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

By Melissa Barnhart, Managing Editor Twitter

Alveda King

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In a statement shared with The Christian Post on Saturday, Alveda King, the founder of Speak for Life and chair of the Center for the American Dream at America First Policy Institute, said she was grieved by the tragic shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a 20-year-old male gunman attempted to assassinate the former president. 

King is the niece of the late Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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​“I grieve today for the hatred that was displayed tonight as an assassination attempt was made on the life of President Trump. I am forever grateful for the brave men and women of the Secret Service," she wrote. 

"My prayers are with President Trump, his family and all of America tonight! It’s time for our nation to commit itself to prayer, forgiveness, nonviolence and unity.” 

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