“Nothing Will Slow Me Down” – Trump Reacts After Second Assassination Attempt

Summary:

• Shots were exchanged between a shooter and Secret Service at Trump International Gold Club as the former President played.

• Trump was 300-500 yards away when the shooting occurred.

• FBI confirmed they are investigating this as an assassination attempt.

• Trump said after: “nothing will slow me down, I will never surrender.”

• The shooter has been detained.

• An AK-47, backpack, and GoPro camera was recovered near the scene.

• The shooter has been identified as Ryan Routh, whose social media suggest was a Trump-hating, Ukraine-war-supporting liberal.

• Trump was NOT given complete perimeter protection, because he is not a sitting president (despite being hit by an assassin’s bullet a couple of months ago)

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Update (1615ET): The FBI issued a statement :

“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”

Another official commented that Trump was “probably 300-500 yards” from the alleged shooter.

The former president has issued a statement confirming he is “safe and well” and declaring “nothing will slow me down”…

AP reports that the alleged shooter fled in an SUV and was later apprehended in a nearby county by local law enforcement, the officials said. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity about an ongoing investigation.

An AK-style firearm was recovered at the scene near Trump’s golf course, one of the officials and a third law enforcement official said.

The golf course was partially shut down for Trump as he played, and agents were a few holes ahead of him when they noticed the person with the firearm, the officials said.

The person appeared to push the muzzle of the rifle through the fence line and that’s when agents fired, the officials said.

CNN reported that police have recovered a backpack and a GoPro camera.

They think the attempted Trump shooter wanted to film it.

The following clip shows a heavy police presence on the roads leading to the golf club…

BREAKING: Donald Trump *was* the intended target of the shots fired at Trump International Golf Club according to CNN.

Agents opened fire on a man who was at the Trump International Golf Course after they saw what appeared to be a gun according to the NYP.

“Officials believe… pic.twitter.com/06JKTXeMO6

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 15, 2024

Fox News is reporting the shooter’s name is Ryan Routh…

…who, according his socials (which remain up for now) is supportive of liberal causes, particularly recruiting people to fight in Ukraine)…

Fox is identifying the shooter as Ryan Routh. He has been shown on social media to have a significant interest in Ukraine.

This confirms claims his social media was supportive of liberal causes, though the photo of the shooter is still unconfirmed.

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/il2ByKj7ES

— AF Post (@AFpost) September 15, 2024

…who was a Trump hater for sure…

The shooter, Ryan Routh, hated Trump. pic.twitter.com/6wqhQWZjQ2

— Paul Emerson (@notanokguy) September 15, 2024

Meanwhile, as the blame is dumped at Trump supporters’ feet once again, it turns out Secret Service was inadequate yet again…

WTF https://t.co/ZYltDAGNk6

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) September 15, 2024

“The threat level is high,” Rafael Barros, the special agent in charge for the Secret Service, Miami field office, said during the Sunday news conference.

“We live in danger times,” he added.

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The Trump campaign on Sunday said that former President Donald Trump is safe after reports of gunshots in his vicinity outside the Trump International Golf Course.

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,“ a brief statement released by Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.

”No further details at this time.”

The U.S. Secret Service wrote on social media platform X that it is working with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the incident, adding that it occurred before 2 p.m. ET.

“The former president is safe,” the federal agency said.

The sheriff’s office will provide more details about the incident “soon,” the agency added.

CNN is reporting the shots were intended for the former president…

BREAKING: CNN has said: “Officials believe the shots fired at Trump International Golf Club were intended for former President Donald Trump.” pic.twitter.com/FhHpOSGy1p

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 15, 2024

CNN goes on to report that a person has been detained in connection to the incident at Trump International Golf Club on Sunday, according to a law enforcement source.

Secret Service fired at the suspect, according to multiple sources.

A long gun (Don Jr confirmed it was an AK-47) has been recovered, according to the source.

Officials believe an armed individual intended to target former President Donald Trump at his golf club, according to sources briefed on the matter.

However, The New York Post said two people exchanged fire at Trump golf club in Florida, targeting each other (a narrative that has since been deleted).

The White House was quick to express their “relief” that Trump was not hit:

“The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team.”

As the above suggests, no one is really sure WTF happened for now.

However, one thing we know for sure, the same rhetoric that likely prompted the first assassination attempt has not stopped…

Legacy media has spent the week hyperventilating over conservatives “inciting threats” for expressing their opinions on the migrant issues in Ohio.

Meanwhile they didn’t stop calling Trump a “n*zi” and a “threat to Democracy” for one second since J13.

Now, here we are. Again.

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 15, 2024

MSNBC quickly responded with near-perfect projection, demanding that the Trump campaign tone down its rhetoric…

WATCH: MSNBC’s Alex Witt argues *the Trump campaign* needs to turn down the rhetoric now that Donald Trump has been shot at for the second time in three months.

“Do you expect there to be calls from within the Trump campaign to [tone it down]?”

Elise Jordan replies she hopes… pic.twitter.com/NGjxqIsTPR

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 15, 2024

Though, of course, everyone will quickly decry political violence…

You called him a threat to democracy and a day 1 dictator. You own this.

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 15, 2024

…but, weren’t we told that “words are violence” too?)