The presidential campaign between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continues this Monday, August 16, under the sign of violence, the day after a second alleged assassination attempt against the Republican candidate. The latter affirmed to Fox News that the suspect “adheres to Biden and Harris’ rhetoric and acts accordingly.” “Their rhetoric is getting me shot,” the former US president denounced. “These are people who want to destroy our country. […] “They represent the real threat,” the billionaire said.
On Sunday, Joe Biden called for “more help” for the Secret Service, the elite police force responsible for protecting high-profile political figures, which he said needed “more personnel.” The Democratic president, who said that “thank God (Donald Trump) was doing well,” called on Congress to meet these additional needs on Monday during a brief exchange with the press at the White House.
Pro-Ukrainian American Arrested
Donald Trump, who has said he is “safe and sound,” was on his golf course early Sunday afternoon when “shots” were fired “nearby,” according to his campaign. The arrest Sunday of a man armed with an AK-47 rifle who had been loitering on Donald Trump’s golf course in Florida came as new bomb threats were pouring in the same day in Springfield, Ohio, a small Midwestern city at the heart of Republican-led conspiracies against immigrants.
The American media have named a pro-Ukrainian American, Ryan Wesley Routh, whom AFP interviewed in 2022 in kyiv where he had gone to support the Ukrainian people, as the author of this alleged assassination attempt. He was charged on Monday with illegal possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number. With about fifty days to go before the November 5 election, the campaign is already unprecedented in the history of American democracy.