Suspect did not fire shots and never had sight of Trump, says Secret Service chief

Ronald Rowe Jr, acting director of the Secret Service, said that once an agent detected the suspect in the second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump armed with a rifle, he discharged his firearm before the suspect fled.
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'He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent,' Rowe said. 'With reports of gunfire, the former president’s close protection detail immediately evacuated the president to a safe location.' Rowe also told reporters that Trump was 'out of sight of the gunman' during his unscheduled visit to the golf club
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[@dogpoofairy2517]

Yes, Harris and Biden certainly incited it with their deranged rhetoric.

[@spudspuddy]

NEWS JUST IN !!!! KAMALA SAFE AFTER SURVIVING ATTEMPTED INTERVIEW

[@bootzart9867]

The only reason he didn't have line of sight was because he was a hole ahead of Trump. If he had not been sighted by the USSS officer then things could have been very different.

[@spudspuddy]

KAMALA SAFE AFTER SURVIVING ATTEMPTED INTERVIEW

[@nrdify]

@@spudspuddy Kamala did just fine after last week's debate. Trump needed a distraction from his horrible debate performance, and now the media is talking about this assassination attempt.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Some splendid tin foil hats in the comments.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

Yes, the Blue Anon brigade believing that he wasn't there to take out Trump.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

@Free.Britney he was hiding in a Bush, so maybe he was hunting greenfly. I'm sure Trump being a few hundred yards away was just a coincidence.

[@spudspuddy]

both men were in blackrock commercials, don't need a foil hat to watch the commercials they are on youtube...but thanks for your comment Kameltoe

[@lindahutto7372]

They need to FIRE this SO_. He needs to be replaced

[@tyl8ter]

Apparently both the first gunman Crooks and second gunman Routh were in BlackRock commercials????

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

FakeBook or ThickTok?

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

@@NoWindNoSunNoPower Blackrock commercials. Try and keep up.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@JayBee-cr8jm Your information source? Fakebook or Thicktok?

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

@@JayBee-cr8jmtheir question was pretty clear, do try and reach a normal level of comprehension just once before falling behind.

[@Free.Britney]

Makes sense considering his obsession with the Ukraine.

[@jeremiaherickson9]

So it's not an assassination attempt.

[@spudspuddy]

no, it was just a bloke with a gun sitting in a hedge for 12 hours...nothing to see here folks

[@multioptioned]

Just another armed American in the vicinity. Charged with possession of an illegal weapon. Hmm, if he could legally own a gun what would he be charged with? 😮 Loitering? 😂

[@ts.elliot5870]

No one saw him outside the golf course for 12 hours? Where were the local cops?

[@fo6rf7rl4u]

So why did Trump decide to have an off the record movement on a golf course?

[@cscleghorn]

For security maybe 😂

[@AdrianColley]

Because he wasn't in jail.

[@oldschool1993]

FBI press conference- Agent 1- " We are here to inform you that the suspect committed suicide in his cell at 10:00 AM this morning" Agent 2- " Sorry that was a mis-speak- his suicide will be at 10 PM tonight"

[@mikec.134]

This was not an "assasination attempt". It's a political ruse.

[@user-jq2jp7cn3f]

I'm sure your TDS is in the way of rational thinking

[@ckgoogl]

He was showing support for the NRA.

[@spudspuddy]

no, it was just a bloke with a gun sitting in a hedge for 12 hours...nothing to see here folks

[@jamestramel4046]

​@@ckgooglNRA members don't miss.

[@iorn9814]

So basically he wasn’t in danger

[@Free.Britney]

Only because his security actually did their job this time & stopped the shooter.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

Do you have any other theories? Why was he there genius?

[@spudspuddy]

no, it was just a bloke with a gun sitting in a hedge for 12 hours...nothing to see here folks

[@CuttinBlade]

An assassination attempt with no assassination or an attempt of assassination?

[@cscleghorn]

What else would a person, on a golf course, hiding in the bushes, with a gun where the former President is golfing be doing if he wasn’t attempting to assassinate the former president?

[@dogpoofairy2517]

So what's your theory as to why he was there? I can't wait to hear this.

[@cscleghorn]

@@dogpoofairy2517 why who was there?

[@nrdify]

Exactly. It's clearly a very slow news day and the media has nothing better to talk about.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

@@CuttinBlade I think it's funny that people with TDS want this swept under the carpet ASAP, just like with July 13th. Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. The attempts on Trump's life are an attack on democracy when you take into account they're incited by Democrats. Even if it's not intentionally, which I think is unlikely.

[@mikewelsh5458]

Now who believes this guy?

[@Martin-lt9tf]

Certainly not the geniuses who believe DonOLD the convict 😁

[@2011Azure]

Apparently tens of millions with less than average mental acuity. That's a LOT !

[@spudspuddy]

so he just sat in the bushes for 12 hours 🤔

[@perkins1439]

Well you should let him go then that would be par for the course with you guys TDS

[@Pete_YT]

Nothing in this report said “never had sight on Trump”. Why did the Guardian add that to the title of the video??

[@tomato-v8x]

“the subject who did not have line of sight on the former president fled the scene. he did not fire or get off any shots.” time to go back to elementary school bud. learn to listen

[@tinay9491]

Duh

[@cscleghorn]

What else would a person, on a golf course, hiding in the bushes, with a gun where the former President is golfing be doing if he wasn’t attempting to assassinate the former president?

[@dogpoofairy2517]

@@Pete_YT The Guardian also called the violent and destructive BLM riots mostly peaceful protests.

