RNC kicks off two days after rally shooting

BUTLER, Pa. — Two women who watched former President Donald Trump’s rally yesterday from a neighboring property described what they called lax safety measures beyond the event’s security perimeter.

Valerie Fennell and Deb Kuminkoski had tickets to go to the rally, but, because of the heat and the large crowd, they decided to hang back and watch from Fennell’s backyard, which backs up to the area where the rally was held.

Fennell’s backyard is in a grassy area between where the Trump crowd gathered and the AGR factory where the shooter was perched on the roof of one of the buildings, about 150 yards away.

The shooter’s bullets soared right over their heads on their way toward Trump and his supporters as they watched the event, they said.

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