Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sunday night that Florida will not leave the job of investigating Sunday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump to the federal government.
“The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club,” DeSantis posted on X.
“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 nominee,” he wrote.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Trump was between 300 and 500 yards away from the armed suspect when a Secret Service agent “engaged” with the suspect.
“Secret Service did exactly what they should have done, and their agent did a fantastic job,” he said, according to Axios.
David Aronberg, state attorney for Palm Beach County, said that the suspect is Ryan Routh, 58, according to USA Today.
Bradshaw said Trump International Golf Couse is “surrounded by shrubbery” with a limited perimeter.
“When somebody gets into the shrubbery, they’re pretty much out of sight,” he said.
Because Trump is not a sitting president, Bradshaw said, “security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible.”
“I would imagine the next time he comes at a golf course, there’ll probably be a little bit more people around the perimeter,” he said.
Trump was between holes five and six, when the incident took place, according to CNN.
A Secret Service agent spotted a rifle barrel with a scope sticking out of a fence, Bradshaw said.
The agent was part of a team that goes one or two holes ahead of Trump as he plays, Bradshaw said.
Bradshaw noted that a witness played a major role in Routh,’s arrest, according to CNN.
“We are able to catch a witness that came to us and said, ‘Hey, I saw the guy running out of the bushes, he jumped into a black Nissan and I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag,’ which was great,” Bradshaw said.
Routh was later arrested by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The witness later identified Routh as the man seen running from the scene.
September 2020: When offered the chance to unequivocally condemn white supremacist violence during the first presidential debate, Trump failed to do so, instead telling the far-right Proud Boys that they should “stand back and stand by.”
There are a lot of nutty people in this country, and a lot of guns
“lot of nutty people in this country”…….We know, we see your posts. chasbo, isn’t that Mr Peanuts given name?
Anything happens to Trump and there will be blood in the streets!
Bullcrap. Big talk, I know a hundred just like you. Always talking out your ass. You ain’t going to do Jack, and if you were, you wouldn’t broadcast it.
I hope whatever publicity Ron D. can get out of this is WORTH IT because
KNOW THIS!
The moment DonnieDOTARD is offered a a-30-min interview on one of them FRAUDnews networks the likes of ABC, with their intention of GOADING DonnieDOTARD into TRASHING Ron D.,
this BUFFOON DonnieDOTARD will jump right at the chance to bask in the presence of FRAUDNews LOW-T WEIRDOS the likes of David WEIRD and Lester DOLT and then will end up performing their lil marionette dance the EXACT same way they were able to twirl this little DUMMY between their fingers like what they did during the last DISASTROUS DEBATE!
And this PATHETIC DUMMY BUFFOON won’t even realize it until IT IS ALL OVER!
Me, thanks for enlightening us about the deleterious effects of mixing psychoactive compounds and Trump Derangement Syndrome. YIKES
Lol! Show me on the doll where Trump hurt you, pansy ass. Maybe some testosterone therapy will balance out your hurt feelings…, but I doubt it.
Hey Mitt, is that you? Disguising yourself under the pseudonym “me”? Not as profound as “Pierre Dillecto “. Maybe it’s “W”. 2 letters and 1 syllable is more in line with that particular intellect.
You bet your sweet utt. Now we will hear the truth. No more investigating the Federal government by the Federal government. Its like Barney Fife investigating Sherriff Taylor!