Montana’s elected officials quickly and sharply condemned the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Members of Montana's congressional delegation responded to what the Associated Press has deemed an assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania.

Montana political figures released statements Saturday after a shooting at former President Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. According to the Secret Service, one rally attendee is dead and the suspected shooter is dead.

Saturday's violence broke out against a backdrop of a government already inundated by threats for members of Congress, judges and other officials.

Trump left the stage bleeding after an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. The shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed.

Here are reactions after Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign "I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler,

The former president is safe, the Secret Service says. Law enforcement officials say the shooting, which killed at least one attendee, is being investigated as an attempted assassination.