‘When you are at that podium, the last thing on your mind is this’: Sen. Cory Gardner, who Trump rallied for in 2019
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain voice
Some 43 years ago a small child in Yuma, Colo., on the far Eastern Plains of the state would end his days in prayer for President Ronald Reagan's health after a would-be assassin's bullet hospitalized him.
That was 1981. Today, that small child is known as former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, who once again finds himself in prayer for a President and the nation.
"My mother tells the story," Gardner said. "She says I prayed every night for President Reagan and Mr. Brady. I'm now 49 years old praying the same prayer."
He never expected another assassination attempt in America, or to personally know the President who was shot.
"It is a despicable and vile act of cowardice," Gardner said, reflecting on the shooting and intended assassination of P...
