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I got to be honest, it's disturbing. Just to give you a little bit of detail as to what happened when the shooting occurred: The president confirmed the story. They heard pop, pop, pop, pop. They knew it was a gunshot. Immediately, within seconds, the president was on the ground covered by brave Secret Service agents,
And the media needs to not ignore this. I don't want to see any elected official ever in any situation where they're threatened. And this is not political for me in any way, and I want our nation safe and secure,
What they said was, 'Well, he's not the current president.' He's a former president who just survived a recent assassination attempt… We need answers,
I am Donald J. Trump. FEAR NOT! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God! But, there are people in this world who will do whatever it takes to stop us. I will not stop fighting for you. I will Never Surrender! I will always love you for supporting me. Through our UNITY we will Make America Great Again!"
Trump released a statement shortly after the incident, stating I can’t imagine being Mr. Trump or any of the Trump children and knowing that their father now has been targeted twice,
If they need more resources from Congress, if the Secret Service needs some type of new technology, if they need more resources to local law enforcement, let us in Congress know,
After two unsuccessful assassination attempts against Trump, the USSS should stop treating him as a candidate,
We have requested a briefing with the U.S. Secret Service about what happened and how security responded,
Violence has no place in America.” ... The perpetrator must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Harris condemned Ryan Routh’s alleged actions on Sunday, saying in part ... She was echoed by fellow Democrat and US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, who added I know the discourse isn’t working, but we still need to stick to the discourse.”
Asked what he would tell his father if he could speak to him, Oran Routh said Meanwhile, this guy’s sitting behind his fucking desk, not doing a goddamn thing.”
Referring to the former president, who days earlier at the presidential debate would not answer whether he wanted Ukraine to win its war against Russia, Oran Routh said Show the world what compassion and humanity is all about,
My dad went over there and saw people fucking fighting and dying,
Oran Routh said during a brief telephone call when asked about his father, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh He's my dad and all he's had is couple traffic tickets, as far as I know,
We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms,
The Task Force is monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump in West Palm Beach this afternoon,
the bipartisan statement read They are already calling now. And you got to ask yourself, why was there not a drone flying over wherever the president is? This is ridiculous,
Everybody sort of knows his pattern. And I know he likes to play golf, and they know when he's in Florida, he's going to play golf. Dadgummit, they should have closed it off. They have the power to do that. They ought to do that. They're going to come to us for more money. I think they need to quit with the DEI hires and start putting qualified people out there in decision-making positions instead of what they’re doing right now,
There is no way in hell that somebody should have been that close to President Trump with an AK Steel or AK-47 or whatever it was with a scope."
There’s not a lot of details at this moment. Now, I would assume we’re going to get more information from the Secret Service. I know that there were at least 30 to 50 sheriffs' deputies and West Palm Beach police there. They responded immediately,