It was horror. I mean this is such a terrible thing to happen twice in our country in a

relatively short period of time and it's frightening to see violence being threatened

and used in a you know political campaign. I worry about threats. I worry about what's being said online about many

many people not just as a former president and he should be doing, if he were really a leader, he should be doing what he can to calm the waters, not try to just continue to throw, you know, the water Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemning the apparent assassination

attempt on former President Trump and also reacting to Trump placing the

blame for the attack on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We'll get the latest on the suspect. President from Springfield, Ohio, as more threats fueled by lies from the former president

and his running mate forced schools to shut down

for a third day.

Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe.

It is Tuesday, September 17th, along with Joe,

Willie and me.

We have the host of Way Too Early, White House

Pio Chief at Politico, Jonathan LeMere, and MS NBC contributor

Mike Barnacle is with us.

And we begin this morning with the latest developments surrounding the apparent assassination

attempt against Donald Trump.

According to the federal criminal complaint, the suspect 58 year old Ryan Ruth was in the area of Trump's West Palm Beach Golf Course for about 12

hours before the Secret Service spotted him on Sunday and they opened fire on him.

Authorities say Ruth did not fire a shot, nor did he have a clear line of sight to shoot

Trump, not at all.

There was misinformation as soon as this news broke and it became clear pretty quickly that there was this

misinformation that you know reports that Trump had been shot at reports in secret service knew the

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