K-LOVE Fan Awards 2024 Female Artist of the Year and Dove Award-winning Christian musician Anne Wilson encouraged her social media followers to pray that “God would heal our land” following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump this past Saturday (July 13).
Just minutes into Trump’s speech in front of a crowd of Pennsylvanians, 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 fire in his direction.
Before the U.S. Secret Service killed 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.
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The Grammy-nominated singer, who released her last album “Rebel” in April, shared that she never speaks on “political topics” because she doesn’t feel like it is her “place” or her “platform.”
“I have my platform to focus on the hope of Jesus and leading others to HIM through music,” Wilson said. “However, sometimes there are moments that call for speaking out.”
Wilson continued, “The tragedy that took place this weekend was one of those moments. When I heard of what happened to Donald Trump I was shocked, heartbroken, disturbed, and angry. I immediately felt hopeless thinking about what this world has come to.”
The 22-year-old singer explained that this was the first “attempted assassination of a president in my generation” and called the attempt “despicable” and “pure evil.”
“No president should ever be in that situation,” Wilson said and shared what her pastor preached on Sunday, just hours following the assassination attempt.