{"id":2295813,"date":"2024-07-16T07:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miracle-monday-gop-convention-opens-with-talk-of-providence\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T07:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:47:55","slug":"miracle-monday-gop-convention-opens-with-talk-of-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miracle-monday-gop-convention-opens-with-talk-of-providence\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle Monday: GOP Convention Opens With Talk Of Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiracle-monday-gop-convention-opens-with-talk-of-providence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about\u2063 supporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee believing that divine intervention saved former \u200cPresident Donald Trump from an assassination attempt. Attendees mentioned God&#8217;s protection and\u200c miracles in connection with the attack that left one dead and two\u200b injured. House Majority Leader Steve\u200d Scalise also mentioned miracles at the rally, and some pastors talked about divine providence. Trump and his supporters\u2064 expressed gratitude for being alive and credited God for their protection. Faith played a\u2063 significant role\u200b for conservatives at the \u2064convention, with many attributing Trump&#8217;s \u2062survival to God&#8217;s intervention. The incident has reinforced the belief in miracles and divine protection among Trump&#8217;s supporters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MILWAUKEE \u2014 Do you believe in miracles? <\/p>\n<p>Trump faithful turning out for a rousing opening day of the Republican National Convention on Monday in Milwaukee are true believers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m telling you that God saved this guy,\u201d Nirmal Paul, a delegate from New York, told The Federalist above the din of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-southern-baptists-nominate-tom-ascol-voddie-baucham-to-leadership-to-combat-woke-drift-in-largest-protestant-denomination\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Southern Baptists Nominate Tom Ascol, Voddie Baucham To Leadership To Combat Woke Drift In Largest Protestant Denomination\">convention floor<\/a> at the Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA\u2019s Milwaukee Bucks in downtown Milwaukee. <\/p>\n<p>Paul wore a red and white sash bearing the words \u201cTrump 2024\u201d and \u201cAvatar.\u201d The Bangladesh-born American said an avatar \u2014 angel or divine spirit \u2014 must have been standing next to Trump on that campaign rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, when a gunman\u2019s bullet came within a fraction of an inch of assassinating former President Donald Trump, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/15\/donald-trump-gop-presidential-nominee-00168345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> GOP\u2019s three-peat presidential candidate.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he was protected by God,\u201d Paul said, gravely adding, \u201cOne inch, he\u2019s done.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018I\u2019m Supposed to be Dead\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Divine intervention seemed to be on the minds of a lot of conventiongoers on a languid July evening inside the security perimeter of Milwaukee\u2019s famed <a href=\"https:\/\/deerdistrict.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deer District<\/a>. Several attendees mentioned providence in connection with the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/15\/axios-founders-demand-trump-apologize-for-being-shot-during-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attack on Trump<\/a> that left a courageous rally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pottsmerc.com\/2024\/07\/15\/the-man-killed-at-a-trump-rally-died-shielding-his-family-neighbors-share-stories-of-2-others-hurt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attendee dead<\/a> and two others critically injured. A Secret Service agent fatally shot the gunman but not before the gunman fired several shots, including the one that grazed Trump\u2019s right ear.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank God that His hand was on President Trump,\u201d U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said during a convention speech hammering President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats for, among other things, promising unity but delivering division. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the senior U.S. senator from the host state played a part in Trump\u2019s death-defying moment. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-teacher-union-president-disgusted-that-schools-are-reopening\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Teacher Union President \u2018Disgusted\u2019 That Schools Are Reopening\">president told<\/a> the New York Post that he happened to turn his head to look at a document on illegal immigration supplied by Wisconsin\u2019s Sen. Ron Johnson \u2014 just before shots rang out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat chart that I was going over saved my life,\u201d Trump told his former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, by phone shortly after the attempt on his life, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/trump-credits-chart-for-saving-his-life-his-former-white-house-doctor-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> The New York Times. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us-news\/grateful-defiant-trump-recounts-surreal-assassination-attempt-at-rally-im-supposed-to-be-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the New York Post. \u201cI\u2019m not supposed to be here, I\u2019m supposed to be dead.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>That point was not lost on his supporters in Milwaukee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he had turned his head, what, a millimeter, he would not be here,\u201d said Kirsten Lucas, a delegate from Idaho, who says her prayer group prays weekly for the Republican Party presidential nominee. <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018God\u2019s Protection\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Faith is foundational for many conservatives, particularly for the Republican Party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/database\/party-affiliation\/republican-lean-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evangelical core<\/a> making up nearly two-fifths of the GOP\u2019s voters. But faith in real time seemed to take a front seat at the convention in the wake of Saturday\u2019s near miss.