Christian leaders react to Trump surviving assassination attempt: 'Thank God the former president is alive'

By Melissa Barnhart, Managing Editor Twitter

Franklin Graham

"I thank God that former President @realDonaldTrump is alive," Franklin Graham wrote above an image showing blood streaming down the right side of former President Donald Trump's face after a bullet pierced his right ear during an assassination attempt. 

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is shown covered by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt on his life during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is shown covered by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt on his life during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Graham added that he was praying for the man who was murdered by the shooter at the Pennsylvania rally and those who were injured. 

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"Our prayers are also with the others injured at the rally today and the family of the individual who was killed," he wrote. 

Two hours earlier and just minutes after the shooting, Graham urged Americans to join him in praying for the former president "as it appears gunfire erupted at his Pennsylvania rally and he had to be rushed off the stage."

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