It's been a bit of an eventful day for and in the State of Arizona Thursday. While the DNC is wrapping in Chicago, former President Donald Trump is touring the Southern border in Cochise County, Arizona. Just ahead of his press conference there, the U.
S. Supreme Court issued an order staying a lower court ruling and allowing the Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote to go into effect. And on top of that, there's an active manhunt going on for an individual who threatened to assassinate Trump while in Arizona.
Advertisement BREAKING: Cochise County Sheriff Searching for Man Who Threatened to Assassinate Trump in AZ Today NEW: SCOTUS Allows Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship in Voter Registration to Take Effect Despite the manhunt, Trump proceeded with the event, delivering remarks on the need for a secure border. He was joined at the event by family members of victims murdered at the hands of illegal aliens, including Patti Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, who was murdered in August 2023 while out for a run on a pedestrian trail in Bel Air, Maryland. The man charged with her murder, 23-year-old Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was in the country illegally.
Trump spoke about Rachel before inviting Patti to speak, giving her a hug and some words of encouragement as she approached the microphone to address the press and others assembled for the event. Mother of Rachel Morin, brutally murdered by illegal alien, speaks alongside President Trump in Coch.