Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt during his Pennsylvania rally

In a statement issued following the shooting, President Joe Biden said he was “grateful to hear” that Trump is safe and doing well.

“I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally as we await further information,” Biden’s statement continued. “Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.”

Biden later addressed the nation, saying the shooting was “sick” and calling on Americans to stop political violence.

“It’s one of the reasons we have to unite this country,” Biden said. “We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”

The Biden campaign later said it was pulling down TV ads in the wake of the shooting. The president spoke directly with Trump on Saturday, later adding that he had a “short but good conversation” with the former president.

Biden is set to address the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday evening.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana vowed in a post on X that the House would probe the “tragic events” that occurred at the rally.

“The American people deserve to know the truth,” Johnson wrote. “We will have Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and other appropriate officials from DHS and the FBI appear for a hearing before our committees ASAP.”

Johnson also weighed in on the shooting during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Today,” denouncing political violence and urging leaders to help “turn the rhetoric down” in the US.

“We need leaders of all parties, on both sides, to call that out and make sure that happens so that we can go forward and maintain our free society that we all are blessed to have,” he said.

With the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee set to begin this week, the GOP over the past few days had been largely focused on the event as a showcase for their party. Trump so far has not changed his plans regarding his appearances at the convention.

But the shooting incident threatens to upend an already tumultuous presidential contest with the general election now less than four months away.