MILWAUKEE — Do you believe in miracles?
Trump faithful turning out for a rousing opening day of the Republican National Convention on Monday in Milwaukee are true believers.
“Honestly, I’m telling you that God saved this guy,” Nirmal Paul, a delegate from New York, told The Federalist above the din of the convention floor at the Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks in downtown Milwaukee.
Paul wore a red and white sash bearing the words “Trump 2024” and “Avatar.” The Bangladesh-born American said an avatar — angel or divine spirit — must have been standing next to Trump on that campaign rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, when a gunman’s bullet came within a fraction of an inch of assassinating former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s three-peat presidential candidate.
“I think he was protected by God,” Paul said, gravely adding, “One inch, he’s done.”
‘I’m Supposed to be Dead’
Divine intervention seemed to be on the minds of a lot of conventiongoers on a languid July evening inside the security perimeter of Milwaukee’s famed Deer District. Several attendees mentioned providence in connection with the attack on Trump that left a courageous rally attendee dead 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’s right ear.
“I thank God that His hand was on President Trump,” U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said during a convention
