Second Assassination Attempt on Trump, DeSantis Calls for State Investigation, Media Blames Trump | Sept. 16

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A second assassination of former President Donald Trump took place on Sunday afternoon. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that his state would be conducting an investigation into the incident rather than just leaving it to federal authorities. Trump blames the rhetoric of the Biden administration for provoking the shooting while the media said that it was Trump’s rhetoric that was to blame. Sen. Josh Hawley released a report highlighting Secret Service failures on the first attempted assassination in Pennsylvania. Relevant Links https://crimeresearch.org/2024/09/new-bureau-of-justice-statistics-crime-data-just-released-violent-crime-rape-robbery-and-aggravated-assault-soaring-under-biden/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda

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0:00.0	A second shooter tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump yesterday.
0:05.0	I'm Elizabeth Mitchell and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, September 16th. For the second time in just over two months a gunman has attempted to
0:25.0	assassinate former President Donald Trump. Well Trump was golfing Sunday at his
0:29.8	course in West Palm Beach Florida authorities said that a man put the muzzle of a rifle
0:34.2	through a chain-link fence around the next hole.
0:36.6	According to Fox News, the man was between 300 and 500 yards from Trump.
0:41.0	When he put his gun through the fence, a secret service agent or agents
0:43.8	opened fire. According to the New York Post, the man had a GoPro camera
0:47.7	hanging on the fence, which likely was intended to be used to record the
0:51.2	shooting on the video. The man fled in a car and was later
0:54.8	pulled over and arrested when someone took a photo of the license plate and
0:58.3	texted it to authorities. Fox News reported. The New York Post citing unnamed law enforcement sources said the alleged
1:05.2	gunman was identified as Ryan Ruth. Ruth bashed Trump in an April 22nd post on X in which he declared
1:12.3	democracy is on the ballot and we cannot
1:14.8	lose. Trump made a social media post shortly after the shooting saying
1:19.3	there were gunshots in my vicinity but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear
1:24.7	it first.
1:25.7	I am safe and well.
1:26.7	Nothing will slow me down.
1:28.1	I will never surrender.
1:29.5	I will always love you for supporting me.
1:31.6	Unity, peace, make America America great again. That's what
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