Did Donald Trump Get Shot Again?
At his West Palm Beach, Florida, golf club on Sunday, Former President Donald Trump shot at was the target of what the FBI described as “appears to be an attempted assassination.” This occurred merely nine weeks after the Republican nominee escaped another attempt on his life. The former president declared himself safe while the authorities held a man.
About 400 yards away, US Secret Service agents positioned some holes next to where Trump was playing. They observed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle protruding through.
According to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, the gunman abandoned the rifle, two backpacks, a GoPro camera, and an aiming scope when an agent fired. He then fled in an SUV. A neighbouring county’s law enforcement later stopped the man.
It was the most recent shocking episode within the already very explosive state of events that the campaign had in its course, which included yet another assault upon Donald Trump, which raised tensions across the country. On July 13, during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a bullet whizzed past Trump’s right ear and narrowly missed him.
Who Shot Donald Trump The Second Time?
Law enforcement detained Ryan Wesley Routh in Martin County, suspecting him of shooting Donald Trump.
An archived copy of the company’s webpage reveals that Routh, 58, spent most of his life in North Carolina before relocating to Kawa, Hawaii, in 2018. There, he and his son ran a shed-building business.
Routh had a website where he tried to raise money and find volunteers to travel to Kyiv to help defend against the Russian invasion. He also posted about the war in Ukraine on social media regularly.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) in June 2020, Routh threatened to challenge Donald Trump’s reelection if the then-president signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to investigate police misconduct.
He also praised Hawaii’s then-US Representative Tulsi Gabbard’s Democratic presidential campaign that year. Gabbard has since defected from the party and endorsed Trump.
But it appears from his posts in recent years that he lost interest in Trump and began endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.
After an assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania in July, Routh urged Harris and Biden to visit the hospitalised shooting victims and attend the funeral of the former fire chief killed at the rally.
According to federal campaign finance records, Routh has used his Hawaii address to make 19 small political donations totalling $140 (€126) to ActBlue, a political action group that backs Democratic candidates, since 2019.
Records indicate that Routh had numerous run-ins with the law as a Greensboro, North Carolina resident. The North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections’ online records show that he was found guilty in 2002 of possessing a weapon of mass destruction.
Donald Trump News: Response to The Trump Shooting
The White House reported that after being briefed on the safety incident involving Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden were relieved to know he is safe.
In a statement made public by the White House on Sunday night, Harris echoed Biden’s support for the Secret Service having “every resource, capability, and protective measure essential to carry out its crucial mission.” “The potential attempted assassination on former President Trump today deeply disturbs me,” she remarked. As the details come to light, I want to be crystal clear: I detest political violence. We must all do our share to ensure this event doesn’t spark additional violence.
Their team will keep Biden and Harris informed. Both are in Washington, DC, and have no public events on Sunday. Department of Justice spokesman Dena Iverson reports that Attorney General Merrick Garland remains informed.
Sen JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s running mate, stated on X later on Sunday that the outgoing president is in “good spirits.”
Final Thoughts
Politically motivated violence, including near-miss assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump in recent days, has united the country’s political factions in concern. While lawmakers in both parties are deeply at odds over a number of areas, gun laws could face the most bipartisan scrutiny after these events raised new questions about the threat to both Democratic and Republican political figures — sparking calls for change among Republicans who might have traditionally resisted such measures.
