(Politico) President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned the frenzied attack on Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage that has left the author on a ventilator.
“Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday in New York,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “We, together with all Americans and people around the world, are praying for his health and recovery. I am grateful to the first responders and the brave individuals who jumped into action to render aid to Rushdie and subdue the attacker.”
Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen before a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday.
