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Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt was near golf course for 12 hours

Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt was near golf course for 12 hours

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Ryan Routh, a 58-year-old man, has been charged with two gun-related crimes in connection with an alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf course. Routh was hiding in bushes for nearly 12 hours before Trump arrived on the course, but he never had Trump in his line of sight and did not fire any shots. An agent spotted Routh and shot at him, causing him to flee, and he was later arrested in a neighboring county. Routh appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach to face charges. The incident raises questions about how an armed suspect was able to get so close to Trump, particularly given a similar incident in July where a gunman fired at Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania.

White House
1. President Biden just spoke with former President Trump, and conveyed his relief that he is safe. The two shared a cordial conversation and former President Trump expressed his thanks for the call.
Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
1. I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.
Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. We do need more people on my detail.
2. Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets, and they grabbed me. ... We got into the carts and we moved along pretty, pretty good. I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job.
3. My resolve is only stronger after another attempt on my life!
4. Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country – both from the inside and out.
5. All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air. I guess probably four or five.
Ronald Rowe
United States Secret Service
1. The men and women of the Secret Service, right now, we are redlining them, and they are rising to this moment, and they are meeting the challenges.
Cosme Blanco
1. If they see the motorcade coming, I'm sure at that point they know he's going to play golf - it's common sense.
2. I was concerned. I'm going to be 62 years old and I've never seen America change this much.
Shelby Stevens
1. I think he'll still make a presence, not just here but everywhere. I don't think that's something he's going to be shying away from.
2. The way I see him, he's not going to want the American people to know that he'd be afraid of going out.
3. No matter how much security you have and everything else, if someone is willing to give their life to take someone else's, it can happen.

Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt was near golf course for 12 hours

Shooting at West Palm Beach Golf Course

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