FL - West Palm Beach - Trump Assassination Attempt

[MassGuy]

Well he did do something "Bats*** crazy. As reported had a gun and also had more then traffic tickets. I'm seeing the whole "apple doesn't fall far from the tree" thing. Scary. IMO

HA! For sure. It gets even worse when you read what he texted the Daily Mail:

Later in a rambling text, Routh appeared to justify his father's actions.

'I hate this game every four years, and think that we all do, and if my father wants to be a martyr to how broken and disassociated the process has become from the real problems and practical solutions, then that's his choice.

'I'm not saying that's what he's done or what he's about, that's just my own rant being fed up with it all for my entire adult life,' he wrote.

'South Park said it best, every 4 years we're forced to choose between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, and it all stays *advertiser censored***d in the same ways by different degrees, and we're exhausted and embarrassed by it all.'

 

[Cota332]

I mean, I get the praise that the Secret Service is currently receiving; but the fact that an individual with a scoped rifle and a direct line of sight got within 500 yards to one of the most controversial and protected figures on this planet is no slam dunk.

 

[acutename]

The suspected gunman, arrested Sunday in Florida after his assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump was foiled by the U.S. Secret Service, has been identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh

Screenshots available of Routh’s social media accounts indicate that he was a supporter of Trump in 2016 who had become alienated from the Republicans prior to the 2020 election.

More recently, Routh appears to have become obsessed with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War. One 2022 post even indicates that Routh traveled to Kyiv as part of an attempt to recruit foreign nationals to help defend Ukraine.

What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin

The suspected gunman, arrested Sunday in Florida after his assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump was foiled by the U.S. Secret Service, has been identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh. [RELATED: Trump Targeted in Second Assassination Attempt at Florida Golf...

www.themainewire.com

does anyone understand the two-tone Cruella DaVille hair do?

 

[RANCH]

I mean, I get the praise that the Secret Service is currently receiving; but the fact that an individual with a scoped rifle and a direct line of sight got within 500 yards to one of the most controversial and protected figures on this planet is no slam dunk.

I have some issues with that too. JMO.

 

[Bounceycat]

I mean, I get the praise that the Secret Service is currently receiving; but the fact that an individual with a scoped rifle and a direct line of sight got within 500 yards to one of the most controversial and protected figures on this planet is no slam dunk.

Yes, you said that so well. To that point, the Secret Service's shots missed this time.

 

[Inthedetails]

They are bulletproof plates. He put them in two backpacks and hung them on the fence in front of him for some protection from taking rounds.

Yes, the news is moving fast and we have more info now than we did at the beginning of this tread.

Welcome to Websleuths.

 

[swanniee11]

@MassGuy Holy cow. "South park" are you serious? OMG. This is what's "bats***" crazy. IMO

 

[Inthedetails]

HA! For sure. It gets even worse when you read what he texted the Daily Mail:

Later in a rambling text, Routh appeared to justify his father's actions.

'I hate this game every four years, and think that we all do, and if my father wants to be a martyr to how broken and disassociated the process has become from the real problems and practical solutions, then that's his choice.

'I'm not saying that's what he's done or what he's about, that's just my own rant being fed up with it all for my entire adult life,' he wrote.

'South Park said it best, every 4 years we're forced to choose between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, and it all stays *advertiser censored***d in the same ways by different degrees, and we're exhausted and embarrassed by it all.'

Not the best response to finding out your dad just tried to kill someone. Someone needs to tell this kid (I know he's not a kid) to express shock and then shut up.

jmo

 

[justtrish]

That’s quite a wish list.

I’m all for Ukraine, but asking Zelenskyy to try to get the entire U.S. military on paid leave so they can all serve in Ukraine (as per his tweet posted above) is not going to happen.

It is petrifying, how many obsessed people are out there among us.


Jmo

Oh good grief. As the wife of one soldier and the mother of another.. no way and no thanks. lol

How does someone get to the point that these ideas are considered as viable options? Sounds like he needed help a long time ago.

 

[bhobbs765]

does anyone understand the two-tone Cruella DaVille hair do?

Ukrainian flag? I think it's dyed blonde and blue

 

[justtrish]

Yes, you said that so well. To that point, the Secret Service's shots missed this time.

I am curious if they actually saw him though? I read earlier that they spotted the rifle so perhaps they didn't have a line of sight for the actual shooter, but shot in the direction of the gun they saw.

Edited to add: in the first incident there were snipers with scopes that could get a visual to the target, even one farther away. In this case if it was the typical secret service we see in a suit and likely carrying a hand gun, then maybe it wasn't as easy of a shot. I'm going to guess they didn't take a lot of time to decide to shoot.. so maybe it was a quick thinking agent that shot in the direction of the perceived threat and didn't actually have a person in view.

 

[MassGuy]

I am curious if they actually saw him though? I read earlier that they spotted the rifle so perhaps they didn't have a line of sight for the actual shooter, but shot in the direction of the gun they saw.

That, then he had backpacks to absorb shots, coupled with agents likely firing from a distance (probably) using handguns.

This wasn’t shooting a guy in an open position using a scoped rifle, like those agents at the rally had the benefit of.

They fired and got rid of the threat, which was just as effective in the end as hitting him.

 

[Luna20]

does anyone understand the two-tone Cruella DaVille hair do?

It’s trending but I have only seen one adult with blue hair locally. The larger cosmopolitan cities have their fair share of it.

In his case, most likely for attention and extremism.

 

[justtrish]

That, then he had backpacks to absorb shots, coupled with agents likely firing from a distance (probably) using handguns.

This wasn’t shooting a guy in an open position using a scoped rifle, like those agents at the rally had the benefit of.

They fired and got rid of the threat, which was just as effective in the end as hitting him.

I was editing my post as you were posting! I had similar thoughts! A rifle with scope is very different than a handgun from a moving patrol of agents looking for potential threats.

 

[airportwoman]

Yes, I think so too. He looks like he's starving.

If he was indeed a construction worker, especially at his age, he's probably very physically fit and has very little body fat.

 

[airportwoman]

When was the last time we had two assassination attempts on a former or present president, or one running for office?

Two attempts were made on Gerald Ford's life in 1975, within days of each other. One of them was by a Manson Family member who just got out a few years ago.

 

[airportwoman]

does anyone understand the two-tone Cruella DaVille hair do?

Sure do. It's a pathetic attempt at dyeing his hair in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

 

[MollyDDD]

Can the Secret Service be trusted?

 

[RANCH]

If he was indeed a construction worker, especially at his age, he's probably very physically fit and has very little body fat.

That guy doesn't have any visual body fat. JMO.

 

[Italiana23]

Yes, RR certainly seems vitriolic when it comes to Trump.

I’ll speculate that he felt that Crooks didn’t get the job done, and it was time for a real man, 58 years old rather than 20, to finish off Trump for good.

But I read that he was a Trump supporter at one time

When was the last time we had two assassination attempts on a former or present president, or one running for office?

Kudzu what do you make of that? Interested in hearing your opinion