is emerging as the presumptive Democratic nominee, and Trump are tied in the polls among respondents.
Each received 46% support from respondents, according to the new vote. About 4% said they weren’t sure and 3% said they wouldn’t vote if Harris and Trump were the only two options.
The survey was conducted online among 1,723 U.S. adults from July 19-22. It has a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points.
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