Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the man who allegedly tried to assassinate him as he golfed Sunday was motivated by the “rhetoric” of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“He believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,” the Republican presidential nominee, 78, told Fox News.
“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out.”
Trump cited suspect Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, using nearly identical language to Biden and Harris about the ex-president posing a threat to American democracy if he retakes the White House.
Routh was discovered hiding in the bushes near Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course as Trump played a round. Authorities discovered a tactical rifle, a scope and a GoPro camera.
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