God did not save Donald Trump's life and God did not take away the life of an innocent rally victim

As a woman of Roman Catholic faith, I am compleley confident saying that God was not in attendance at the outdoor rally in Pennsylvania, where Donald Trump was injured on July 13, 2024, while an innocent bystander was murdered.  

Scripture 1 Thessalonians 5:22: "reject every kind of evil"

God was definitely not present at the Pennsylvania rally.  

However, what was evident to many alert rally attendees was their warning about a suspicious person who was reported to police. It turned out the suspicious person was a 20 year old man with a gun who shot at Trump, killed an innocent bystander, badly injured two other people while traumatizing the entire audience, somehow escaped the police and, yes,  stunned the Secret Service personnel (who obviously seemed to act like deer caught in the headlights before they took decisive action to protect the shooter's victim). 

Nevertheless, Republicans who spoke at the Republican Trump Rapture Convention in Milwaukee, seem to have developed some kind of mystical understanding about what God wanted to have happen during the shooter's evil intentions, when he aimed his A15 style rifle at his target. Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Tim Scott spoke like they had first hand knowledge about what God intended to happen at the Pennsylvania rally. Well, just so they both know.....with 100 percent certainty, I know God was not there and had zero to do with the horrible shooting. God is not the motivator of evil. Sadly, the innocent man who was murdered while attending the event with Donald Trump was the victim who experienced the evil intention of the shooter- a young man who had a gun. 

Echo opinion letter published in the Boston Globe:  

Dear Editor: Thanks to the Globe for the fascinating article by Emma Platoff and Jim Puzzanghera about the religious zeal and insane rapture atmosphere (ie, my editorial comment), at the Republican Convention (“For the faithful, it’s greatest story ever,” Page A1, July 17). 

Aenators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Scott (R-Florida) in speeches ascribe Donald Trump’s escape from death by an AR-15-style rifle to the deity, who supposedly intervened to save Trump’s life.

Do Cruz and Scott and their audience believe that the Almighty also intervened to bring about the death of the rallygoer on the stage near Trump, who died protecting his family from the kind of weapon the Democratic Party wants outlawed for civilian use?

Have the Trump faithful noticed that the suspected shooter had not reached the age of 21? Should we be blaming God for circumstances of our own making? 

From Megan Brook in Cambridge, Massachusetts

P.S.  God did not save Donald Trump. An evil intentioned shooter with a gun was at the Pennsylvania rally and God was notwhere to be found.