Once again, and as happened just two months ago, former President Donald Trump has been the victim of an assassination attempt. This time it was in your golf club in Floridaas he was moving between the fifth and sixth holes when his Secret Service escort agents spotted the rifle in the bushes. The agents, who acted quickly and fired after spotting the intruder, were able to stop the suspect, who had fled in a vehicle after shooting the White House hopeful. According to police reports, the suspect is a man named Ryan Wesley Routh.
At the time of his arrest, the attacker was carrying an AK-47-style rifle with a telescopic sight, two backpacks hanging from a fence and a GoPro camera. According to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, he was “about 400 to 500 yards away from Trump, hiding in the bushes while the former president was playing golf.”
American media explain that Routh, 58, could be a fanatic and democratic voter. The detainee had stated on his social networks that he voted for Donald Trump in 2016, when he managed to reach the White House after beating his rival, Hillary Clinton. However, he said he felt “disappointed”. This made him become a defender of the Democratic Party and the candidate Kamala Harris, and He would have made several campaign contributions to different groups related to his party.
He also declares himself a defender of Ukraine while accusing Israel of “stealing Palestine.” On the other hand, Ryan Wesley Routh had lived much of his life in North Carolina until he moved to Hawaii in 2018.
Meanwhile, both US President Joe Biden and candidate Harris have condemned the attack. The US leader has ordered his team to “continue to ensure” that the Secret Service has “all necessary resources, capacity and protective measures” to ensure the “continued” safety of former President Trump after a second assassination attempt.
“I am relieved that the former president is unharmed”he said, after praising the work of the Secret Service and the rest of the law enforcement agencies “for their vigilance and their efforts to keep the former president and those around him safe,” according to a statement from the White House. “As I have said many times, there is no place for political violence or any type of violence in our country,” he stressed.