First Lady Jill Biden and her predecessor, former First Lady Melania Trump, spoke on Sunday afternoon following the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.
The First Lady’s office confirmed to The Hill that the two women spoke after Melania Trump released a statement earlier in the day, calling the attack on her husband “heinous” and asserting that “political games are inferior to love.”
Although Melania Trump has rarely attended public campaign events with her husband, she is expected to appear during the GOP convention in Milwaukee this week.
This phone call between the First Ladies followed a conversation on Saturday night between President Biden and Trump. The president later mentioned that he had a positive discussion with his political rival.
“I’m sincerely grateful that he’s doing well and recovering. We had a short but good conversation,” Biden said on Sunday. He added that he and the First Lady are keeping Trump and his family in their prayers.
The incident involved a 20-year-old gunman who fired shots into a Trump campaign rally on Saturday, with one bullet grazing the former president’s ear. The shooter, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., fired from a nearby rooftop.
Following the shooting, Biden’s campaign suspended communications on Saturday and plans to resume them on Monday night, a campaign official told The Hill.
