Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time Thursday night, less than a week after the attempt on his life.
“We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all of America,” Trump told the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “There is no victory in winning for half of America.”
“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Trump said after recalling the details of the attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, from his perspective.
The crowd responded with chants of “Yes, you are!”
Trump, who was hit by a bullet that grazed his right ear, said: “I stand in this arena only by the grace of God.”
The former president praised the actions of the Secret Service agents around him, amid widespread criticism of the agency’s leadership for a cataclysmic security failure that allowed the 20-year-old sniper to fire at him from a nearby rooftop. His bullets killed one man and wounded two others in the crowd.
Trump noted that the U.S. government’s classified documents case against him was tossed Monday by a federal judge in Florida.
“We must not criminalize dissent or demonize political disagreement, which is what’s been happening in our country lately,” Trump said.
He added: “In that spirit, the Democrat Party should immediately stop weaponizing the justice system and labeling their political opponent as an enemy of democracy. I am the one saving democracy.”
At one point, Trump mentioned President Joe Biden twice as “Biden,” saying he wouldn’t say the name again in the speech.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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