House Speaker Mike Johnson, reflecting on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump one year ago as he campaigned in Butler, Pennsylvania, said Sunday on Newsmax that there has been “no political leader in American history” who has endured what Trump has, including attempts on his life, and remained “strong and resilient.”
“The president called me early this morning, and we reflected upon this for about a half-hour conversation,” the Louisiana Republican told Newsmax during its special coverage Sunday of the Butler anniversary. “We talked about the moment I was with him right after the second assassination attempt, just 64 days after the Butler, Pennsylvania tragedy, where they caught the gunman with the muzzle pointed out of the bushes on the golf course in Florida.”
Johnson noted that he and his wife, Kelly, sat with Trump for almost three hours after the second attempt while security officials were clearing the perimeter around his Mar-a-Lago estate, and “we just talked about this, how clearly God had saved his life, spared his life for a purpose.”
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