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    Despite national tragedy in Pittsburgh, Trump holds political rally in Illinois

    by Mike Riopell and Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune Oct 28, 2018 5 minutes

    MURPHYSBORO, Ill. - Against the backdrop of the national tragedy of a deadly shooting rampage in a Pittsburgh synagogue, President Donald Trump campaigned in southern Illinois for Republicans on Saturday and said Americans should not "change our life for somebody that's sick and evil."

    Trump, attempting to boost first-term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in a tight battle against Democrat Brendan Kelly, acknowledged thoughts of canceling the political rally while authorities in Pennsylvania were still assessing the mass shooting that killed at least 11 people and wounded six others during services.

    But the president - who told reporters before departing for events in Indiana and Illinois that if the synagogue had armed "protection inside, the results would have been far better" - sought in Murphysboro to balance a somber tone against rallying rhetoric aimed at keeping a Republican majority in the House with midterm elections just more than a

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