Lou Holtz rips Secret Service: 'How the hell does Donald Trump get shot at?'

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Hall of Fame NCAA football coach Lou Holtz had one question when asked about the attempted assassination of former President Trump: How?

"How in the hell did that happen?" Holtz responded when asked by OutKick's Dan Dakich about Saturday afternoon's miraculous miss.

"There had to be some kind of [Secret Service] mistake. … Consider this: He was shot and only by the grace of God was he not killed, but do you know what kind of screw up happened? Who's running the [Secret Service/law enforcement] asylum?" he continued.

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President Trump presents the Medal of Freedom to former college football coach Lou Holtz in the Oval Office on Dec. 3, 2020. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

The 87-year-old national champion head coach doesn't think there was some sort of grand conspiracy, though. 

"If you were doing it intentionally, you couldn't have screwed it up anymore in this world."

Holtz's comments come just four days after 20-year-old Thomas Crooks grazed former President Trump's ear from a rifle shot during an outdoor campaign appearance in Butler, Pennsylvania. Whereas Holtz has condemned the assassination attempt, others, such as the entire NBA, have remained silent on the issue.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Although Crooks' motives are still unknown, recent comments from President Biden in which he said Trump had a "bull's-eye" on him, as well as some in the media