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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 163 points 1 month ago

Seems like he voted and supported for Trump, got disappointed by Trump, listened to Trump's and Republicans' call for political violence to solve political problems.

And here we are, leopards are now eating their faces.

[-] MrTomS@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

According to NC voter rolls he did not vote in 2016 or 2020. Voted in the Democratic primary in March but social media post were all over the place. Unwell mind

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016.

“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 retarded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

So he's a jaded Trump voter. See this is what I had expected the first one to be, but it turns out he just hated politicians and picked the first idiot that showed up in his town. That idiot just so happened to be the orange one. This crazy person actually had buyers remorse and... uh... wanted a refund or something? Anyway he's a loser and a failure now, just like Trump. So now at least they have that in common.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

listened to Trump’s and Republicans’ call for political violence to solve political problems.

seems like he's had a violent/criminal streak going back decades. not sure you can really tie this to trump.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Giving habitually violent repeat offenders more reasons to be violent is always an issue.

Manson didn't go to jail for murdering anyone. Manson went to jail because he conspired and convinced other people to murder for him.

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Routh remains listed an active unaffiliated voter in North Carolina, according The News & Observer, a McClatchy publication in North Carolina. As unaffiliated voters can choose which primary they want to vote in the state, Routh voted in the Democratic primary when he cast a ballot this spring.

Was he a Trump supporter?

Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016. “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 retarded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 month ago

How are these shooters getting so close to a former president? Did Trump pick his Secret Service detail personally and end up with the protection detail equivalent of the Bad News Bears?

[-] BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

First a former president rarely is so public. I don't know where any other president's houses are...other than bidens since I love in Delaware.

Second, Trump has made enemies his whole life.

Last, he won't shut up. Which makes more enemies

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

GWB retired to his ranch in Texas. I THINK Obama opted to stay in DC until his daughter finished school. No idea if that has finished. I think Clinton is in NY?

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

secret service really can't just shut everything down when he shows up for a golf or something. Especially for his routine and daily life. It sounds like the guy was standing around a public right of way along the perimeter of the golf course.

my understanding is the agents sweep the next hole ahead of trump getting there, and that's when he was noticed. (I assume control both that, the hole trump is on, and the previous, to keep anyone from coming up behind,)

the thing I don't understand is how somebody would be just chilling with a rifle out in plain sight like that. Even the PA guy knew to keep the rifle tucked away before it was time, right?

[-] resin85@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Florida (desantis) recently enacted concealed carry, so I'll be curious to see what law this nut actually broke.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

running from secret service agents (that are shooting at you.)

"resisting arrest"

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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Trump is only entitled to ex-President and candidate protection. It's a lower tier of protection with fewer resources expended.

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[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

When you're as big an asshole as Trump, it's not really motivating for anyone around you to do more than half-ass it.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

The first one was clearly a miscommunication leaving a gap. Someone needed to be fired over that.

Unless there is more since the press conference, this one seems to have been well handled. There is no way to secure an entire golf course, unless Trump was willing to goto Camp David so they covered around him and ahead of him. Last I heard, the guy never had an opportunity to shoot. An agent clearing ahead of Trump spotted the shooter and laid down suppressing fire making the guy run

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 31 points 1 month ago

“...are you retarded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

hahahaa

[-] roofTophopper@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

I got curious and did a stupid thing of checking on a certain sub. There must be 15 or so posts about this, quickly trying to point out all the reasons that it couldn't be one of their own.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

I guess the NYTimes interviewed home back in 2023?

Did he volunteer to fight in Ukraine war?

In 2023, Routh told the New York Times he spent several months in Ukraine amid the war with Russia. He also said he had tried recruiting Afghan soldiers who opposed the Taliban to fight in Ukraine.

Gift link to the NYTimes article

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

A fucking spook cut-out trafficking mercenaries from Afghanistan to Ukraine goes rogue and takes a pot shot at a presidential candidate?

This is going to give conspiracy nuts a hard on for the next five years, easy. What are the odds Jack Ruby plugs him a few times in the gut on national camera before the end of next week?

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

He seems more like an independent nutter who suffers from mania than any kind of an actual spook.

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[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago

A fucking spook cut-out trafficking mercenaries from Afghanistan to Ukraine

Or just another one of the oddballs, liars and sociopaths who are the focus of the article.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's a fucking Tom Clancy novel.

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[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

You have $100 and get to bet it on, is the shooter a:

A) drag queen

B) immigrant

C) republican

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Trick question? he seemingly switched to a D after voting for Trump in 2016.

[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

From his social media he was supporting Tulsi Gabbard and then later Nikki Haley.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers. Also...he voted for tRump in 2016.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

Just like the OTHER Assassinator these are CLEARLY Democrats as Demonstrated by ONE small piece of Evidence in a Sea of Right Wing Krazy!

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

Routh, according to the New York Post and archives of his X account, said he voted for Trump in 2016.

“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 retarded; I will be glad when you gone,” Routh posted.

I wish more of his supporters were able to see the light.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Another data point in favor of the Novikov self-consistency principle?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

More just feels like the US is filling up with people who want to go out in a blaze of glory taking shots at celebrities.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You would need to know an original outcome of an event to apply the Novikov self-consistency principle. Otherwise how do you know this wasn't always what happened?

[-] ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Care to expand a bit, please? This is entirely new to me, I just read the Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novikov_self-consistency_principle

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Think about the standard answers to what people would do if they had a time machine.

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