No surprise here.
Another unhinged lefty gone amok.

'Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii echoed Harris,
Biden’s anti-Trump rhetoric as he backed Dem candidates'

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'The alleged gunman who authorities said targeted former President Trump
while he golfed in Florida Sunday afternoon previously declared on
social media that “Democracy is on the ballot” this year, and “we cannot
lose” — echoing the anti-Trump rhetoric used by Vice President Kamala
Harris and President Biden.

Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58.
Routh, who has a lengthy criminal record from North Carolina, frequently
posted about politics and exclusively donated to Democratic candidates
and causes dating back to 2019.

Ryan Routh
9 Ryan Routh, the suspected would-be assassin.
He also bashed Trump in an April 22 post on X in which he declared,
“DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.”

He advised Biden, 81, in an April 22 X post when he was still running
for reelection, to run a campaign around keeping “America democratic and
free.”

He claimed Trump wants to “make Americans slaves against master.”

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“DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose,” he wrote, a similar
slogan commonly used by President Biden and Vice President Kamala
Harris.

“We cannot afford to fail,” Routh continued. “The world is counting on
us to show the way.”

This is similar to language that Harris continues to use on the campaign
trail. On Aug. 29, she said at a rally in Savannah, Ga., “We are
fighting for our democracy.”

Trump would-be assassin
9 The would-be assassin was stopped on I-95.
Martin County Sheriff
On July 31, she said at an event in Houston that “our fundamental
freedoms are on the ballot and so is our democracy” — after using
identical wording at a sorority event the same day.

Tom Fitton, president of the conservative legal group Judicial Watch,
told The Post: “It is no coincidence that Routh repeated Kamala’s and
Joe’s extremist rhetoric against Trump. At this point it is inexcusable
incitement.”

Here's what we know about the assassination attempt on Trump in Florida:
Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at Trump
International Golf Club, West Palm Beach on Sept. 15, 2024.
Trump sent out a statement to supporters soon after to report that he is
“SAFE AND WELL.”
The suspect — identified as Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii — was able to get
between 300 to 500 yards of Trump at a chain link fence on the edge of
the course where he had an AK-47 and a GoPro camera set up to apparently
film the planned shooting.
Routh has a history of supporting progressive causes online and has made
19 donations to Democratic candidates since 2019.
A Secret Service agent spotted and opened fire on Routh as he put his
gun through the fence. The suspect fled the scene and was arrested on
I-95 a short time later.
According to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Trump’s security
detail was lighter because he isn’t a sitting president — despite the
previous attempt on his life in July.
Spokespeople for Biden and Harris did not immediately respond to
requests for comment.

Following the Trump assassination attempt in July where the GOP nominee
was wounded in the ear, he tweeted at Biden that he should visit the
victims of the Pennsylvania rally where Thomas Matthew Crooks opened
fire and attend the funeral of the 50-year-old volunteer firefighters
who was killed.

Ryan Routh
9 Routh seen in an undated photo.
“You should visit the victims in the hospital of the trump rally victims
and attend the funeral of the fireman that died; Trump certainly never
would. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT REAL LEADERS DO,” he posted on July 16.

He also tweeted at Trump in June 2020 that while he supported the
Republican in 2016, he was left disappointed by his tenure in the Oval
Office.

“I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different and
better than the candidate, but we all were greatly disappointment and it
seems you are getting worse and devolving; are you retarded; I will be
glad when you gone,” he wrote.

A Sherrif block the street outside the Trump International Golf Club in
West Palm Beach, Florida
9 A Sherrif block the street outside the Trump International Golf Club in
West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Routh chipped in money for Democrats running for office and liberal
causes since 2019.

Between September of that year and March 2020, he contributed more than
$140 on the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, Federal Election
Commission (FEC) filings show.

The records did not list an employer.

His LinkedIn shows that he attended North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University, but relocated to Hawaii sometime around
2018.

A map showing the location of the Trump West Palm Beach Golf Course and
where the suspect's vehicle was caught.
9 Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was spotted near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf
club with an AK-47.
Routh describes on LinkedIn as “mechanically minded” and enjoying “ideas
and invention and creative projects with artistic flair.”

Routh was spotted by Secret Service agents near the Trump International
Golf Club West Palm Beach with a Soviet-style SKS assault rifle,
according to sources.

The agents opened fire on him, but he fled. Routh was later arrested on
I-95 by local police.

An evidence box which may contain the rifle used to during the shooting
9 Trump was rushed to safety after multiple shots were fired nearby.
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His social media account was also filled with nonsensical tweets and
replies while also voicing strong support for Ukraine in its war against
Russia and Taiwan in its struggle against China.

One reply to X’s owner Elon Musk seemed to entertain purchasing a rocket
from the billionaire.

“I would like to buy a rocket from you. I wish to load it with a warhead
for Putin’s Black Sea mansion bunker to end him. Can you give me a price
please. It can be old and used as not returning,” Routh wrote.

Trump wouuld-be assassin next
9 The would-be assassin’s nest, where authorities found a rifle, backpack
and GoPro camera.
He claimed on X that he tried to “sell” the idea of having former
Afghanistan troopers fight for Ukraine in Russia, but was denied
multiple times before giving up after six months.

He also said that he visited Kyiv and claimed that he would be willing
to fight on the frontlines, if he were permitted to.

In a 2022 interview with Newsweek Romania, Routh, wearing an American
flag-style shirt, spoke about recruiting others to fight in Kyiv.

An evidence box which may contain the rifle used to during the shooting
9 An evidence box which may contain the rifle used to during the shooting.
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Sheriff vehicles are pictured near Trump International Golf Club,
Sunday.
9 The agents opened fire on him, but he fled. Routh was later arrested on
I-95 by local police.
AP
“The question as far as why I’m here. To me, a lot of the other
conflicts are gray but this conflict is definitely black and white,” he
said. “This is about good versus evil.”

“We need thousands and thousands and thousands of people here fighting
with Ukrainians,” he added.

In an interview with Semafor a year later, Routh expressed frustration
with Ukrainians.

“Ukraine is very often hard to work with,” he said. “Many foreign
soldiers leave after a week in Ukraine or must move from unit to unit to
find a place they are respected and appreciated,”

Routh was a supporter of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, according to
one of his posts in which he encouraged the Republican presidential
candidates to continue their races.

“You cannot quit. Why. You must stay on the ballot to the end. You must
fight. You must continue giving speeches and push all the way to
election day no matter the election results. Do not give in. Join Nikki
and keep working. Never give up,” he wrote to Ramaswamy.