Featured Second Assassination attempt of Donald Trump happened today

[AgnosticBoy]

Donald Trump is safe after a shooting at his Florida golf course Sunday, and officials believe an armed person was trying to target the former president, according to sources briefed on the matter.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-09-15-24/index.html

Not sure if this is a coordinated effort since this is the 2nd attempt in a month or two, during an election year.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

More about the suspect... there may be a motive here based on social media posts:

A 58-year-old man detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Florida is a self-employed affordable housing builder in Hawaii who went on social media to weigh in on politics and current events, at times criticizing the former president.

Ryan Wesley Routh, who authorities suspect was planning to attack the former president as he played a round of golf, posted comments on an X account linked to him referencing the assassination attempt on Trump in July.

Routh tagged President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in separate posts, encouraging them to visit those injured at the rally.

“You and Biden should visit the injured people in the hospital from the Trump rally and attend the funeral of the murdered fireman. Trump will never do anything for them,” he wrote in a post directed at Harris.

In an April post on X tagging Biden’s presidential account, he wrote Biden’s campaign should be: “called something like KADAF. Keep America democratic and free. Trumps should be MASA …make Americans slaves again master. DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.”

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/trump-attempted-assassination-man-detained/index.html

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

Well, I wish we didn’t mention the name of this idiot. I mean, the only way the guy’s going to be famous is doing something stupid like this.

Now, on our site here, we can talk freely with little harm.

But I wish there was a law for ABC News, CBS News, etc, hey, you mention the name of a shooter, you get fined 10% of monthly revenue, with bank accounts to be attached as needed. Not profit, but revenue. Really have some bite.

Yes, it would be a compromise on free speech.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

Thesis — Trump is at greater risk, so he needs greater protection.

Meaning, more than his fair share of Secret Service resources.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

Well, I wish we didn’t mention the name of this idiot. I mean, the only way the guy’s going to be famous is doing something stupid like this.

Now, on our site here, we can talk freely with little harm.

But I wish there was a law for ABC News, CBS News, etc, hey, you mention the name of a shooter, you get fined 10% of monthly revenue, with bank accounts to be attached as needed. Not profit, but revenue. Really have some bite.

Yes, it would be a compromise on free speech.

I thought about this. Of course, I don't want to make the guy famous by keep mentioning his name non-stop. I also think though that it's important for the general public to know about why this is happening and what's causing it (motives, political polarization, etc). So when I consider those points, I think mentioning the name is unavoidable.

I think the real problem is the way the media covers the issue. It would be one thing if they just mention his name when necessary and only televise the story when they have real answers. But instead, they televise the story like it's an unfolding movie, with non-stop coverage about this guy's background, his family, his upbringing, etc. Perhaps all they need to televise is just his name and his motives. Keep the biography type stuff off camera. Personally, all I want to know is the guy's motives and if this will turn into a new norm.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

Use dogs.

I’m serious. Even though they’re resource-intensive requiring human trainers, etc, they could sniff out some guy hiding next to the golf course for 12 hours.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

A good take on political violence due to political rhetoric, and it applies to both sides! Starts at 3:25 minute mark...

 

[AgnosticBoy]

Use dogs.

I’m serious. Even though they’re resource-intensive requiring human trainers, etc, they could sniff out some guy hiding next to the golf course for 12 hours.

That's a good idea. I would also want Trump to cut down on posting his daily activities on social media. When you're that hated, and you know people are willing to try to harm you, it's best to stay low key. I'd move all events indoor if possible.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

I'd move all events indoor if possible.

and/or the bullet-proof glass like President Trump’s been doing

 

[AgnosticBoy]

The mainstream media and election candidates are starting to acknowledge that the political rhetoric can cause violence. I was thinking Trump would try to say that it's just one side's rhetoric, but it is BOTH sides!

Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, argued in a speech in Georgia on Monday that the two recent attempts to kill Trump are evidence that “the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out; somebody’s going to get hurt by it.”

Vance said: “Look, we can disagree with one another, we can debate one another, but we cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and if he’s elected it is going to be the end of American democracy.”

What Vance didn’t mention was that Trump has repeatedly told the American people that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is a fascist whose election would mean the end of the country itself.

In fact, Trump called Harris a fascist at least twice last week alone.

“She’s a Marxist, communist, fascist, socialist,” Trump said at an Arizona rally on Thursday.

“This is a radical-left, Marxist, communist, fascist,” Trump said while attacking Harris at a news conference on Friday.

This wasn’t new rhetoric. “We have a fascist person running who’s incompetent,” Trump told Virginia residents during a campaign stop in August; at an Arizona rally in August, Trump said the true divide in American politics is between patriots with traditional values and “these far-left fascists led by Harris and her group.”

And Trump has gone beyond saying that electing Harris would mean an end to American democracy. He has said this summer that electing Harris would mean “you’re not going to have a country anymore” and that “we’re not going to have a country left.”

Source: CNN