Former President Donald J. Trump was defiant after a second assassination attempt in two months was foiled, telling the American people that “I will never surrender” after the Sunday afternoon incident at his South Florida golf club.
Unlike the previous failed attempt at a Pennsylvania rally in July, this time the Secret Service was on the ball, opening fire on the would-be assassin when they spotted the muzzle of his gun poking through a fence a few holes away from Trump, chasing him from the premises before the could pull the trigger.
“There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I am safe and well,” the GOP nominee said in a statement after the incident. “Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER. I will always love you for supporting me.”
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) September 15, 2024
“Unity. Peace. Make America Great Again. May god bless you,” he added.
The second attempt to kill Trump comes as the hatemongers in the media have dialed their rhetoric up to ten after last week’s debate with Democrat nominee Kamala Harris when he brought up the reports of Haitian migrants eating cats in Springfield, OH, remarks that drew nati0nal attention to the disaster that the “border czar” and her boss have brought to the midwestern town, and that she will bring to others if she ends up sitting behind the Resolute desk.
Trump’s enemies can’t be encouraged by his continued defiance which serves as an inspiration to Americans in these dark times, and the former president showed the steel in his spine in remarks to Sean Hannity after the alleged shooter, 58-year-old, Ryan Routh wrecked his afternoon game of golf, telling the Fox News host “I really wanted to finish the hole.”
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“The first thing the president did when he got back to the clubhouse was make sure that everybody else was okay. He didn’t see his golf partner with him,” Hannity said during the conservative network’s coverage of the failed assassination. “Where’s Steve, where’s Steve, where’s Steve? And then Steve says, I’m right here, he got in maybe a few minutes behind the president. The Secret Service was able to get everybody to safety, everybody else was taken off the golf course.”
“Then when the president found out everybody was safe and nobody had been harmed, I guess in typical ‘fight, fight, fight’ fashion, Trump said to Steve, and then he related to me, ‘ahh I really wanted to finish the hole, I was even and I had a birdie putt,” he continued. “It was on the fifth, it was on the fifth hole, which shows a lot of, I think, guts and gumption and very Trumpian, I guess, in every way.”
“I would like to thank everyone for your concern and well wishes – It was certainly an interesting day! 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!” Trump said in a Sunday night post to Truth Social.
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