Less than 24 hours after an assassination attempt on his life that took place while he was speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump told Americans that it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday (July 13), just minutes into Trump’s speech in front of a crowd of supporters, a 20-year-old man, who was armed with an AR-style rifle, climbed up on a nearby rooftop approximately 150 yards from where the former president was standing and opened fired in his direction.
Before U.S. Secret Service could neutralize the shooter, one of the would-be assassin’s bullets pierced the ear of Trump, while another fatally hit Corey Comperatore in the head, and two other bullets critically injured 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump credited God for sparing his life, saying, “Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
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“We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness,” he added. “Our love goes out to the other victims and their families. We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.”
Trump called for unity amongst the American people so that evil doesn’t win, saying that “in this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win.”
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