岸田首相、トランプ氏銃撃「回復祈る」　与野党幹部、事件を非難

　岸田文雄首相は１４日、トランプ前米大統領が選挙集会で銃撃された事件を受け、自身のＸ（旧ツイッター）に「民主主義に挑戦する暴力には毅然（きぜん）と立ち向かわなければならない。トランプ氏の一刻も早い回復をお祈りしている」と投稿した。
　自民党の茂木敏充幹事長は宮城県石巻市での会合で「暴力に訴えることはあってはならない」と非難。「（日米貿易交渉に関し）トランプ氏から『茂木はタフだ』と言われたことがある。事件後、耳に負傷を負いながらも拳を振り上げるトランプ氏こそタフと感じる」と述べた。
　立憲民主党の泉健太代表はＸで「重大な事態。どうか無事でありますように」と表明。国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表は「暴力による選挙妨害、言論封殺は断じて許されない」と強調した。（2024/07/14-20:12）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday prayed for former U.S. President Donald Trump's early recovery after he was injured in a shooting at a presidential election campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
   "We must stand firmly against violence that challenges democracy," Kishida said on X, formerly Twitter. "I wish for Mr. Trump's speedy recovery."
   Senior officials of Japan's ruling and opposition parties also commented on the incident.
   "We must never resort to violence," Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said at a meeting in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
   In the incident that happened Saturday, a man opened fire at Trump, 78, the presumptive Republican Party nominee in the U.S. presidential election in November, while he was delivering a speech on the podium at the event venue. The former U.S. leader suffered injuries on his right ear, but the injuries are not life-threatening.