The Sconi

Charles Rickert, Catholic Vote's regional field director for Wisconsin, said the Democrat party's "unapologetic" attitude about political violence is "unbelievable" after a second assassination attempt was made against Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump. 

"It is unbelievable how unapologetic Democrats have become regarding political violence," Rickert told The Sconi. "If a presidential candidate in any other country was the target of two assassination attempts in two months, we would worry about that country."

"Democrats have been vocal about preventing President Trump from being elected by any means necessary," he said. "President Trump received over 74 million votes in 2020 and is arguably even more popular in 2024."

On Sunday, September 15, an armed gunman waited in the bushes on the golf course in West Palm Beach, preparing to shoot President Trump as he played a round of golf.

The gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, pointed his gun through a fence off of the sixth hole and was spotted by secret service while Trump was still on the fifth hole. The Secret Service member fired at Routh, causing him to flee the scene. Routh was arrested 45 miles away on I-95. 

This was the second attempted assassination of President Trump in the past two months, the first having happened during a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The President's ear was grazed by the bullet before he was rushed off stage otherwise unharmed. The shooter, twenty-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot by law enforcement. One Pennsylvania resident, Corey Comperatore, was killed. 

Trump and many others who support him, have attributed the assassination attempts on the “rhetoric” and “lies” from Kamala Harris and her allies. 

“Thankfully, the would-be assassin was stopped by the heroic action of law enforcement – but make no mistake,” said the Trump Campaign in a statement. “This psycho was egged on by the rhetoric and lies that have flowed from Kamala Harris, Democrats, and their fake News allies for years. Democrats used increasingly incendiary rhetoric against President Trump in the days, weeks, and months leading up to the two assassination attempts.”

There are numerous examples of the dangerous rhetoric used by Trump’s political opponents.   

“It is just unquestionable at this point that man cannot see public office again. He is not only unfit, he is destructive to our democracy, and he has to be eliminated,” said Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) in an interview.