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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMother Jones: Trump Seeks to Exploit Assassination Attempts for Political Gain
Trump Seeks to Exploit Assassination Attempts for Political Gain
From the Pennsylvania shooting to Sundays close call in Florida, Trump and his allies are blasting Kamala Harris and Democrats with unfounded blame.
Mark Follman
National Affairs Editor
47 mins ago
In the early afternoon on Sunday, a suspected gunman got within several hundred yards of former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The suspect was shot at by a Secret Service agent, fled the scene in a black SUV, and was quickly apprehended by police. Over the next 24 hours, Trump and his allies unleashed a deluge of blame against Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats for what the FBI said was being investigated as an assassination attempt against Trump, the second in just over two months.
As of Monday, the motive of the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, remained unclear. His social media history indicated that he voted for Trump in 2016 but turned against him later. Routh was critical of Trumps Putin-friendly policy on Ukraine; in 2022, hed gone on an unsuccessful quest to help recruit foreign fighters to join the battle against the Kremlins invasion. He also donated to a Democratic PAC in the 2020 election cycle. On Monday, authorities announced two felony gun charges against Routh, with additional charges possibly to come.
Whatever Rouths motive may have been for allegedly targeting Trump with an AK-47-style rifle, law enforcement authorities have cited no evidence that his actions were connected to or caused by the rhetoric of top Democrats, who have long emphasized the rejection of political violence. But that has not stopped Trump and his allies from moving immediately to exploit the disturbing near-miss in Florida for political gainjust as they did after a gunman wounded Trump in a horrific attack at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the news broke about the danger on Sunday, the Trump campaign sent out an email to supporters with a statement from Trump linking to his fundraising page and saying he was safe and well. But there are people in this world who will do whatever it takes to stop us, the Republican presidential candidate said in the statement. I will Never Surrender!
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From the Pennsylvania shooting to Sundays close call in Florida, Trump and his allies are blasting Kamala Harris and Democrats with unfounded blame.
Mark Follman
National Affairs Editor
47 mins ago
In the early afternoon on Sunday, a suspected gunman got within several hundred yards of former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The suspect was shot at by a Secret Service agent, fled the scene in a black SUV, and was quickly apprehended by police. Over the next 24 hours, Trump and his allies unleashed a deluge of blame against Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats for what the FBI said was being investigated as an assassination attempt against Trump, the second in just over two months.
As of Monday, the motive of the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, remained unclear. His social media history indicated that he voted for Trump in 2016 but turned against him later. Routh was critical of Trumps Putin-friendly policy on Ukraine; in 2022, hed gone on an unsuccessful quest to help recruit foreign fighters to join the battle against the Kremlins invasion. He also donated to a Democratic PAC in the 2020 election cycle. On Monday, authorities announced two felony gun charges against Routh, with additional charges possibly to come.
Whatever Rouths motive may have been for allegedly targeting Trump with an AK-47-style rifle, law enforcement authorities have cited no evidence that his actions were connected to or caused by the rhetoric of top Democrats, who have long emphasized the rejection of political violence. But that has not stopped Trump and his allies from moving immediately to exploit the disturbing near-miss in Florida for political gainjust as they did after a gunman wounded Trump in a horrific attack at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the news broke about the danger on Sunday, the Trump campaign sent out an email to supporters with a statement from Trump linking to his fundraising page and saying he was safe and well. But there are people in this world who will do whatever it takes to stop us, the Republican presidential candidate said in the statement. I will Never Surrender!
/snip
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Mother Jones: Trump Seeks to Exploit Assassination Attempts for Political Gain (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Monday
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Solly Mack
(91,710 posts)1. Of course he is.
PSPS
(14,016 posts)2. "Assassination attempt?" It's sad when the media discards all skepticism when fed this outlandish story.
- The guy apparently arrived at his position at 2 AM.
- He never fired his gun.
- He was never close enough to the golf course to hit anything
- Trump was not planning to go golfing "until the last minute"
This sounds entirely choreographed to me.