In a rousing speech Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Sen. Tim Scott discussed the miraculous survival of former President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt two nights earlier.
“If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you got to be believing right now,” Scott, R-S.C., told the crowd. “Thank God almighty that we still live in a country that still believes in the king of kings and the lord of lords.”
At a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, late Saturday night, a gunman took aim at Trump, grazing the former president’s right ear with a bullet.
“On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared,” Scott continued, as the crowd chanted, “Fight, fight, fight, fight!”—which Trump shouted…
