So, Trump had a “scare” on Sunday while he was playing golf. A lone man had apparently set up a spot to try to assassinate the former president. Luckily, the Secret Service spotted the gun and the man before anything untoward could happen.
I glad Trump wasn’t shot or harmed. I don’t wish that on anyone – I abhor violence.
However, what I also abhor is people using an event like this to attack other people. Both JD Vance and Trump are claiming the rhetoric from the left is what has caused the two assassination attempts. I find that more than a little hypocritical!
Vance has pointed to the fact that no one has taken any shots at Biden or Harris. It’s almost like he’s asking someone to try it! Some of the fanatics on the right could certainly see it that way. Heck, even Elon Musk got into the act, saying on his twitter platform “has anyone noticed that no one’s taken a shot at Joe Biden or Kamala Harris?” After a lot of push back for such a remark, Musk deleted the post and basically alluded to it being a “joke”! Some joke! I assume the Secret Service is looking into the matter – they did acknowledge they were aware he made the comment.
But, back to Vance. He said when someone calls a candidate a fascist, a threat to democracy, of course it’s going to be perceived as a call to arms by those on the left. Apparently, Vance has forgotten just last week Trump called Harris a Marxist, a fascist, and if elected, she would make sure no future elections would be held!
I think Vance should worry more about his boss’s rhetoric. The first “assassin” was a registered Republican who supposedly supported Trump. As I mentioned in an earlier post, if this was not a staged event, I believe the shooter was committing suicide by cop.
In this second instance, it appears the man had voted for Trump in 2016 but may have become disillusioned with him after Jan 6th. From an interview with the son (who specifically said he was not speaking for his father), the man was very concerned with the war in Ukraine. He traveled to Ukraine and helped set up the international army that helped with the fighting. His son said he was very immersed in making sure Ukraine won the war.
It sounds like Routh (the shooter) might not have been too happy with Trump’s policy concerning Russia v Ukraine. Don’t forget the week before, Vance had been interviewed about how Trump proposed to end the Ukraine war in one day if he got re-elected. Vance said Ukraine would give up the territory that Russia already held and Ukraine would promise not to join NATO!
That plan/policy sounds pretty much antithesis to what Routh wanted. Could that have been the impetus to plan an assassination? Will we ever know what the reason was, why he wanted to shoot/kill Trump? I don’t know whether we will or not.
One thing I do know – I know there has been no rhetoric from Biden or Harris that would drive Routh or anyone else for that matter to such lengths. Harris is constantly saying there is so much more that unites us than what separates us!
Then, again, I suppose there will always be a few loonies out there that will take pot shots at politicians on any given day. Perhaps it would be better if we discussed how Routh was able to get an assault rifle in the first place. As a felon, he was not legally allowed to purchase a gun! Hmmm – was there a breakdown in background checks? Is it possible we need tougher background check laws??
Sorry, but to me, Vance blaming Democrats for the shooting is more like the pot calling the kettle black. Clean up your own house before you attack someone else’s!!
IMHO . . .
In My Humble Opinion 