First lady Jill Biden and her predecessor, former first lady Melania Trump, spoke Sunday afternoon following the shooting at former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.
The first lady’s office confirmed to The Hill that the two women spoke after Melania Trump’s release an affirmation the previous Sunday, she called the attack on her husband “heinous” and said that “political games are inferior to love”.
The former first lady has barely attended any public campaign events with her husband, but is expected to appear during the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee this week.
The first ladies’ phone call followed a Saturday night phone call between President Biden and Trump. The president later said that he had a good conversation with his political rival.
“I am sincerely grateful that he is well and recovering. We had a short but good conversation,” Biden said on Sunday. He added that he and the first lady keep Trump and his family in their prayers.
A 20-year-old gunman fired shots at a Trump campaign rally on Saturday, with one bullet hitting the former president’s ear. The shooter, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, fired at the rally from a nearby rooftop.
The Biden campaign suspended communications Saturday after the shooting and plans to resume it Monday night, a campaign official told The Hill.
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