• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOP
    163·
    2 months ago

    Seems like he voted and supported for Trump, got disappointed by Trump, listened to Trump’s and Republicans’ call for political violence to solve political problems.

    And here we are, leopards are now eating their faces.

    • MrTomS@lemmy.world
      36·
      2 months ago

      According to NC voter rolls he did not vote in 2016 or 2020. Voted in the Democratic primary in March but social media post were all over the place. Unwell mind

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        2 months ago

        Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016.

        “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 removeded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      listened to Trump’s and Republicans’ call for political violence to solve political problems.

      seems like he’s had a violent/criminal streak going back decades. not sure you can really tie this to trump.

      • Tyfud@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 months ago

        Giving habitually violent repeat offenders more reasons to be violent is always an issue.

        Manson didn’t go to jail for murdering anyone. Manson went to jail because he conspired and convinced other people to murder for him.

        • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          the reason could simply have been a severe dislike of Trump, not necessarily that he was pushed to violence by Trump’s rhetoric.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    43·
    2 months ago

    Routh remains listed an active unaffiliated voter in North Carolina, according The News & Observer, a McClatchy publication in North Carolina. As unaffiliated voters can choose which primary they want to vote in the state, Routh voted in the Democratic primary when he cast a ballot this spring.

    Was he a Trump supporter?

    Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016. “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 removeded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    43·
    2 months ago

    How are these shooters getting so close to a former president? Did Trump pick his Secret Service detail personally and end up with the protection detail equivalent of the Bad News Bears?

    • BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world
      29·
      2 months ago

      First a former president rarely is so public. I don’t know where any other president’s houses are…other than bidens since I love in Delaware.

      Second, Trump has made enemies his whole life.

      Last, he won’t shut up. Which makes more enemies

      • hddsx@lemmy.ca
        7·
        2 months ago

        GWB retired to his ranch in Texas. I THINK Obama opted to stay in DC until his daughter finished school. No idea if that has finished. I think Clinton is in NY?

        • BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          Yeah but we know exactly where marlago is and the Trump building is NYC.

          I have seen so many photos of those locations

          Where as the other people I just know the state vs the exact building

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      secret service really can’t just shut everything down when he shows up for a golf or something. Especially for his routine and daily life. It sounds like the guy was standing around a public right of way along the perimeter of the golf course.

      my understanding is the agents sweep the next hole ahead of trump getting there, and that’s when he was noticed. (I assume control both that, the hole trump is on, and the previous, to keep anyone from coming up behind,)

      the thing I don’t understand is how somebody would be just chilling with a rifle out in plain sight like that. Even the PA guy knew to keep the rifle tucked away before it was time, right?

      • resin85@lemmy.caEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        Florida (desantis) recently enacted concealed carry, so I’ll be curious to see what law this nut actually broke.

      • Hawanja@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Apparently the guy made a sniper nest hidden in the bushed and the agent noticed the rifle barrel sticking out of the branches

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 months ago

      Trump is only entitled to ex-President and candidate protection. It’s a lower tier of protection with fewer resources expended.

    • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      When you’re as big an asshole as Trump, it’s not really motivating for anyone around you to do more than half-ass it.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      The first one was clearly a miscommunication leaving a gap. Someone needed to be fired over that.

      Unless there is more since the press conference, this one seems to have been well handled. There is no way to secure an entire golf course, unless Trump was willing to goto Camp David so they covered around him and ahead of him. Last I heard, the guy never had an opportunity to shoot. An agent clearing ahead of Trump spotted the shooter and laid down suppressing fire making the guy run

  • roofTophopper@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 months ago

    I got curious and did a stupid thing of checking on a certain sub. There must be 15 or so posts about this, quickly trying to point out all the reasons that it couldn’t be one of their own.

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    I guess the NYTimes interviewed home back in 2023?

    Did he volunteer to fight in Ukraine war?

    In 2023, Routh told the New York Times he spent several months in Ukraine amid the war with Russia. He also said he had tried recruiting Afghan soldiers who opposed the Taliban to fight in Ukraine.

    Gift link to the NYTimes article

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      A fucking spook cut-out trafficking mercenaries from Afghanistan to Ukraine goes rogue and takes a pot shot at a presidential candidate?

      This is going to give conspiracy nuts a hard on for the next five years, easy. What are the odds Jack Ruby plugs him a few times in the gut on national camera before the end of next week?

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    16·
    2 months ago

    Just like the OTHER Assassinator these are CLEARLY Democrats as Demonstrated by ONE small piece of Evidence in a Sea of Right Wing Krazy!

    • naught@sh.itjust.works
      34·
      2 months ago

      This guy is a Trump voter who tried to kill a politician before an election. He’s a gutter person. It’s karmic that the fanatics Trump whipped up would now target him, but idk how we’re cheering for this. It’s sad, scary, and ominous imo.

      Call me a bleeding heart liberal I guess.

      • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Last I’d read, there’s no consensus that he actually voted for Trump. Dude’s views were all over the place.

        Regardless, if someone takes Trump out, I will literally lose no sleep or tears. I don’t advocate for violence, but MAGA sure as fuck does. Reap what you sow and all that.

      • ravhall@discuss.online
        7·
        2 months ago

        We are cheering because people are trying to kill an insane man hellbent on destroying this country. Your heart isn’t bleeding because you value the life of one person over the lives of the people he has been responsible for destroying and those who will be destroyed if he continues to live. You’re myopic and afraid of conflict.

        • naught@sh.itjust.works
          13·
          2 months ago

          Conflict doesn’t equal armed insurrection or the assassination of political leaders. He can lose at the ballot box and die penniless. I’m fully aware of what a monster he is. Are we cool with assassinating other R’s? Some are just as vile if not more than him.

          Where’s the line? Who gets to decide who lives and dies? You? I’m sure you’re a nice and reasonable person, but I don’t trust you with that decision, let alone a gun nut, conspiracy theorist Trump voter. How long before someone retaliates and turns a gun on [insert favorite politician here]? Was the cycle of violence worth it then?

        • superkret@feddit.org
          13·
          2 months ago

          We are cheering because people are trying to kill an insane man hellbent on destroying this country

          Your cheering for an assassination attempt shows that your country is already well and truly fucked.

        • AmidFuror@fedia.io
          6·
          2 months ago

          Myopic would be not realizing supporting political violence will get people you support killed too. We need to hope that it can be made harder to kill candidates and those in office going forward.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    7·
    2 months ago

    Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016.

    “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 removeded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

    I wish more of his supporters were able to see the light.