US President Joe Biden has condemned the attack against Donald Trump, during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, saying he was glad the Republican presidential hopeful was “okay” after being successfully evacuated. “I’m glad to know he’s safe and doing well. I am praying for him and his family and everyone who was at the rally.“the president said in a statement.

“There is no place for this kind of violence in America, it’s sick, it’s sick. “We must come together as one nation to condemn her,” added the Democrat, who thanked the Secret Service for having brought the Republican to safety.

In his message to the nation, he said that he had tried to contact Trump, but He has not been able to have that conversation because the former president is being treated by medical services. Despite this, he explained that he will try to do it throughout the day.

Trump was holding a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. when he had to be evacuated from the podium after suffering an attackThe Republican candidate had been in office for just ten minutes when he was apparently hit by a bullet in the right ear and was evacuated by the Secret Service with blood on his right cheek.

Republican spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump “is doing well and is being treated at a local medical facility.” Two people were killed in the shooting, including the suspected shooter, according to sources from the Butler County District Attorney’s Office cited by local media.