This is beyond unacceptable.
Donald Trump The country deserves better security than this. The country deserves better security than this for a one-time and possibly future president.
If the Secret Service can’t protect Trump on his own golf course, what will happen to our political system?
Especially because the suspected shooter has an AK-47 style rifle criminal record,
Suspect ‘Ryan Routh’ in custody after second assassination attempt on Trump at Florida golf club
The second assassination attempt on Donald Trump in two months is extremely horrific. The first time when the bullet grazed his ear in Butler, Pennsylvania, it seemed like a once in a lifetime event. Trump’s assassination attempt on Sunday West Palm Beach Of course, this was predictable, although the Secret Service agents, to the best of their abilities, reacted more quickly.
Although the suspect was only a few hundred yards away, an agent spotted the barrel of a rifle protruding from a fence and opened fire on the gunman, who was quickly captured and arrested.
Although the shooter — who I’m not naming so as not to bring him disrepute, as evidenced by his GoPro camera — has a criminal history, that didn’t stop him from obtaining an assault rifle.
The fact that former President Trump was once again nearly assassinated by a notoriety-seeking gunman is nothing short of unacceptable. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
He was charged in court yesterday with two gun-related charges: one count of possessing a gun as a convicted felon, and one count of possessing a Soviet-era semi-automatic rifle developed in the 1940s with its serial number erased.
Investigators say the suspect had a loaded SKS-style semi-automatic assault rifle.
Trump was reportedly nervous at first – who wouldn’t be? – but later joked that he wanted to get his putt in, and spent time chatting with reporters and supporters.
It took less than 24 hours to convict the former president Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, though both expressed sympathy, the vice president said he was “deeply troubled” by what happened in Florida.
Trump told Fox’s Brooke Singman:
“They believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris and acted accordingly. Their rhetoric is why I’m being shot at, when I’m the one saving the country, and they’re the ones destroying it — from the inside and the outside.”
“He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris and acted accordingly,” the former president told Fox’s Brooke Singman. (AP Photo/Ivan Vucci)
Trump called Biden and Harris’ previous comments a “threat to democracy” while also claiming they are “unity” leaders.
“They are the opposite,” Trump said. “These are people who want to destroy our country …
“It’s called the internal enemy. They’re the real threat. They do it through a combination of rhetoric and lawsuits that they frame me in. That’s the stuff that dangerous fools like the shooter listen to – that’s the rhetoric they listen to, and that’s what happened to the first one,” Trump said.
And finally: “He uses extremely inflammatory language. “I could use it too – much better than him – but I don’t.”
I doubt you’ll find many people, even among the former president’s allies, who would say he doesn’t sometimes use inflammatory language. So each side casts the other as a threat to democracy.
A new York Times The reporter interviewed the 58-year-old shooter last year for an article on Americans volunteering to fight in Ukraine.
Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh is seen being taken into custody on Sunday, September 15, 2024, in bodycam footage released Monday. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office)
By the time they got off the phone, Thomas Gibbons-Neff wrote about the suspect’s plan to transport several hundred Afghan fighters. Support Ukraine“It was obvious he was in over his head.
“He talked about buying off corrupt officials, forging passports and doing whatever it took to send his Afghan cadres to Ukraine, but he had no real way to accomplish his goals. He once mentioned arranging a US military transport flight from Iraq to Poland with Afghan refugees ready to fight.
“I shook my head. It sounded ridiculous, but the tone of (his) voice said otherwise. He was going to support Ukraine’s war effort no matter what.”
Ryan Routh, the armed man arrested at Trump golf course, used to post a lot about Trump and politics
in a $2.99 book, and The Washington Post reportThe gunman wrote that he “must take some of the blame” for electing a “brainless” president, apparently referring to Trump. “You are free to murder me as well as Trump for that error in judgment and for ruining the deal,” the book says.
OK, so he didn’t like Trump (whereas the Butler shooter was willing to kill Trump or the president). But what connects these and other shootings is that these are life’s losers, desperate to make some kind of mark.
By the way, Biden told reporters yesterday: “Thank God the president is okay… The service needs more help. And I think that that the Congress If they really need more services then we should pay attention to their needs.”
Despite Democrats’ allegations that political rhetoric is responsible for the violence, they, along with the mainstream media, are accusing Trump and Vance of allegedly inciting anti-immigrant violence. (Screenshot/CNN)
In 2022, a woman claiming to be the suspect’s fiancée raised nearly $2,000 by saying he “put his life at home on hold and traveled to Kyiv in April to support the people of Ukraine. He plans to stay for at least 90 days and lives in a hostel with a military unit.” There were photos.
This is where the whole thing is steeped in hypocrisy. In the wake of January 6 and Trump’s unproven allegations of a stolen election, why shouldn’t Democrats have the right to criticize him?
But denying that their rhetoric could inflame the atmosphere, Democrats turned around and accused Trump and J.D. Vance of inciting the violence. Springfield, OhioWhere a series of bomb threats (for which no public figure can be blamed) have caused schools, city hall, and a hospital to be closed.
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The 15,000 or so Haitians living there under protected status who are filling jobs in the city have created friction, but Trump’s “They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” line, while denied, has gone viral with online mockery. So Democrats are all too happy to accuse the government of incitement when immigrants are involved.
of New Hampshire The Libertarian Party tweeted: “Anyone who kills Kamala Harris will be an American hero.” This is bullshit. The party later removed the X posting, but only to comply with the provider’s rules.
Protecting a presidential candidate on a golf course is difficult, because members and even regular players have access to a long, flat area with almost no room to hide. Meanwhile, the Secret Service had asked Trump to hold only indoor rallies so its agents could control entry, but decided not to do so.
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Here’s the funniest thing that would happen if Trump came back white HouseThe agency would shut down the entire golf course to protect him. But right now, the Secret Service can’t do that — or won’t — even though he’s one of two people who could be in the Oval Office next January.
This needs to change immediately, as it is starting to feel like Russian roulette.
