Steve Kerr: “Thank God Trump wasn’t hit”

As Steve Kerr and his star players get ready to represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he struggled to express his feelings about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that occurred on Saturday.

“This is a time where we feel very proud to represent our country wearing USA on our chest, competing in the Olympics,” Kerr said on Sunday. “We’ve talked to the players about how important it is to show the best version of us as human beings to represent our country in a respectful, dignified manner. It makes you want to do that even more so, because this is really shameful for us to sit here and think about what happened and what’s going on in our country.

“It’s such a demoralizing day for our country, and it’s yet another example of not only our political division but also gun culture. A 20-year-old with an AR-15 trying to shoot the former president. It’s hard to process everything, and it’s scary to think about where this goes because of the issues that already exist in the country. So this is a terrible day.

“Thank God Trump wasn’t hit, but it’s just so demoralizing in every which way.”