Another Day In Assassin Nation

So whazzup with the latest attempt to assassinate Donald Trump?

 

Well, good on the Secret Service and local authorities for getting things right:

• The Secret Service spotted the rifle barrel of the would be assassin sticking out of the bushes.
• They engaged this individual before he could get off a shot.
• Secret Service agents immediately encircled Donald Trump and got him off the course.  
• While the wannabe shooter made a break for it, local witnesss provided information the vehicle and the license plate.
• Cops quickly located the vehicle and arrested this guy.

So good work everybody.  

Unless you're Fox News.  

Sunday afternoon I was watching CNN to catch up on these unfolding events in Florida and also keeping an eye on other news sources.  All were in agreement about the sequence of events I outlined above and that authorities had not yet released the name of the would be assailant. 

Except Fox News.

I was curious so I took a deep breath and clicked on Fox. 

They had a big white chyron with bold black letter announcing the name of the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh. 

And the talking heads on Fox were bitching and moaning about how their poor precious president was in danger from an assassin again.  

Somebody needs to answer for this! 

And there was the criticism that rhetoric from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was driving people to shoot Donald Trump.  

For the shooter in Pennsylvania 2 months ago, Trump was a target of opportunity.  

As for Routh, well, he did have issues with Trump specifically.  

Routh described Donald Trump as a “fool” and “buffoon” for both the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the “tremendous blunder” of leaving the Iran nuclear deal.

Routh confessed he voted for Trump and must take part of the blame for the "child that we elected for our next president that ended up being brainless.”

As far as one can tell, his motivation for his disdain for Li'l Donnie wasn't fed by Biden or Harris but by Trump his own damn self.  

That still did not stop Trump and J D Vance from bitching that the Democrats hateful rhetoric about Trump was putting him in danger. 

While keeping it "classy".  Vance asked, "What is the difference between conservatives and liberals? Conservatives aren't trying to assassinate Kamala Harris."

Way to go in tamping down that hateful rhetoric, J D. 

By the way, the Secret Service has tracked an upsurge in threats against Kamala Harris and the FBI arrested a guy who was putting together weapons and plans to take his shot at the Vice President.  

So there's that to make us worried and sleepless at night.