President Joe Biden to reschedule Austin visit after Trump assassination attempt

Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman
Updated ·2 min read
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President Joe Biden is rescheduling Monday's planned visit to Austin in the wake of a man's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, the White House announced Sunday afternoon. The visit is still expected to take place in July.

Biden was scheduled to deliver a major speech on civil rights and democracy at the LBJ Presidential Library. Democratic members of Congress and members of the Texas Legislature were expected to attend the speech, and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson was slated to greet the president at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Monday morning.

A new date for the Austin visit will be announced this week, the LBJ Library said in a press release.

Biden had also planned to participate in a rare one-on-one interview with NBC News' Lester Holt from Texas' capital city that day. That interview will take place at the White House instead, NBC announced Sunday afternoon.

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The announcement came as Biden was expected to deliver remarks Sunday on a shooter's assassination attempt that injured Trump's right ear. At least one person — Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief of Buffalo Township, Pa. — died in the shooting, and two others were critically injured, according to USA TODAY.

“Given the unfortunate events of the last 24 hours, we anticipated that the President's schedule could change anytime,” Mark Updegrove, president and chief executive officer of the LBJ Foundation and a presidential historian, said in the LBJ Library's press release. “We are honored President Biden remains committed to joining us at the LBJ Library to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and we look forward to hosting him later this month.”

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President Joe Biden won't fly into Austin on Monday morning, but he does plan to visit later this month.
President Joe Biden won't fly into Austin on Monday morning, but he does plan to visit later this month.

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