Donald Trump’s running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) cited the Bible while arguing that God saved the former president from assassination in July.
On Saturday, Trump held a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania at the same site of the failed assassination attempt three months ago.
The FBI has identified the would-be assasin as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He fired multiple shots from a building rooftop just outside the rally venue before he was killed by Secret Service agents.
On Saturday, Vance told attendees at the rally that God saved Trump even though an audience member, ex-firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed and two other attendees were critically injured.
“Now, you heard the shots. You saw the blood. We all feared the worst,” Vance said. “But you knew everything would be okay. When President Trump raised his fists high in the air and shouted, fight, fight! Now, I believe, as sure as I’m standing here today, that what happened was a true miracle. And on that day, America felt the truth of scripture. So I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil, for you are with me. I truly believe that God saved President Trump’s life that day.”
