StarryStarryNight
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Is it a funding issue or a motivation issue? What say you?
Incompetence issue I think.
Is it a funding issue or a motivation issue? What say you?
Don’t forget though that SS took a shot and missed.The Secret Service didn't see the assassin during the 12 hours he was there is becasue they didn't look. An obvious failure in security.
Doing a "sweep" at the last minute with President Trump coming within maybe 300 yards of the armed suspect is also not doing a good job. JMO.
Whatever it is, for the sake of everyone involved, both candidates and voters, I hope they remedy the issue quickly!Incompetence issue I think.
Trump had returned to Florida this weekend from a West Coast swing that included a Friday night rally in Las Vegas and a Utah fundraiser. His campaign had not announced any public plans for Trump on Sunday. He often spends the morning playing golf.
Per Presser:
" Known to the FBI" since 2019.
Shocked, I tell ya......
I believe that Rowe said that aerial surveillance was included but I would need to listen again to be 100% sure.I was unable to hear all of the press questions, was it ever asked if the SS put a drone up before Trump arrived to scout and survey? I mean surely they have them at the ready, correct? Or, are they that under-funded?
Don’t forget though that SS took a shot and missed.The Secret Service didn't see the assassin during the 12 hours he was there is becasue they didn't look. An obvious failure in security.
Doing a "sweep" at the last minute with President Trump coming within maybe 300 yards of the armed suspect is also not doing a good job. JMO.
press conference posted just a few pages back at 4 pm said SS didn’t know.Can you provide a link to this? I haven't read of heard anything about the suspect knowing about the change of plans, or that the USSS didn't know. Secret Service was with DJT, so I imagine that they did know/were told about the impromptu golf outing. TYIA and IMO.
Though Trump is technically free to golf where he chooses, presidential candidates of the two major parties are not "just like any Americans".Trump should ... as any free American citizen should ...be able to golf where he chooses...As we know... Biden has been enjoying open and un-walled beach activities...
Though the use of other avenues is still a possibility, it does not automatically follow from the circumstances. Rather, it gets uhhhmmm..... complicated, very complicatedLE (ATF) can look at personal firearm purchase histories of individuals (Routh in this case) and 'read between the lines' so to speak, as to where and when that firearm was purchased. The fact that they can't retrieve any such info leads me to believe other avenues were used. JMO
Per Presser:
" Known to the FBI" since 2019.
Shocked, I tell ya......
I believe that Rowe said that aerial surveillance was included but I would need to listen again to be 100% sure.I was unable to hear all of the press questions, was it ever asked if the SS put a drone up before Trump arrived to scout and survey? I mean surely they have them at the ready, correct? Or, are they that under-funded?
Thinking out loud….Even if golf was a last minute decision, why didn’t SS tell him they need to sweep the area first before he could golf? Or did they tell him and he decided to go ahead?They didn’t look because he wasn’t scheduled to be playing golf that day.
Though Trump is technically free to golf where he chooses, presidential candidates of the two major parties are not "just like any American".Trump should ... as any free American citizen should ...be able to golf where he chooses...As we know... Biden has been enjoying open and un-walled beach activities...
Though the use of other avenues is still a possibility, it does not automatically follow from the circumstances. Rather, it gets uhhhmmm..... complicated, very complicatedLE (ATF) can look at personal firearm purchase histories of individuals (Routh in this case) and 'read between the lines' so to speak, as to where and when that firearm was purchased. The fact that they can't retrieve any such info leads me to believe other avenues were used. JMO
Which means, in the negative, the SSA who took the shot didn't have a solid target which means it was arguably a reckless shot. Not sure how near an innocent pedestrian could have been but it is supremely fortunate that no one was injured by that stray bullet.Don’t forget though that SS took a shot and missed.
So, I'm looking at attempted murder, but caution is involved here. Because it's from a defense lawyer's site. (Federal statutes don't define the "attempt" part of attempted murder)Do you have a link to the statement that the penalty for an assassination attempt on a former president is up to five years? I think that five years is the penalty for making a threat against a former president, but not the penalty for attempted murder of a former president. I wasn't able to find information on the penalty for attempted murder/assassination attempt on a former president, just information on charges of making a threat against a former president.
Asif Merchant, 46, entered his plea to one count of attempting to commit terrorism across national boundaries and one count of murder for hire at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Levy in Brooklyn. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pa...-court-assassination-plot-charges-2024-09-16/
I do!At the end of the press conference today with the FBI, SS, ATF, U.S. Attorney's Office, the Sheriff from Palm Beach County stated that he received a phone call from President Trump who thanked him for his work and the Sheriff stated that his department has a good working relationship with President Trump.
The statement was very heartfelt and brought tears to my eyes as it made the point that what this incident is also about on a personal level is the life of a human being whose wife, children and grandchildren will now have to deal with a second attempt on his life. At that level, any decent person has to be feeling incredible empathy for President Trump and his family.
Not since John Wilkes Booth that I know of.Moo....in regards to US presidential assination attempts. Have any professional hits or has it been fringe thinkers? Moo