Meet the Main Line Woman Investigating the Trump Assassination Attempt
Plus, could one Montco guy tank Shapiro's veep chances?
Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, who is one of the people on the Donald Trump assassination attempt investigation committee, with Joe Biden on July 7th.
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Meet the Main Line Woman Investigating the Donald Trump Assassination Attempt
On July 7th, Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madeleine Dean was stumping with President Joe Biden when he made a stop in Roxborough while on the campaign trail for a second term in office, as seen in the photo above.
My how things have changed.
Six days later, on July 13th, more than 300 miles away in Butler, Pennsylvania, bullets flew in an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. And eight days after that, on July 21st, Biden dropped out of the race for president, endorsing Kamala Harris.
Here it is the end of July, and now Dean, a Democrat who lives on the Main Line in Lower Merion Township, finds herself investigating the Trump assassination attempt.
On Monday, we learned about the formation of a bipartisan task force, and Dean is on it, along with 12 other members of Congress. Dean is an Abington High grad who went on to practice law in Philadelphia before jumping into politics. She won her congressional seat in 2018.
The two other Pennsylvania members of Congress on the Trump assassination attempt task force are Mike Kelly and Chrissy Houlahan. Kelly, a Republican, represents the district that includes Butler, Pennsylvania. He’s the one who introduced the legislation to form the task force. And Houlahan, a Democrat, represents all of Chester County and parts of Berks County. She’s held that office since 2019.
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