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.
As I indicated yesterday I thought Trump was still in California. I don’t know how many people knew that Trump was back in Florida, but more interesting is how did Routh know Trump would decide, at the the last minute, to go golfing in the morning. Routh had to have been tipped off to have time to go to the course and set up on the 5th hole? Where is Routh’s handler?
Well that’s interesting.
“He also had a bag with ceramic plates.”
This makes no sense to me.
Lunch..............
It’s a Nissan xTerra. Did he drive it from his new place in Hawaii?
https://thelibertydaily.com/routh/ Deep State involvement??
SOMEBODY is bankrolling this guy. Right now he’s a loose end…
I would bet the rent money on it...................
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There’s a rat alright. It’s the Deep State and it’s at war against MAGA.
EXACTLY.
It’s not only Rats that want Trump dead.
Yes, Martin County. It seems to me the Sheriff’s Dept of Martin County were doing their actual job. They were not part of a possible plan to let this guy fade into oblivion. I don’t KNOW that for a fact- but there aren’t many possible outcomes. One- Routh gets shot and killed, Two- he gets away. Maybe three- shot and injured.
There are many questions- the biggest being how did he know what time and where Trump would be? When did he decide to play golf? Was it his idea or did someone suggest a relaxing round? How many people knew he was going to play?
Care to try again?
I think you are missing my point. In a rational world no the USSS would not want this information out, but all it takes is one person involved in the chain to “leak” the info.
Also not saying it has to be USSS, I am sure there are dozens if not more people in the chain who would have this information.
Understand these people do think Trump is hitler and as the moral experiment goes. Would it be okay to kill baby hitler in his crib if it averts WW2 and all the atrocities?
Look at how unhinged these people are. Just watched a pmsnbc anchor blame Trump’s speech for it, not their “threat to democracy” “kill comedians “, “weaponize DOJ”, “nationwide ban on abortion “…….. yup Trump’s rhetoric, not theirs, theirs is justified…..
Armor plates for his vest, I’d guess.
“He was also in a BlackRock commercial just like the last guy.”
OK, that is a serious connection right there. BlackRock is the source of the globalization efforts. Very very good catch. Thank you.
Trump doesn’t just make a T time like the rest of us…..
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A retired SS agent on New Max this morning said Trump woke up Sunday morning and suddenly announced he wanted to go golfing. The agent said that was why they didn’t have vehicles on the roads bordering the outside perimeter of the course. Excuses, always excuses. The big question is does the SS even have a Aerial Drone Division? These are cheap but very effective elevated aerial devices. Anyone knows elevation is the key to effectively surveilling a geographic area. Aerial drones are the biggest bang for the buck in outdoor surveillance, which might explain why the SS doesn’t want to go there.
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