Trump assassination attempt live: Suspect accused of aiming AK-47 into Florida golf course named as Ryan Routh
The man accused of pointing a rifle with a scope into former President Donald Trump’s golf club was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh
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A man pointed the barrel of an AK-47-style weapon through the fence at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach while Donald Trump was playing a round of golf on Sunday, prompting the Secret Service to open fire, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.
The suspect was named as Ryan Wesley Routh, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Sheriff Bradshaw said the suspect dropped the weapon and fled in an SUV when agents opened fire. He was later taken into custody in a neighboring county thanks to a witness who saw him running from the bushes.
The former president is safe and unharmed, and the FBI says it is investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of the Republican presidential nominee, just nine weeks after he survived another attempt on his life.
Authorities found two backpacks hanging on a fence and a GoPro camera, and said that man was about 400 yards to 500 yards away from Trump and hiding in shrubbery when he was spotted.
The incident comes two months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, back on July 13.
Gunman Thomas Crooks opened fire on the former president with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop of a nearby building. A bullet struck Trump in the ear while one rallygoer was killed before Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.
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Trump mistakenly introduces male Latin singer Nicky Jam as a woman: ‘She’s hot’
Trump mistakenly introduces male Latin singer Nicky Jam as a woman: ‘She’s hot’
Donald Trump mistakenly introduced male Latin singer Nicky Jam as a woman, declaring “She’s hot”, during his campaign rally in Las Vegas. The former US President announced the endorsement of the Latin music singer on Friday night (13 September), asking the crowd: “Do you know Nicky? She’s hot!” Trump continued: “Where’s Nicky? Where’s Nicky? Thank you, Nicky. Great to be having you here.” Jam, who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, emerged from the crowd onto the stage and shook Trump’s hand. Trump soon realized his error and said: “Oh look! Come here. I’m glad he came up.”
Harris campaign responds to Trump’s attack on Taylor Swift
The Harris campaign has responded to Donald Trump’s attack on Taylor Swift – using the star’s hit songs:
Trump’s Bad Week (Taylor’s Version)
We’re pretty sure it’s Safe (& Sound) to say Donald Trump’s week has him Down Bad.
Mr. Not-at-all Fine has spent this week working through his feelings, whining about his Champagne Problems, and spending exactly none of his time addressing the issues facing the American people.
His rambling, yelling, and constant conspiracy theories have many asking if The Man is “too emotional” to be president.
Call it What You Want, but it’s Nothing New for the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
After a “seething, unhinged, incoherent” debate performance that Republicans deemed “a disaster,” Trump and his inner circle of extremists can’t seem to Shake it Off as the Bad Blood between Trump, his running mate, and his own party boils.
Don’t take our word for it, though – listen to Trump himself, who spent his time on and off the debate stage with no plans and no solutions for the American people, acting like nothing is Better Than Revenge.
JD Vance admits he doesn’t approve of Laura Loomer’s comments about Harris
More than dozen Republicans who worked under Reagan endorse Harris
More than a dozen Republicans who worked under president Ronald Reagan have announced that they are endorsing Kamala Harris for president – not Donald Trump.
The group includes Ken Adelman, the US ambassador to the United Nations and US arms control director under Reagan, and B. Jay Cooper, Reagan’s special assistant and deputy press secretary.
In a statement, they said:
President Ronald Reagan famously spoke about a “Time for Choosing”. While he is not here to experience the current moment, we who worked for him in the White House, in the Administration, in campaigns and on his personal staff, know he would join us in supporting the Harris-Walz ticket.
The time for choosing we face today is a choice between integrity and demagoguery, and the choice must be Harris-Walz.
The choice between truth and lies demands support for Harris-Walz.
The choice between freedom and suppression of freedoms means support for Harris-Walz.
The choice between serving the people and serving the few leads us to support Harris-Walz.
We join our friends and colleagues from the George W. Bush White House, his Administration, and his campaigns, and those from the McCain and Romney campaigns in supporting Vice President Harris and Governor Walz.
Our votes in this election are less about supporting the Democratic Party and more about our resounding support for democracy.
It’s our hope that this letter will signal to other Republicans and former Republicans that supporting the Democratic ticket this year is the only path forward toward an America that is strong and viable for our children and grandchildren for years to come.
Full story: Trump says ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ in all-caps Truth Social post
Former president Donald Trump went off on Taylor Swift online as he declared that he hates the singer, days after she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Independent’s Andrea Cavallier has the full story:
Trump says ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ in all-caps Truth Social post
Taylor Swift’s Instagram call for voter registration drove more than 400,000 visitors to the vote.gov website in under 24 hours
Josh Shapiro says JD Vance ‘should be ashamed’ about pushing pet-eating lies
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has said that JD Vance “should be ashamed of himself” for about pushing the false claims about immigrants eating pets in his own constituency.
“There is a causal connection between the BS that JD Vance and Donald Trump spew, and the safety and security of the American people,” he said on State of the Union on Sunday.
“When they go out and they lie about this stuff, they put their fellow Americans at risk.
“JD Vance should be ashamed of himself. He knows better.”
He added: “He just doesn’t understand the power of his words, the power of his lies, and those lies are putting people at risk. This is dangerous stuff.”
Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting she’s in an ‘arranged relationship’ with Trump
Laura Loomer has said she should sue comedian Bill Maher after he suggested that she was in an “arranged relationship” with former president Donald Trump.
“I should sue Bill Maher @billmaher for Defamation. This is beyond the pale and it’s a complete and blatant lie,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.
Her comments about Maher came after the comedian mocked her on his Friday show HBO Show Real Time with Bill Maher over her comments that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were in an arranged relationship with the aim of influencing the 2024 election.
Maher said: “I think maybe Laura Loomer’s in an arranged relationship to influence the election because she’s very close to Trump.”
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JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up as he loses cool with CNN host
An ugly week of racist fearmongering kicked off by Donald Trump’s viral debate claim that Haitain immigrants were “eating the dogs” of pet owners in an Ohio town came to a head on Sunday as JD Vance, the ex-president’s top surrogate, faced journalists’ questions about the spiraling chaos.
Tuesday’s debate between Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had several eyebrow-raising moments but none moreso than when Trump, echoing his latest online-born conspiracy, baselessly accused thousands of legal migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of stealing, killing, and eating pet dogs off the street.
The conspiracy was fact-checked in real time by ABC’s David Muir, who noted that city officials had looked into the claim and found it to be baseless. But the damage was already done.
Nearly a week later, Vance found himself once again answering for his running mate’s actions after days of shocking fallout in Springfield, where residents have reported fliers dropped by the Ku Klux Klan as well as several threats of bombings or mass shootings — the latest of which, at Wittenberg University, occurred Saturday night just hours before Vance would go on the air.
The Independent’s John Bowden has the full story:
JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up
Vance seemingly admitted the far-right ‘created’ the story about Haitian immigrants – then quickly tried to walk his words back
Trump: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'
Donald Trump appears to be in a bad mood today.
On Sunday morning, he took to Truth Social to share an all-caps rant, reading: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.”
The post comes after the pop star endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the immediate aftermath of the presidential debate.
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