A defiant Trump says “Nothing will slow me down. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!” Harris denouncers the attempt.
Hiding in Bushes With AK-47
Harris Denounces Violence
Trump Tackled
Toning Down the Rhetoric
Uh… What about calling Trump a threat to Democracy? What about saying Democracy is in the ballot and Trump wants to be a dictator?
Who is it that needs to tone down the rhetoric?
Trump Safe After Another Apparent Assassination Attempt
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump Safe After Another Apparent Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump was the target of a second apparent assassination attempt Sunday when Secret Service agents opened fire on a gunman at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the former president was golfing just a few holes away. Trump was unhurt, and the gunman fled but was arrested shortly later.
At least one agent, who was one or two holes ahead of Trump on the course, fired after spotting the man pointing a rifle through a fence, law-enforcement officials said. A witness saw the man dart out of bushes and take off in a black Nissan, which helped sheriff’s deputies track and stop him while he was headed down I-95.
The man, whom law-enforcement officials identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, was detained and is facing criminal charges. Investigators said they didn’t know if the gunman himself fired a shot during the encounter.
Authorities found an AK-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks and a GoPro portable camera—suggesting the gunman wanted to film himself—in the bushes where he was hiding, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said. The gunman had been about 400 yards away from the former president.
“With a rifle and a scope like that, that’s not a long distance,” Bradshaw said.
“ I AM SAFE AND WELL!” Trump said in a fundraising campaign email sent shortly after the incident. He added “Nothing will slow me down. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!”
The Secret Service shot at the man and missed. Should they have been able to take down that man?
Regardless, the nutcase has been captured and the information that will come come out may be interesting.