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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
19 Jul 2024
Joe Dwinell


NextImg:Trump tells RNC ‘God’ was on his side in Penn., says nation must ‘heal’ political divide

Former President Donald Trump said, “God was on his side” as bullets zipped past his head and brave Secret Service agents pounced on him to protect him from a sniper this past weekend.

Trump said the “love was written all over their faces” of people in the crowd Saturday who didn’t leave, yet “thought it was over” and he was hit in the head. That’s what Trump said compelled him to “raise his right arm and start shouting fight, fight, fight!”

It was all part of his Republican National Convention acceptance speech, which started with an appeal to “stop the division of our society” and “heal” that divide.

“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Trump told the RNC crowd. “I stand before you in this area only by the grace of the almighty God.”

He then asked the RNC delegates to observe a moment of silence for firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, killed at the Butler, Pa., shooting. Trump also paused as the firefighter’s helmet and jacket were brought out to the stage.

Trump also announced that $6.3 million has been raised for Comperatore’s family and the other two injured in the shooting, David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, and James Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, Pa. Both have been upgraded to serious but stable condition, according to a spokesperson with Allegheny Health Network.

Trump, in an often somber tone, said he “pledged” to “turn our nation around.” He added, “We are all fellow citizens” and called for the “demonization” of political disagreement to stop.

He also sent a warning to Democrats to stop “weaponizing” the courts, alluding to his court cases.

Melania Trump and VP nominee JD Vance, both in attendance, were given a round of applause.

Trump said he has a “vision for all of America” and asked for a chance to prove it to young and old. He said the pandemic hit his first administration hard, but he’s up for another four years.

He called out “totally incompetent” Democratic leadership, inflation, porous border and vowed to “drill baby drill” to help reduce energy costs. He warned China and Iran remain threats to the U.S. He also said Hispanics and the “Black population” and unions are “suffering” from out-of-control illegal immigration.

“We will soon be a great nation again,” he added.

Eric Trump, in the run-up to his father’s address, rattled off the platform of the next Trump administration, if he wins Nov. 5, that included helping veterans “sleeping in the streets,” mothers working “three jobs” to afford groceries, underappreciated law enforcement officers, young women forced to play sports with “6-foot, 5-inch men,” and parents who lost children to fentanyl.

“I’m sorry,” Eric Trump said in a refrain. “We will stand behind you.”