UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Former President Donald Trump will hold his first full rally since surviving a second apparent assassination attempt over the weekend.
The rally will be held in Uniondale, New York a city on Republican-leaning Long Island in the deep-blue state of New York. Long Island is home to several highly competitive congressional districts that could determine control of the House in the next Congress.
Ahead of the event, a large crowd had already assembled at the venue, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which seats around 13,000 people. Most seats were filled.
The rally comes just three days after an apparent assassination attempt was averted by the Secret Service at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, and marks his first major rally since the event. On Sept. 17, Trump held a town hall in Flint Michigan, where he told attendees that he had received “very nice” calls from both President Joe Biden and Harris after the incident….