<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who was seriously injured when a Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter shot up a congressional baseball game in 2017, said the world witnessed miracles at the Pennsylvania rally. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday there were miracles, and I think the hand of God was there too,\u201d Scalise told \u201cFox &#038; Friends Weekend\u201d on Sunday. \u201cYou can just see one centimeter over and we\u2019re having a very different conversation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While some on the left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/trump-god-spared-maga-leaders-believe-1235060168\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scoffed<\/a> at such faith-based sentiments, some pastors talked about God\u2019s divine providence on Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what your political thoughts are, that\u2019s not the issue at all,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=frOk2vnkesg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gregg Matte, senior pastor at Houston\u2019s First Baptist Church<\/a>, told his flock the day after the assassination attempt, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/culture\/religion\/article\/texas-pastors-pray-trump-shooting-19573401.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beaumont Enterprise<\/a>. \u201cThat for a bullet to graze the ear is a moment of God\u2019s protection over a person \u2014 not a political candidate, over a person \u2014 God\u2019s protection in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Fight! Fight! Fight!\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In Wisconsin, the swing state\u2019s GOP convention host city is known for its beer, brats, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpl.org\/local_history\/milwaukeessocialisthistory.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">socialist mayors<\/a>. And Milwaukee has some experience with assassination attempts on former Republican presidents seeking another term in the White House. In 1912, when old socialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpl.org\/local_history\/milwaukeessocialisthistory.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emil Seidel<\/a> was running Milwaukee, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/theodore-roosevelt-shot-in-milwaukee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saloonkeeper fired on former President Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> while he was campaigning for president under the Bull Moose campaign banner in the Lake Michigan city. The bullet burrowed into Roosevelt\u2019s chest, but it was blunted by Teddy\u2019s steel eyeglass case and a copy of his speech he had tucked away in his jacket pocket. Roosevelt finished the speech with the bullet lodged in his chest. He survived the assault. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see, it takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose,\u201d the former president told the early 20th-century Milwaukeans. Interestingly, T.R. urged his fellow Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/millercenter.org\/transforming-american-democracy-tr-and-bull-moose-campaign-1912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cstand at Armageddon\u201d<\/a> and \u201cbattle for the Lord\u201d in rejecting then-Republican President William Howard Taft, Roosevelt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinpings-disappearing-acts-leave-no-doubt-hes-a-dictator\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping&#039;s actions clearly demonstrate his dictatorial nature.\">hand-picked successor<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>In the tradition of T.R., Trump emerged from the Pennsylvania stage, bloodied but defiant, pumping his fist and mouthing the word \u201cfight\u201d to the stunned rallygoers. They cheered the former president as Secret Service agents surrounded him and escorted him from the stage. \u201cFight\u201d has become a kind of de facto campaign slogan for Trump and a Republican Party committed to reelecting him. <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the former president and his freshly minted running mate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-announces-ohio-senator-j-d-vance-his-2024-running-mate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. JD Vance<\/a> of Ohio, came into view on the Fiserv Forum\u2019s massive, 60-display LED digital system, convention attendees erupted in cheers. His ear bandaged, the man many see as a miracle in motion stepped into the arena to thunderous applause. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFight! Fight! Fight!\u201d the Trump faithful chanted. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you believe in miracles? Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee expressed their belief in divine intervention after a recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Many attendees mentioned providence in connection with the attack, with some calling it a miracle that Trump survived. Faith played a significant role at the convention, particularly among the evangelical core of the Republican Party. The incident has led to a renewed sense of determination among Trump supporters, with &#8220;Fight&#8221; becoming a de facto campaign slogan for the former president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2295814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-16-at-6.31.23%E2%80%AFAM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34806,35181,35183,35184,35182],"class_list":["post-2295813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop-convention","tag-miracle-monday","tag-opening-speech","tag-political-event","tag-providence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-16-at-6.31.23%E2%80%AFAM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}