A nurse who spoke at the Republican National Convention in August was arrested for allegedly shooting a woman in the stomach.
A nurse who praised Donald Trump’s pandemic response at the Republican National Convention in August was arrested last week and charged with malicious unlawful assault after she allegedly shot a woman in the stomach, according to a local West Virginia television station.
The woman, Amy Johnson Ford, claimed self-defense in the shooting, according to WCHS, which also reported that the shooting victim is “doing well and has non-life-threatening injuries.”
Ford — who says she volunteered as a nurse in New York to help the city when its hospitals were overrun with COVID-19 patients — was selectedto speak at the convention to help boost Trump’s image in the wake of his failed coronavirus response. Continue reading.