Posted on 09/16/2024 4:42:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP
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Fox News has reported that the alleged suspect in the second Trump assassination attempt is Ryan Wesley Routh, as we reported earlier.
He allegedly aimed a rifle through the fence on the golf course where Trump was. He was about 300-500 yards away. Law enforcement claimed he had an AK-47 with a scope and a Go-Pro camera at the fence. He also had a bag with ceramic plates. The Secret Service fired at him and he fled in a black SUV. A citizen saw him and took a picture of his license which the citizen gave to police. The suspect was later caught on the highway by the Martin County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff William Snyder said the suspect was "calm" and not armed when he was stopped. He is now in custody.
Now there's more information about this man and it's concerning.
According to the Sacramento Bee,
[He had a] criminal history in North Carolina that includes convictions between 2002 and 2010 of possession of weapons of mass destruction, carrying a concealed gun, hit and run, possession of stolen goods and resisting law enforcement, among other charges. He’s registered in North Carolina as an unaffiliated voter. In North Carolina, unaffiliated voters can choose which primary they want to vote in. Routh chose Democrats.
The News and Record had a 2002 report about a Ryan Routh who barricaded himself inside United Roofing and then faced charges including having a "weapon of mass destruction" because they said he had a "fully automatic machine gun."
The News & Observer said Routh was interviewed in 2022 by Newsweek Romania and in 2023 by The New York Times for helping to recruit civilian volunteers to help Ukraine fight the war against Russia.
“If governments won’t send their official military, then we civilians have to pick up the torch and make this happen,” Routh told Newsweek.
You can also see a report on Semafor where they covered Routh in passing and his effort to raise volunteers for Ukraine.
According to the NY Times:
In the interview, Mr. Routh said he was in Washington to meet with the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission “for two hours” to help push for more support for Ukraine. The commission is led by members of Congress and staffed by congressional aides. It is influential on matters of democracy and security and has been vocal in supporting Ukraine.
Routh allegedly has also made small donations to Democrats through ActBlue. He purportedly made 19 donations since 2019, including for individual 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidates including former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). He has not donated to Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
According to what people have seen of what is believed to be his X account, he was a huge supporter of Ukraine and he's also made a lot of bizarre posts, like this one to Elon Musk.
“I would like to buy a rocket from you. I wish to load it with a warhead for Putin’s Black Sea mansion bunker to end him. Can you give me a price please. It can be old and used as not returning,” Routh wrote
You can see more of what appears to be his X account here. I was looking at it as it went down, so thanks to Billboard Chris for preserving it.
According to the NY Post:
He advised Biden, 81, in an April 22 X post when he was still running for reelection, to run a campaign around keeping “America democratic and free.”
He claimed Trump wants to “make Americans slaves against master.”
“DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose,” he wrote, a similar slogan commonly used by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“We cannot afford to fail,” Routh continued. “The world is counting on us to show the way.”
While he had been in North Carolina, he relocated to Hawaii.
What isn't clear is how he knew Trump would be there at that time at the golf course, since that wasn't on Trump's public schedule. That raises even more questions.
He was also in a BlackRock commercial just like the last guy.
https://x.com/i/status/1835631151236452695
He has Ukraine connections, apparently. How deep to those run? He also just parrots the standard Democrat tactic of claiming Trump is a “danger to democracy”.
Routh was an ideal candidate for recruitment and management by a larger organization. It looks like he had fire in his belly and wanted to be part of something big.
And someone fed him intel about Trump's schedule.
There's a rat near Trump.
A large contingent within the Deep State and the Uniparty of RINOs and Democrat Socialists has been giving this fellow and who knows how many more encouragement to exercise their “free speech” rights by denying Donald Trump HIS free speech rights.
They are shameless, and their brutality grows more obvious daily.
What is the history of his movements from Hawaii that landed him in WPB? Over what period of time did he travel, and where else did he go?
And what’s that vehicle he was extracted from? Doesn’t look like a rental.
BUMP
The Secret Service knew where he would be.
All that stuff costs $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...............
Doesn’t have to be near him, any number of people in the govt would be aware of Trumps movements. USSS, FIB, local officials, hell even golf course employees
Trump doesn’t just make a T time like the rest of us…..
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Let's pray the Trump people are demanding an answer to this question.
That’s quite possible. How did you reach that conclusion? Do you think there was counter-intel on this shooter’s plan?
Hmm. What’s the probability of THAT? (Around 100%, perhaps?)
Homeland Security dept. is who I read is feeding the info to FIBbers.
How did I reach that conclusion? How was a guy with a gun on a rooftop in plain sight of the Secret Service able get several shots off?
“...A large contingent within the Deep State and the Uniparty of RINOs and Democrat Socialists...”
You don’t even need to go that far. Most of it comes from ONE source, primarily MSNBC and specifically Joe Scarborough and his adulterous wife Mika. THEY are the ones most responsible for pushing the “Trump is Hitler” meme, every day 24/7.
If something happens to Trump, Scarborough and adulterous wife need to be arrested for conspiring to take out the real POTUS. They will certainly be put on death row, just two of many that will be held accountable.
Does anyone know exactly where this deluded jagoff was pulled over and arrested? Martin County sheriffs lead me to believe it was in Martin County - which is 45 minutes north of Trump International.
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