Former Vice President Mike Pence said last week it “took my breath away” when he learned, in the moments after it happened, of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
During a conversation with conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson at the host’s annual conference, “The Gathering,” in Atlanta, Pence said his immediate reaction to the attempt on Trump’s life was to pray for the two-time Republican presidential nominee.
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“Karen and I, we were in a plane,” he said, referring to his wife, the former second lady. “We’d just landed and I got a text from someone watching it in real time. It took my breath away. When I heard the shot had come from 150 yards away — having lived with Secret Service for four years — I couldn’t believe it.”
Pence went on to say he “truly admired” the way Trump stood with his fist in the air after one of the assassin’s bullets nicked the former president’s ear.
“But I just reached over on that airplane and grabbed Karen’s hand and said, ‘We’re gonna pray right now,’” the former vice president recalled of the July 13 afternoon. “Because, while they
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