The New York Times devotedly follows the cardinal rule of liberalism—never blame the victim!—at least for officially designated victims of American racism and classism. Slavery, for example, not higher rates of criminal offending, is responsible for blacks’ “unequal involvement in the criminal justice system.” If unwed mothers are poor, the reason lies in heartless welfare rules, not in the decision to have a child out of wedlock.
Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies.
US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign in late June and early July – before Biden dropped out of the race for president.
There is currently no evidence that the hackers received any reply from any recipients.
They just keep trying.
Hillary Clinton has yet another book out, and one of the first publicity stops was a 12-minute softball session on The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday. Late in the interview came a shocking line from Hillary about civilly or criminally charging right-wing “Deplorables” who spread misinformation.
A majority of Democrats say they are either “unsure” if America would be better off if Trump had been murdered over the weekend or flat-out say America would be better off.
This poll of 1,000 registered voters was taken by Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG research, on September 16-17 on behalf of Napolitan News.
When FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Veltri addressed a room of reporters Sunday, he presented himself as a disinterested investigator in the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life. But Veltri was known at the FBI to be “adamantly and vocally anti-Trump,” according to a whistleblower account reported by The Washington Times.
“The FBI has assumed the role as the lead federal law enforcement agency in the investigation,” said Veltri, who is in charge of the FBI Miami Field Office, in the press conference. “We will continue to support this investigation with the full resources of the FBI.”
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”, asked Henry II in 1170, to no one in particular. He was referring to his fractious Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket; in turn, some of Henry’s knights took his remark as their cue to murder the Archbishop.
This is hardly the last time incendiary language has, however indirectly, prompted violence in the real world. Nine centuries on from Henry II, Donald Trump’s characteristically florid turn of phrase has been repeatedly linked to real-world threats to public safety. Then just last week, his repetition of a rumour about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating local pets sparked a media furore — and reported bomb threats in Springfield itself.
Speaking of which …
BREAKING: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is refusing to identify the foreign actors who called in the majority of hoax bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio. This is outrageous. The public has a right to know which foreign nations are meddling in our elections. pic.twitter.com/M61hCg50mn
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 17, 2024
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the State Department, and the FBI were all aware of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Ryan Routh. They knew he was potentially violent and mentally unstable.
It was his time in Ukraine that raised the most warning flags.
Given Routh’s access to Democrat big wigs etc it makes you wonder if he was groomed.
Steve Benen, a former blogger for the Washington Monthly and current producer and contributor to “The Rachel Maddow Show,” thinks the Mar-a-Largo would-be assassin was justified in wanting to take a shot at former president Donald Trump.
Donald Trump was targeted by a shooter for the second time in two months, and, somehow, the former president is the one being blamed for it.
Consider this a forlorn cry for exposition and specificity. Will someone, somewhere, in the name of all that is good and true, tell me what the bloody rules are for determining whether rhetorical bombast counts as mere everyday hyperbole or as the ineluctable prerequisite to political violence? I have looked and looked for a pattern, but, despite having pried up the floorboards and scoured the attic and investigated every last corner of the basement, I can find no standard that I find satisfactory. Surely, there must be more undergirding all this than just Calvinball?
As the investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump enters its second day, a number of questions remain unanswered.
Chiefly, how could suspect Ryan Wesley Routh have known where the Republican candidate would be? And why would he have decided on such a drastic course of action?
The BBC says the latest suspected attempt on the life of Donald Trump is proof that ‘political violence’ is the ‘new norm’ in America. It’s half right. There does seem to be a ‘new normal’ over there, but it’s not some abstract thing called ‘political violence’. It’s not some broad-strokes brutish contempt for all rulers of society. It’s more targeted than that. It has one politician in particular in its crosshairs. If there’s a new normal in America, it would appear to be a new normal of an increasingly militant culture of grievance against the 45th President of the United States, now aspiring to be the 47th: Donald Trump.
NEW: The Trump Campaign drops new ad of Democrat leaders using violent rhetoric against him after the 2nd attempt on his life.
The ad started with Kamala Harris "joking" about k*lling Trump in an elevator.
The ad also featured Madonna, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary… pic.twitter.com/EBR1eqYG1V
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 16, 2024
The hedge fund mogul, Bill Ackman, is urging the chief executive of Disney, Bob Iger, to launch an investigation into a bombshell affidavit, purportedly from a whistleblower inside ABC News, which claims that the network colluded with the Harris campaign to disadvantage President Trump during the debate.
The affidavit is the latest blow to ABC News, which is facing a firestorm of criticism over its handling of last week’s presidential debate. During the debate, moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis aggressively fact checked Trump while not correcting Vice President Harris once, repeatedly steered the debate to topics of strength for Ms. Harris, such as abortion, and pressed Trump about the events of January 6.
There are many questions circulating about the second assassination attempt of Donald Trump in two months. Yet one that will particularly set conspiracy theorists abuzz is whether Ryan Wesley Routh, the alleged suspect in West Palm Beach, made meaningful contact with any foreign governments.
Social media is already lit up with people comparing 58-year-old Routh to Lee Harvey Oswald, who at one point defected to the Soviet Union, met with Soviet officials at the embassy in Mexico shortly before the shooting of President John F. Kennedy, and allegedly mingled with Cuban intelligence. These facts are highly credible, but are often used by less credible members of the tinfoil hat brigade in colourful ways.
President Trump just dropped the RECEIPTS on every single Democrat who has contributed to the hateful rhetoric against him which led to two assassination attempts pic.twitter.com/QEn2wZ7Lvs
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 16, 2024
In the wake of two assassination attempts, the existential “threat to democracy” rhetoric and abject mistruths about President Trump must stop. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7t9OkQF7lx
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) September 16, 2024
Former President Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris’ “rhetoric” is what is causing him to be “shot at,” following the second assassination attempt against him since July, while telling Fox News Digital that the suspected gunman “acted” on “highly inflammatory language” of Democrats.
Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital Monday morning, just a day after he was rushed off of the golf course at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., after the Secret Service discovered a gunman in the bushes.
This guy just gets weirder…
Suspected Trump shooter wrote a book urging Iran to ‘kill’ Trump
‘I must take part of the blame for the retarded child we elected for our next president that ended up being brainless, but I am man enough to say that I misjudged and made a terrible mistake and Iran I apologize,’ he said, after berating the former president for abandoning the nuclear deal with Tehran.
‘You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal.’
h/t XC
Trump Assassination Suspect Is a Felon Barred from Gun Possession
Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old alleged would-be Trump assassin, was charged with felon in possession of a firearm in federal court Monday, just hours after he was arrested in Florida.
ABC 11 reported “prosecutors levied two charges against him: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.”
Here is a picture of Ryan Wesley Routh posing with Biden-Kamala appointee and outspoken Trump hater @chefjoseandres. Pretty bizarre. pic.twitter.com/Jl95twkUVd
— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) September 16, 2024
GOP vice presidential nominee and Ohio Senator JD Vance went on the Regime Media’s Sunday public affairs shows and utterly dismantled them for their lack of coverage of the stress that the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies have placed upon such towns as Springfield, Ohio, until a Trump-adverse angle can be exploited.
