PHILADELPHIA, Sept 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he "probably took a bullet to the head" because his opponents have criticized him as being a threat to democracy.

"I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy. I'm a threat to democracy. They're the threat to democracy," Trump said during his televised debate with Democrat rival Kamala Harris, referring to an attempted assassination during a rally in Pennsylvania in July, in which he was wounded in the ear.