By FEDERICA DI SARIO | Politico
U.K. right-wing firebrand Nigel Farage on Sunday blamed a “liberal narrative” from political opponents for the shocking assassination attempt that left former U.S. President Donald Trump injured and bleeding Saturday night.
The attack at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, which left one attendee dead and two others seriously wounded, threw another jolt into an already stormy U.S. election. Trump, who was hit in the right ear, was treated at a nearby hospital before being released. The gunman was shot dead.
“The narrative that is put out there about Trump by these liberals that oppose him is so nasty, so unpleasant, and I think it almost encourages this type of behavior,” Farage, a long-time Trump admirer, told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg program.
He said he was “upset” but “not shocked” by the shooting, as opposed to several world leaders who claimed to be “deeply shocked” by the attack.