{"id":2264,"date":"2024-09-15T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2024-09-17T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:20:30","slug":"trump-after-2nd-assassination-attempt-theres-something-going-on-perhaps-its-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/trump-after-2nd-assassination-attempt-theres-something-going-on-perhaps-its-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump After 2nd Assassination Attempt: ‘There’s Something Going on, Perhaps It’s God’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We pray for the safety of our former President and for all of our political leaders. \u00a0Violence outside of self-defense, capital punishment and just war) has no place in Christian practice.<\/p>\n

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\"TrumpFormer President Donald Trump said, \u201cThere\u2019s something going on, perhaps it\u2019s God,\u201d one day after surviving a second assassination attempt within the span of two months. \u201cThere\u2019s something going on, perhaps it\u2019s God wanting me to be president to save this country,\u201d Trump quipped in a Monday night X Space. \u201cNobody knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen Below: Trump then recalled the first assassination attempt against him, saying, \u201cWhen I made the right turn, it\u2019s very unusual because the people weren\u2019t on the right, the people who were standing out in front of me. When I turned my head at an exact 90 degree angle, the bullet came zooming by and clipped my ear.\u201d \u201cAnd then yesterday, you had another one [assassination attempt] with a different result, actually, a much better result because we lost Corey [Comperatore],\u201d the 45th president said, adding that two other rally goers, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were severely injured.<\/p>\n

On July 13, Trump narrowly survived the first assassination attempt against him after Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire while he was delivering his remarks during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two months later, on September 15, Trump survived a second assassination attempt on his life after wannabe assassin suspect Ryan Wesley Routh was caught hiding in the bushes near Trump International Golf Course, where he appeared to be lying in wait for Trump, who was golfing, to come into his view. Routh had with him a rifle with a scope, backpacks, and a Go-Pro, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s office. Secret Service agents, who apparently travel a hole or two ahead of Trump while he is golfing to secure the area, reportedly encountered Routh before he was able to fire rounds at the 45th president. \u201cA Secret Service agent had seen a barrel of an AK-47,\u201d Trump explained in the Monday night X Space. \u201cHe started shooting at the barrel. He started shooting in the bushes. He could only see the barrel \u2014 based on that, he started shooting.\u201d The agent \u201cran toward the target and was shooting,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThose were the shots we heard. The other one [Routh] never got a shot off,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cAnd [Routh] ran across the street and hopped into his truck or car.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 45th president added that a woman who caught a glimpse the incident followed Routh in her vehicle and took photos of his license plate, and then gave the photos to the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u201cAmazingly, a civilian in that area saw something that looked very suspicious and drove their car to the back of his truck and took pictures of the license plate, gave them to the sheriff\u2019s office,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd within a fairly short period of time, they tracked him down on the highway \u2014 and they got him,\u201d former President Trump added.<\/p>\n

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