At a prayer vigil in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Robert Benning’s eyes water when he talks about Donald Trump surviving this weekend’s assassination attempt.
“When he got shot, I was like, ‘Oh man.’ I damn near cried — and then he got up… That proves how much of a fighter he is,” the 64-year-old said, gathered at a park in the Midwestern city with other supporters to pray for the Republican presidential candidate.
The Sunday gathering was held downtown, just steps away from the Republican National Convention that kicks off Monday and will officially seal Trump’s nomination as the party’s candidate against President Joe Biden in November.
Faithful prayed for those on both sides of the political spectrum, even if the event still carried a partisan tone and the occasional culture war rhetoric.
“I just bless the Democratic Party. I bless the opposition. I pray that…