Ryan Routh, the suspect in the latest attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, has donated to Democratic Party funding platform ActBlue at least 19 times, per Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The string of small donations, starting in 2019, total over $140.
Reports suggest Routh made it within around 300 yards of the America First leader with a scoped AK-47-style rifle—and a GoPro video camera—before U.S. Secret Service (USSS) agents spotted him taking aim from some bushes. The AK-47’s effective range is around 380 yards, meaning that the USSS may have once again put the former president in a situation where only the incompetence of his attempted killer saved his life.
USSS agents opened fire on Routh but did not hit him, and he was able to flee the scene, getting into a black car and making his escape. It was the Martin County Sheriff’s Office that eventually took Routh into custody after receiving a picture of the getaway vehicle taken by an eyewitness.
