Five days after a gunman tried to assassinate him at a political rally, former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday night described his personal experience of the shooting as he formally accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination and called on Americans to see in him a unifier.
“As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life,” Mr. Trump said at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
He was lucky, he said, he had not turned further.
“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Mr. Trump said.
The crowd, devoted fans of a man they had nominated to be their presidential candidate, responded in unison by chanting, “Yes, you are.”
Persons:
Donald J, Trump, ” Mr, you’ll, it’s, “ I’m, Mr, “, ”
Organizations:
Republican, Republican National Convention, Fiserv
Locations:
Milwaukee