Rachel Parker was on the ground during the attempted assassination on former US President Donald Trump. Today on Rachel and the Republic, Rachel explains what she saw, and the perilous seconds when it seemed like the worst might have happened.
Rachel also heard from dozens of Americans in the immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt who told her how America can heal and where the republic goes from here. She shares their words today.
Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.
