Yet, at this moment, he did those two things at the same time, actions that he had never done before, and they saved his life. Had he not decided to use that chart to underscore his remarks about how illegal crossings at the southern US border had dipped during his presidency, and had he not turned away from his supporters to glance at the chart, one of the shots fired at 6:11 p.m. likely would have hit the base of his skull and killed him.
