在7月19日的共和党全国大会上，唐纳德·特朗普讲述了自己“死里逃生”的惊险经历，称是“上帝的恩典”才使他幸免遇难。演讲中，他提到科里·孔佩拉托雷在此次事件中牺牲，还有另两名战士负伤。特朗普表示会永远铭记他们，并对家属表示了深切的慰问。
Let me begin this evening by expressing my gratitude to the American people for your outpouring of love and support following the assassination attempt at my rally on Saturday.
As you already know, the assassin's bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life.
So many people have asked me, what happened?
Tell us what happened, please.
And therefore, I will tell you exactly what happened.
And you'll never hear it from me a second time because it's actually too painful to tell.
It was a warm, beautiful day in the early evening in Butler Township in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Music was loudly playing, and the campaign was doing really well.
I went to the stage, and the crowd was cheering wildly.
Everybody was happy.
