Trump Jr. references Bull Moose shooting in RNC speech; what is it?

Donald Trump Jr. spoke at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night after briefly turning over the microphone to his daughter, Kai Trump.

After Donald Trump’s first grandchild finished her speech — an ode of sorts to the former President and presumptive GOP nominee — the eldest Trump son launched into his remarks.

Speaking of the failed assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last week, Trump made reference to another failed assassination plot against a president.

“At a political rally less than one mile from where we stand tonight,” Trump said from the stage in Milwaukee, “Teddy Roosevelt was struck by a would-be assassin’s bullet.

“But he didn’t quit either. He finished his speech and he kept fighting,” Trump continued of Roosevelt, echoing the moment after Donald Trump was shot when he stood, pumped his fist in the air and shouted “fight, fight, fight.”

What happened to Teddy Roosevelt?

Then President Teddy Roosevelt was on his way to deliver a speech in Milwaukee on Oct. 14, 1912, when a New York saloonkeeper shot Roosevelt in the chest, striking his steel eyeglass case and a manuscript of the speech he was about to deliver.

Despite being wounded and bleeding, Roosevelt insisted on delivering his 90-minute speech before seeking medical attention.

He famously began his speech by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”

Roosevelt wasn’t technically a Republican then. He was seeking a third term under the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party.

He lost to Woodrow Wilson.

Donald Trump Jr.’s fight reference, however, isn’t out of place. Roosevelt’s speech that day invoked a fighting spirit.

“This is a fight, and it is a worthy one. If you fight, and you have the right spirit in you, you cannot fail.”

This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Trump Roosevelt assassination attempts compared in RNC speech