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Posted: 2024-07-19T12:27:26Z | Updated: 2024-07-19T21:22:05Z

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday delivered a prime-time address in Milwaukee before the audience of the Republican National Convention his first speech since his assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally over the weekend.

Trump, who at the start of his speech struck a more somber tone, speaking about the shooting and how he planned to govern for all Americans, then reverted to his old, divisive talking points, dispelling any suggestion that he was a changed man following his near-death experience.

Trump attacked top Democrats , including President Joe Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , repeated his false claims that the 2020 election result was illegitimate and spewed anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Read more on the highlights of his over 92-minute speech below.

Trump Recounted His Assassination Attempt

Shortly after accepting the GOP nomination, Trump spoke about the shooting at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on Saturday, saying this would be the last time he would recount the experience because its actually too painful to tell.

Trump has worn a bandage throughout the convention on his right ear, which was wounded during the assassination attempt.

I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear, he said. I said to myself, Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet, and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. My hand was covered with blood.

He also praised the Secret Service agents who rushed to the stage in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

The Secret Service agents were putting themselves in peril, they were in very dangerous territory, bullets flying over them missing them by a small amount of inches, he said.

The former president paid tribute to Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who was killed at the rally when he tried to shield his family from the gunman.

There is no greater love than to lay down ones life for others, Trump said.

He briefly stepped away from the podium to pose with Comperatores firefighter suit and kiss the late mans helmet.