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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) addressed the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump saying, "The people deserve the truth about the would-be assassin," possibly referring to both attempts on Trump's life since little is known about both Crooks and Routh, the two scumcrumpets who tried to kill the former president.
DeSantis wants Routh to stay in the news because the legacy media will lose the story faster than a Harris cackle like they did with the first assassination attempt on Trump:
The FBI is already investigating the incident as an attempted assassination. The event occurred on Sunday afternoon at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The Secret Service identified a man, Ryan Wesley Routh, armed with an AK-47-style rifle and hiding in the bushes approximately 300 to 400 yards from the president. When agents fired at him, the man fled, according to both local and federal authorities.
Routh ran to a nearby Nissan and was caught shortly after on I-95 as he entered Martin County, just north of Palm Beach County, according to law enforcement officials.
Governor DeSantis has assigned the two state law-enforcement agencies under his control to handle this case. The first is the Department of Law Enforcement, similar to what other states call a Bureau of Investigation. The second is the Highway Patrol, which caught Routh after pulling over his vehicle while he was trying to flee. The big question is how much help and teamwork the FDLE and FHP will get from the FBI and the Department of Justice (DoJ). Even without any political issues, the DoJ is known for not always working well with other law enforcement agencies when their jurisdictions overlap.
Even if the Department of Justice (DoJ) tries to ignore Florida on this matter, Governor DeSantis' announcement and investigation will keep pressure on Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray. DeSantis can make them respond by talking about what his own investigators discover, which will make the media cover the story. When was the last time we got an update on Crooks, his background, communications, and possible connections to others?
Meanwhile, we are still finding out more about Routh. Tanya Lukyanova from the Free Press remembers interviewing the alleged would-be assassin last year for Semafor's report on Americans traveling to Ukraine to fight. Lukyanova tells Oliver Wiseman that she thought Routh was "crazy," but mostly harmless — at least at that time.
To Tanya, Ryan Routh didn't really seem like a hardened criminal. "He reminds me of Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading, to be honest," she said, mentioning the Cohen Brothers’ dark comedy. In the movie, Pitt's character is a clumsy, not-so-bright personal trainer who tries to blackmail a CIA analyst and gets caught up in a messy situation. "He's just a guy who gets too excited and buys into all sorts of wild ideas. Until he actually does something really bad, people don’t think of him as a real threat."
"Ryan Routh wasn't newsworthy until he allegedly showed up at Trump’s golf course with a gun."
But wait, kids, the 2002 conviction was just the tip of the iceberg.
In 2002, the police arrested a suspect who had a fully automatic machine gun, as reported by the Greensboro News & Record. This arrest matched records in North Carolina criminal court, which showed the suspect, named Ryan Routh, had been convicted for having a weapon of mass destruction.
The records also showed that Routh had been convicted before for carrying a hidden weapon, having stolen property, and being involved in a hit-and-run. In these previous cases, he also faced other charges like resisting an officer and driving with a suspended license. For these offenses, he typically received a suspended sentence along with parole or probation.
Overall, court records indicate that more than 100 criminal charges have been brought against Routh in North Carolina, mostly in Guilford County, which includes Greensboro. However, the specific outcomes of each case were not immediately clear.
In other words, Routh definitely wasn't harmless. This makes us wonder how he got an AK-47, or at least a rifle that looks like one, which is what some news reports are calling it. If Routh had a past conviction related to firearms, he shouldn't have been allowed to buy any kind of gun at all.
The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.This may require significant intervention. An assassination attempt on a former president is a federal crime, typically placing it under the jurisdiction of the FBI and Department of Justice, even when state laws are involved. The FBI quickly announced that they believe Routh aimed to assassinate Trump, establishing their authority over the case.
The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP…— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 16, 2024
The FBI is already investigating the incident as an attempted assassination. The event occurred on Sunday afternoon at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The Secret Service identified a man, Ryan Wesley Routh, armed with an AK-47-style rifle and hiding in the bushes approximately 300 to 400 yards from the president. When agents fired at him, the man fled, according to both local and federal authorities.
Governor DeSantis has assigned the two state law-enforcement agencies under his control to handle this case. The first is the Department of Law Enforcement, similar to what other states call a Bureau of Investigation. The second is the Highway Patrol, which caught Routh after pulling over his vehicle while he was trying to flee. The big question is how much help and teamwork the FDLE and FHP will get from the FBI and the Department of Justice (DoJ). Even without any political issues, the DoJ is known for not always working well with other law enforcement agencies when their jurisdictions overlap.
Meanwhile, we are still finding out more about Routh. Tanya Lukyanova from the Free Press remembers interviewing the alleged would-be assassin last year for Semafor's report on Americans traveling to Ukraine to fight. Lukyanova tells Oliver Wiseman that she thought Routh was "crazy," but mostly harmless — at least at that time.
Back then, “he was just a harmless loon, who didn’t do anything too crazy.” (Though not totally harmless: records indicate a long list of run-ins with the law in North Carolina, including a 2002 conviction for possessing a fully automatic machine gun.)
To Tanya, Ryan Routh didn't really seem like a hardened criminal. "He reminds me of Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading, to be honest," she said, mentioning the Cohen Brothers’ dark comedy. In the movie, Pitt's character is a clumsy, not-so-bright personal trainer who tries to blackmail a CIA analyst and gets caught up in a messy situation. "He's just a guy who gets too excited and buys into all sorts of wild ideas. Until he actually does something really bad, people don’t think of him as a real threat."
"Ryan Routh wasn't newsworthy until he allegedly showed up at Trump’s golf course with a gun."
But wait, kids, the 2002 conviction was just the tip of the iceberg.
In 2002, the police arrested a suspect who had a fully automatic machine gun, as reported by the Greensboro News & Record. This arrest matched records in North Carolina criminal court, which showed the suspect, named Ryan Routh, had been convicted for having a weapon of mass destruction.
The records also showed that Routh had been convicted before for carrying a hidden weapon, having stolen property, and being involved in a hit-and-run. In these previous cases, he also faced other charges like resisting an officer and driving with a suspended license. For these offenses, he typically received a suspended sentence along with parole or probation.
Overall, court records indicate that more than 100 criminal charges have been brought against Routh in North Carolina, mostly in Guilford County, which includes Greensboro. However, the specific outcomes of each case were not immediately clear.
In other words, Routh definitely wasn't harmless. This makes us wonder how he got an AK-47, or at least a rifle that looks like one, which is what some news reports are calling it. If Routh had a past conviction related to firearms, he shouldn't have been allowed to buy any kind of gun at all.
Routh's son Oran claims that his father never owned a gun, but admitted his father hates Trump:
He said his father hates Trump as 'every reasonable person does, and of course his shooter dad is reasonable in the son's mind.
‘I don't like Trump either,’ as the the apple of the shooter's eye said. He added that his father, a man who allegedly wanted to kill the Republican candidate, is not a violent man. It's the gun that's violent, I suppose. He added that he couldn't believe his father would try to kill the former president.
"He's my dad and all he's had is couple traffic tickets, as far as I know," the son ignorantly asserted. "That's crazy. I know my dad and love my dad, but that's nothing like him."
"I've never known him to own a gun or known him to do anything bats*** like this," the son added.
It's quite possible he doesn't know his father quite as well as he thinks. The Daily Mail reported that they have been somewhat estranged for a while, but the son apparently has no idea about his father's extensive track record with law enforcement.
It's quite possible he doesn't know his father quite as well as he thinks. The Daily Mail reported that they have been somewhat estranged for a while, but the son apparently has no idea about his father's extensive track record with law enforcement.
More on the moron to follow.
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