Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth put the blame for the deadly shooting at a President Donald Trump rally squarely on the candidate’s political opponents, saying “the radical left has declared a jihadist-style attack on traditional Christian values.”

Trump survived an assassination attempt by a matter of inches on Saturday.

In an X post, Ainsworth said that in church Sunday, his pastor reminded the congregation that the nation “is facing a crisis of sin and a problem of the heart.” He cited Romans 3:23, where all people “have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”

Ainsworth wrote that in addition to attacking Christian values, the radical left has spent time attacking Trump.

He blamed the shooting in part on language from President Joe Biden, who recently told supporters to “put Trump in a bulls eye.” Ainsworth also referenced a congressional aide who after the shooting, posted that the shooter should get some training “so you don’t miss next time.”

“The contrast in values is as obvious as the sun in the sky,” Ainsworth wrote. “Last night, there were no riots, no burnings, no smashed windows. There were just sad, angry, and concerned Americans. The problem is the radical left’s agenda, and the radical left’s agenda is evil incarnate.”

Biden said this weekend that his bulls-eye comment referenced political action, not violence. The staffer was dismissed from Rep. Bennie Thompson’s office.

Authorities have not identified any motive for the rally shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. According to news reports, Crooks was registered as a Republican voter in Pennsylvania, but had also given $15 to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day Biden was sworn in to office.

Ainsworth added that he was praying for everyone at the scene and impacted by the tragedy.

Other Alabama figures also offered prayers after the incident.

“I’m thankful that God spared his life,” said Alex Reynolds, part of the Alabama delegation to the Republican National Convention as chairman of the Houston County Republican Party.