'He Believed The Rhetoric': President Trump Blames President Biden, Vice President Harris For Assassination Attempt At Golf Course

Following the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on Sunday at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, the 45th president blamed the rhetoric of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for driving the shooter, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, to carry out an attempted targeting of the so-called "threat to democracy" that is President Trump.

"He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it," Trump explained to Fox News. "Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out." 

President Trump then pointed to recent comments by the alleged "unity" candidates that cast him as a "threat" to the American system of government. "They are the opposite [of unity]. These are people that want to destroy our country," Trump stated. "It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat." 

"They do it with a combination of rhetoric and lawsuits they wrap me up in," Trump said. "These are the things that dangerous fools, like the shooter, listen to — that is the rhetoric they listen to, and the same with the first one." After surviving his first assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, the targeting of the president again should be a major concern for the Secret Service.

The gunman was able to get within a few hundred yards of President Trump's location with an AK-47-style rifle, a GoPro camera, and two backpacks. He was confronted by the Secret Service when one of the agents who was scouting the golf course saw the barrel of the weapon pointing out of a chain-link fence. Routh fled the scene after agents opened fire about 300 to 500 yards away from Trump, who was playing a round of golf at the time. A witness photographed Routh's black Nissan license plate as he fled. The suspect was apprehended by authorities about 50 miles away, traveling north on I-95. According to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, the witness who saw Routh escape from the bushes later identified him.

"I would like to thank everyone for your concern and well wishes - It was certainly an interesting day!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Most importantly, I want to thank the U.S. Secret Service, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and his Office of brave and dedicated Patriots, and, all of Law Enforcement, for the incredible job done today at Trump International in keeping me, as the 45th President of the United States, and the Republican Nominee in the upcoming Presidential Election, SAFE. THE JOB DONE WAS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!"

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