Greetings. It's Monday, July the 15th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins,

narrating today's article written by Denison Forum, co-founder, and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, yesterday, that it was

God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening, allowing him to survive Saturday's

assassination attempt. The Wall Street Journal editorial boards similarly wrote,

It's nothing short of miraculous that Mr. Trump avoided death by a literal inch.

According to the New York Times, the picture of the bloodied former president, his fist raised,

flanked by an American flag, is already the indelible image of our era of political crisis and conflict.

At this writing, authorities are still trying to determine a motive for

the attempted assassination. The 21-year-old alleged gunman made a $15 donation when he was 17

to a group that supports Democratic politicians, but he was also a registered Republican.

If political rhetoric was in fact a motivating factor for the shooter,

the tragedy further demonstrates the power of hateful speech to incite hateful actions.

Legal scholar Jonathan Turley responded to the shooting. We are living through an age of rage. It is

not our first, but it may be the most dangerous such

period in our history. In quote, in the first attempted assassination of a current or former

president in the social media era, partisan reaction and conspiracy theories swiftly illustrated

his warning. In my daily article's special edition response to the shooting Saturday,

I quoted a number of Democratic leaders who stated their gratitude that Mr. Trump was safe.

Others, however, responded in horrific ways.

For example, a Colorado state representative tweeted,

the last thing America needed was sympathy for the devil,

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