FBI says it’s investigating ‘what appears to be an attempted assassination’ against Trump in Florida

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/donald-trump-safe-shots?cid=ios_app

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  1. Additional context from NBC:

    >At a news conference in West Palm Beach, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters that Secret Service agents spotted the suspect, whom the FBI has labeled an alleged “would-be assassin” because he pointed a firearm with a scope through the shrubbery onto the golf course.

    >A representative for the Secret Service at the press conference said that it wasn’t clear “at this time,” whether the suspect “was able to take a shot at our agents” before the agents shot at the suspect.

    >The Secret Service spokesperson and Bradshaw said that the suspect was an estimated 400 to 500 yards away from Trump.

  3. Can we get a megathread on this? How many articles do we need posted??

  4. Fortunately the supposed assassin was captured alive. Would love to hear their story.

  6. No one cares because we all know if this had happened to Harris, he’d be making fun of it the next day, then whining how “unfair” it was to him if her polls went up.

  10. I don’t think this was mentionned in the thread but HE’S PLAYING GOLF, AGAIN? Why is he not on the campaign trail or doing rallies? He is losing badly and all he ever do is play golf or cry on Lie Social.

    Laura Loomer must not be very happy Trump is playing golf. She says she works 19 hours a day to get him elected and he plays golf. LOL

  11. I’d be curious to know how many other presidents/former presidents/candidates had the USSS take down would-be assassins before they were even able to take a stance – let alone a shot – and we just never hear about it because they don’t need everyone in the world wailing about what a “victim” they are.

    Also, I’d wager from an OPSEC point of view that you just… wouldn’t vomit everything about it all over the news including *your activities & maneuvers that go into keeping Trump safe while golfing* but…here we are.

  12. Kaitlyn Collins … “Almost unbelievable that the secret service agent was able to see the barrel of the gun sticking out”

    The key word here is unbelievable.

  14. Has anyone tried applying “thoughts and prayers” to the situation? 

  16. According to his own running mate, this is just a part of life.

  17. Sometimes you’re enjoying your Sunday, out on the golf course and people shoot at you. It’s just a fact of life.

  19. I really feel like Trump surviving a 2nd assassination attempt is no accident, but rather a sign from God that he really wants him to end his days inside a federal prison.

  20. These things happen. He really needs to just move on and forget about it. It’s a part of life now.

  21. Well, well, well. This second assassination attempt was another deranged Republican with a gun.

    > The suspected gunman has been named as Ryan Wesley Routh.

    >The 58-year-old supported former Republican US presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, and urged them to continue their campaigns…

  23. Another Republican who sees the writing on the wall and is hoping to terminate 45’s candidacy before he costs them another election.

    Nope, those fucks are gonna have to bring this one to term.

  25. Nobody really cares anymore. It will be even more common with the decisive rhetoric.

  27. What was he doing wrong? Aren’t assault weapons allowed in Florida? Did he have a permit? Maybe he was there like Kyle Rittenhouse, just trying to protect the president.

    /s

  32. Meh. Think about who benefits. Not the Democrats. We’re sitting pretty while trump burns the whole GOp down. Someone who would benefit? JD Vance. He would move up.

    Is Peter Thiel the kind of billionaire who would do something like this to help his puppet to move up to the top spot?

    Just asking questions.

  33. This was not an assassination attempt. It was a dude with a gun on a golf course. That’s a normal Sunday in Florida.

  34. I really don’t want him shot. I want him to face Jack Smith.

  35. If the shooter didn’t shoot, then it wasn’t an attempted assassination. It was the concept of an assassination.

  36. “I went to the golf course today.”
    “How’d that go?”
    “Almost shot 45.”

  37. Wouldn’t a more accurate headline be “Shooting attempt on Trump reported. Campaign refers to it in fundraiser moments later.”

    Because that actually happened.

  38. it is a misunderstanding – the guy was just hunting geese to feed his family

  40. A friend told me the news and said “it was a mentally ill 60 year old who voted for Trump”

    Does he realise how little that narrows it down?

  41. On the same day JD Vance comes out and says that they will lie about any story in order to get the attention they need 😭

  42. I sure as hell hope nobody assassinates Trump. I want him alive and well to pay for his crimes.

  43. For a guy that wants to defund the FBI and DOJ he certainly gives them a lot of work to do.

  44. It’s convenient that this happens when he’s falling behind in the polls, and he seemed to like boasting about his near miss 2 months ago! You lie once, you lie twice, you lie more times than not, it becomes impossible to tell what the truth is!

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