Before former president Donald Trump addressed the audience at a meeting of religious activists in North Carolina on Monday, his son offered some thoughts.

After suggesting that his father survived the attempt on his life earlier this year thanks to divine intervention, Eric Trump told the audience that “we need God in our life. We need God in society. We need children to respect God. We need God in our schools. And if [Vice President] Kamala Harris won’t say it, I will: We love God, and we will always be a nation of faith.”