The person arrested at Trump Worldwide Golf Membership in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on Sunday afternoon prolifically posted on social media about world occasions and politics, and had at the least 100 run-ins with police, public information present.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after allegedly pushing the muzzle of an AK-47 by the chainlink fence exterior of the place Trump was {golfing}. Trump was not injured in the course of the incident, and was safely escorted away from the world, officers and the marketing campaign reported Sunday.
Ryan Routh is accused of aiming an AK-47 at former President Trump whereas he was {golfing} at his course in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on Sunday. It’s being investigated as a second assassination try on Trump. (Obtained by Fox Information Digital)
Routh presently resides in Hawaii, after spending the vast majority of his life in North Carolina, the place he labored building, together with proudly owning an organization referred to as United Roofing, a background examine carried out by Fox Digital reveals.
Fox Information Digital poured by the suspect’s alleged social media accounts Sunday afternoon, and located he prolifically posted about Trump, the conflict in Ukraine, the 2020 election and different world occasions.
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Sheriff autos are pictured close to Trump Worldwide Golf Membership, Sunday. Sept. 15, 2024, in West Palm Seaside, Fla., after gunshots have been reported within the neighborhood of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump. (Peter Burke/Fox Information Digital)
“I feel lucky to have been born in America, with freedom and opportunity and hope that I do not waste such a valuable thing; to do more and take less,” Routh’s obvious X account biography declares.
In 2020, in the course of the presidential major, the X account stated: “I was not supporting Bernie, but now I am; as sleepy Joe stands for nothing; no plans, no ideas, just as limp as hillary. Bernie…….give them hell…..fight to the death…”
The account additionally weighed in on Trump’s assassination try in July, calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to go to with these injured on the Pennsylvania Trump rally, as a result of “Trump will never do anything for them.”
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“You and Biden should visit the injured people in the hospital from the Trump rally and attend the funeral of the murdered fireman. Trump will never do anything for them….show the world what compassion and humanity is all about,” he stated in a reply message to Harris’ account on July 17.
“You should visit the victims in the hospital of the trump rally victims and attend the funeral of the fireman that died; Trump certainly never would. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT REAL LEADERS DO,” he wrote in one other X reply to President Biden.
In one other X put up printed on April 22, Routh appeared to cite a generally used phrase by the Harris marketing campaign, declaring: “DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.”
“Your campaign should be called something like KADAF. Keep America democratic and free. Trumps should be MASA …make Americans slaves again master. DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose. We cannot afford to fail. The world is counting on us to show the way,” the account posted forward of Biden dropping out of the race in July and Harris ascending to the highest of the Democratic ticket.
Sheriff autos are pictured close to Trump Worldwide Golf Membership, Sunday. Sept. 15, 2024, in West Palm Seaside, Fla., after gunshots have been reported within the neighborhood of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump. (Peter Burke/Fox Information Digital)
The X account showing to belong to Routh additionally stated that Trump was his “choice” in 2016, earlier than utterly backtracking in the course of the 2020 election.
“While you were my choice in 2106, 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 retar—; I will be glad when you gone,” he posted on June 11, 2020.
The X account showing to belong to Routh additionally repeatedly issued messages associated to the conflict in Ukraine, posting to X that he was able to fly to Ukraine to combat Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I am flying to Ukraine to fight. We need to launch a media campaign to encourage every human around the globe to meet in Ukraine and join in the fight. We need hundreds of thousands of civilians to make the cost of war high for putin and a flood of fighters,” he posted on Feb. 17, 2022.
Following repeated messages declaring his intention to combat on behalf of Ukraine, he posted in April that he was in Kyiv.
“I am here in kyiv and want to use Independence Park to create a tent city of all the foreigners here in support to get thousands more foreign civilians to come and support Ukraine,” the account posted.
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The New York Occasions printed an article, “Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker,” final yr that additionally quoted a person named Ryan Routh, describing him as a former building employee from North Carolina who traveled to Ukraine.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Linda Ronstadt Music Corridor on Thursday, in Tucson, Arizona. (AP Photograph/Ross D. Franklin)
Routh, the outlet reported, was in search of Afghan soldier recruits who fled the Taliban to combat in Ukraine. “Mr. Routh, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from Pakistan and Iran to Ukraine. He said dozens had expressed interest,” the outlet reported.
“We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan, since it’s such a corrupt country,” he advised the New York Occasions in an interview final yr.
A background examine reviewed by Fox Information Digital discovered that Ryan Wesley Routh from has had repeated run-ins with legislation enforcement spanning many years in North Carolina.
A majority of the arrests included ones for easy possession, driving with out a license, driving with an expired registration, driving with out insurance coverage.
In 2002, the Greensboro Information & Report reported Ryan Routh was arrested after barricading himself in United Roofing’s workplace in a three-hour standoff.
Routh had been pulled over by police throughout a visitors cease, however put his hand on a gun in the course of the cease, sparking him to drive to United Roofing and barricade himself within the constructing, the outlet reported on the time. He was arrested with out incident after the stand-off.
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He was charged with carrying a hid weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction, resisting, delaying and obstructing a legislation enforcement officer and driving whereas license revoked. State information present he was sentenced to probation within the case.
Background information present Ryan Routh is divorced, and moved to Hawaii from North Carolina round 2017.
A LinkedIn profile showing to belong to Routh particulars that he’s now the proprietor and operator of a building firm referred to as “Camp Box Honolulu,” which is described on the account as an organization that builds “simple economical structures to help address the highest homelessness rate in the United States due to unparalleled gentrification.”
“Having passed along any meager remnants of myself in North Carolina and relocated to Oahu, I currently build very simple housing structures for the less fortunate and pursue a wide range of other creative projects towards developing unique products and devices as well as community improvement projects. I am constantly looking for collaborative opportunities which yield the most public impact for the improvement of our society. I would tremendously enjoy the invitation to join any monumental worthy cause to bring about real change in our world. I am certainly free to relocate to any remote location on the planet that might render the most positive impact, or right around the corner creating something unique and magical,” the LinkedIn web page said.
His earlier firm, United Roofing, earned one star opinions on Yelp, together with a overview in 2016 that stated: “As a military member trying to buy a home before returning from a deployment the proprietor, Ryan Routh, insulted me for trying to buy a house site unseen as many military members do returning from over seas.”
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The arrest Sunday has been described by FBI as “what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”
Routh was allegedly armed with an AK-47 and was in a position to push the muzzle of his gun by the chainlink fence exterior the Florida golf membership, authorities stated. He was positioned about 300 to 500 yards away from Trump. Secret Service noticed Routh and opened fireplace, in keeping with authorities.
Routh fled, however was later stopped by authorities and arrested.
Trump assured supporters and the general public shortly following the incident that he was secure and properly.
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“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!” he posted in a marketing campaign message. “Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER.”
An assassination try towards Trump almost claimed his life in July throughout a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was left with an damage to his ear when pictures rang out on the rally, whereas a rally-goer was fatally shot and two others injured.
