The assassination attempt on Donald Trump shakes the already turbulent and tense presidential race right before the GOP convention and could possibly elevate Trump in the polls.

The shooting in Pennsylvania, which killed an innocent bystander, left the gunman dead and nicked Trump’s ear, forces Democrats to dial back their anti-Trump rhetoric and vaults Trump into martyr status to his supporters just days before he picks his running mate and is officially coronated in Milwaukee.

Democrats will now be powerless to stop a triumphant Trump from accepting the GOP nomination next week and could even prevent them from prosecuting him in the coming months.

The shooting left even voters on the fence about Trump horrified and shaken.

Are authorities really going to put the former president in jail now for the Stormy Daniels conviction after he was almost assassinated? Will they continue to pursue charges for the Jan. 6 riots? Is Biden going to keep on calling him Hitler?

The shooting comes as some panicked Democrats look to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket after his disastrous debate performance.

The iconic image of a bloodied Trump raising his fist in defiance after being shot blazed across social media and instantly became a rallying cry for Republicans.

Ronald Reagan’s popularity soared ten points to a 70% approval rating after he was shot by an assassin in 1981.

“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Reagan reportedly told his wife Nancy as he was wheeled into the hospital with life threatening wounds.

Reagan eventually recovered and went on to serve two terms.

Theodore Roosevelt was shot in 1912 campaigning in Milwaukee right before his party’s nomination convention as well.

“It takes more than a bullet to kill a Bull Moose,” said Roosevelt, who kept on delivering his speech after being shot. He went on to lose the 1912 election.

Republicans blamed Joe Biden and Democrats and the media – who have repeatedly demonized Trump and compared him to Hitler – for the escalation in violence.

“It’s time to put Trump in a bull’s eye,” Biden told donors on Monday in a private phone call.

“Joe Biden sent the orders,” U.S. Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) said after the shooting.

The Biden campaign scrambled to take down all their ads blasting Trump, while the Democratic president denounced the assassination attempt and prepared for an Oval Office address to try and seize the moment.

“There is no place in America for this kind of violence,” Biden said. “It cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.”

While Democrats put out statements condemning the shooting, others sought to diminish its impact on Trump, speculating that he was hurt by shattered glass from the teleprompter and noting that the shooter was a registered Republican.

Trump still plans on attending the GOP convention to accept the nomination, officials said. It makes his VP selection even more crucial now.

The shooting could also make Trump, who has already endured a felony conviction and faces numerous other charges, even more of a martyr to his devoted supporters.

Trump himself wisely did not blast Biden in his statements after the shooting, and the campaign put out a lengthy statement from Melania Trump calling for an end to the vicious partisan tone of the race.

“America, the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered, but our courage and common sense must ascend and bring us back together as one,” she said.

“A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald’s passion – his laughter, ingenuity, love of music and inspiration. This morning, ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence.”