Bill Maher has ridiculed claims that God saved Donald Trump’s life during an assassination attempt at a political rally.
The comedian criticized those who use last week’s events as evidence that the presidential candidate has the backing of a higher power.
He accused Republicans of engaging in an “orgy of magical thinking” by suggesting Trump’s survival was divine intervention.
Instead, he claimed his narrow escape was down to luck alone, and warned against turning Trump into a religious figure.
“Donald Trump, even if you like him, is powerful enough as a former president, probably as a future president and, to be totally frank, as a cult leader: America doesn’t need a demigod,” Maher said during his HBO show.
Bill Maher ridiculed claims that God saved Donald Trump’s life during an assassination attempt at a political rally
‘From the pharaohs to Julius Caesar and Hirohito, many cultures have tried to turn the earthly being into a being that is at the same time divine or at least godlike, and they have never been successful.
‘We’re in the 21st century, enough with interpreting any random signal as a DM from the sky.’
His comments came after several conservatives began sharing images of Trump as an angel or being saved by the hand of God.
Among them was Republican Congressman Mike Collins, who said: “God forgave Ronald Reagan for a reason. God forgave Donald Trump for a reason. God doesn’t fail.”
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Trump “wears the armor of God.”
While pro-MAGA boxing star Jake Paul tweeted: ‘When you try to kill God’s angels and saviors you only make them bigger.’
Trump survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Conservatives were quick to suggest that Trump survived because of divine intervention.
But Maher denounced the hypocritical thinking of claiming that God saved Trump but allowed others like Martin Luther King, JFK and John Lennon to die.
“Look, the moron who shot Trump was cowardly, unpatriotic, selfish, vile and weak and should rot in hell, but thinking that God protects your heroes and not mine is not right either,” Maher added.
“Trump didn’t survive the assassination attempt because of divine intervention, he survived because a virgin couldn’t hit the fattest president since Taft,” Maher said of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
“Make no mistake, I’m glad he didn’t. But Trump is alive because he’s the luckiest son of a bitch who ever lived.”
Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Crooks, 20, opened fire on Saturday.
The bullet hit his ear, but struck assistant Corey Comperatore, who died shortly after taking cover. His little daughter and his wife were saved from the gunfire.
Maher pointed out the hypocrisy of claiming that God saved Trump from the shooting but allowed others to die. Corey Comperatore was killed by the bullet that was intended for Trump
Crowd members in Butler, Pennsylvania, rushed to his aid after the shooting.
Crooks was shot dead by a sniper shortly after he began shooting. Two other people were seriously injured during the incident.
Trump posted a statement on his Truth Social page regarding the shooting, offering his condolences to those affected.
“It is unbelievable that such an act could happen in our country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that went through the top of my right ear,” the former president said.
‘I knew immediately something was wrong because I heard a whistling sound, gunshots, and immediately felt the bullet go through my skin. There was a lot of bleeding so I realized what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!’
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