 Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports some RNC speakers invoked religion as they addressed the attempt on Trump's life, an attack that killed one rally goer, critically wounded two others, and left the former president bloodied from an injured ear. Several who spoke at the GOP convention used Christian language in talking about the attempt on Trump's life. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott called the near miss a miracle and then added this.