You Will Anyway: It's Sunday

Sunday, September 15, 2024

It's Sunday

Trump must truly be under God's protection. (Trump and Rasputin, hard to kill.)

The FBI on Sunday said it is investigating a second assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Authorities at a Sunday press conference said a Secret Service agent opened fire on a man with a gun near Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Fla. [...] [...]

According to Bradshaw, an AK-47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks and a GoPro were found in bushes where the suspect had been spotted.

Shots were fired by a Secret Service agent after the agent spotted the weapon, Bradshaw said.

The Hill

What? Did the guy drop his gun as he fled?

State prosecutors were working to secure a warrant and a motion for a pretrial detention for the potential suspect in custody, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said during the briefing.

[...]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he spoke with Trump following the reported gunshots. 

“He [Trump] is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known,” Graham wrote on X. “He’s in good spirits and he is more resolved than ever to save our country.”

Almost Godlike, you might say.

So now people will quit talking about Trump's horrible debate performance and pass around speculation about the latest attempt.

Handy.

UPDATE 09/16/2024:

Beyond his pro-Ukraine activism and a neighbor’s testimony the would-be shooter as “a little cuckoo,” the why behind his apparent plot remains for now something of an unknown—a mystery compounded by politically chameleonic and often unhinged statements the gunman has made on social media over the years.

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In May of [2020] he expressed apparent support for the George Floyd protests in Minnesota, accompanied by other posts in which he seemingly attempted to reach out to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, whom he described as “very smart and educated” and whose country he wanted to “prosper and succeed,” as well as offering a free accommodation in Hawaii to beleaguered pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong later that August.

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[B]y January 2024 he was calling on Republicans Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy to team up against Trump, creating a “winning ticket now that we can all get behind.”

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TIME Magazine reports that Routh confessed to have voted for Trump in 2016 before later coming to view it as “a terrible mistake”—one for which Iran should feel “free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment.”

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Sources with knowledge of the ongoing investigation into the gunman’s presence at the West Palm Beach Golf Course have told CNN that he will undergo “a mental health assessment” before any criminal proceedings are launched.

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Trump is reported to be safe and well following Routh’s arrest on Sunday afternoon, later complaining about his spoiled time on the course and using the recent threat in a renewed funding drive for his campaign.

Daily Beast

Trump uses EVERYthing for fundraising. Whether it goes to his campaign coffers or his pocket is questionable.

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