MILWAUKEE—America came within a quarter inch of a national funeral on Saturday. If assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ bullet had not grazed former President Donald J. Trump’s right ear but instead struck a pencil’s width nearer his skull, this week’s Republican National Convention here would be a four-day memorial, if that. Rather than working on his acceptance speech right now, Trump would by lying in state.
But with all the luck in the world, he survived. America’s toughest man, Donald J. Tungsten, stood up moments after being hit, pumped his fists defiantly, and reassured his nation that he was alive and as resilient as ever. As he now says, he is “grazed but not dazed.”
Dramatic as it was, this is a scene worth not repeating. As of this writing, it is unclear exactly why Crooks fired a rifle at Trump, killed Corey Comperatore, 57, and wounded David…