[@EverEdenAuthor]

So? The guy was there and should not have been lol This is cope because they failed their jobs. Again.

[@jeffp3517]

Please let me know how he knew Trump would be at that time.

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

Well, he’s always on the golf course!

[@lowkimtian6511]

He will say fight fight fight,,

[@NhojYelgib4547-n6u]

​@@KZbinmessedupmyhandleand Biden is always on vacation or on a sandy beach 😅😅

[@davecarlson5732]

There is a mole in the secret service

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

@@davecarlson5732 or he goes golfing every Sunday

[@Handcraftedrock]

This will not be an easy case. You can not really charge him with much. Make sure he is not on a street for a while, at least.

[@user-wt8ow4fo4t]

All the entities were present but you to identify the man except through a civilian who took pictures of the man

[@PutALidOnIt7777]

His weapon of mass destruction was leaning on the private property of President Trump.

[@bobbybob3865]

Donald Trump will still find a way to make money from this incident.

[@user-wm3re7xn6y]

Trump Set this BS up cause he lost the debate 😅

[@anitaevans5361]

Yep, sus45 at his attention seeking attempts again

[@YutaBLv]

You lost your meds

[@BigJim-wj4xr]

bot

[@Free.Britney]

LOL Be Kind 😁. Trump has broken what passed for your minds

[@marthacartwwright9976]

Trump couldn't be more obvious in that so called attempt on his life.

[@gafls3151]

Think of all the American taxpayer dollars being spent for the security of a person who is creating his own endangerment. 🤨

[@brianmclaughlin4419]

Think of how far out in the Wasteland your Brain is.

[@NhojYelgib4547-n6u]

You have a slight case of TDS😅😅

[@chadtz]

Are you really trying to justify this? TDS is a powerful thing.

[@brianmclaughlin4419]

@@chadtz TDS is an exclusively Marxist/Leftist Disease.

[@cleonwilliams1803]

The secret service admitted they failed to do a premiter sweep basic function of security premiter failure again.

[@Corinne-nc4fj]

So what was that "pop pop pop" they are talking about

[@rosecrystal3947]

I dont trust this rowe fellow!

[@karenbyrd795]

Don’t believe anything regarding DonOld 😮

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

I'm still waiting for the black one to make my health insurance affordable. He still hasn't done that yet.

[@CuttinBlade]

​@@JayBee-cr8jmactually you can blame your state for not opting into the federal program.

[@CuttinBlade]

​@@JayBee-cr8jmwhich liar coward taught you that? Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson?

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

@@CuttinBlade My state did opt in. I still can't afford it.

[@rubydown3329]

​@@JayBee-cr8jmsounds like you gotta pick yourself up by the bootstraps and stop making excuses ❄️

[@RedStatesPovertyWatch]

For more than seventy years, Democratic-led states consistently pay more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending. 7 of the top 10 states that rely the most on federal spending? The Republican-led states of Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Montana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

[@lynxon9939]

Guess whos the commies in their eyes

[@tomuchfortwo]

Sounds like the shooters defense attorney not the SS Chief.

[@digitalwolf7628]

Ya he was too busy running away when he got shot at. Can you imagine how much help he would have been to Ukraine when he was trying to volunteer to be in that mess.

[@lw4190]

Not this guy again.

[@blondie1850]

I heard trump say they heard shots

[@chadtz]

It was the secret service firing at the failed assassin. He said that right after he said he heard shots.

[@markmcalexander-r7r]

THIS GUY SHOULD BE FIRED HE IS CROOKED AF

[@ts.elliot5870]

If we would have put trump in jail, as he deserves, neither attempt would have happened.

[@lilibethbreault5511]

You and Biden and the rest of your demonscrats friends need to go to Ukrain and live there

[@petruflorintofoleanu5865]

CARTOON 😂😂😂😂

[@djoys7738]

Any takers....

[@simoncambridge5130]

Trump said there were gun shots & he and his security had to move pretty quickly into the go carts 😏 So who's lying here 😏 Trump or FBI? Answers please 😏

[@chadtz]

He said there were gun shots but it ended up being the secret service firing at the guy in the bushes. So no one is lying.

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Probably Trump.

[@markiowa5437]

Why would this Secret Service Chief make these comments so soon after this and totally end any chance of prosecution? It took days and weeks to answer questions after the first shooting- how can he have these answers released so quickly? This chief did a great job of defending the would-be assassin. FIRE HIM NOW. Plus, he's a horrible public speaker- dude looks sketchy and behaves sketchy. Replace the Secret Service with Special forces, Marines, Navy, Army- etc. NOW.

[@maryloubrown8739]

BULL ROAR

[@convertakill2max]

Ok then why did they say they heard shots fired

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Shots were heard when one of the agents opened fire.

[@tomato-v8x]

It’s almost like the secret service fired the shots… hence shots were fired… unless the secret service has a magical gun that makes no noise

[@PageTheRageTV]

ok so a suspect of assassination DID NOT SHOOT and DID NOT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY... So they got the wrong guy 🤷‍♂

[@spudspuddy]

no, it was just a bloke with a gun sitting in a hedge for 12 hours...nothing to see here folks

[@multioptioned]

That's why he's not charged with "attempted assassination", only illegal gun possession. 😮

[@WillWonkeyTertel]

But originally they had said they had heard shots? 🤔 Which is it?

[@rebeccaenlow7395]

The secret service fired the shots.

[@missmarya747]

yes from their own ss guns🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BatMan-vw2mc]

Damage control

[@chrissupport]

The Secret Service did well to see this threat in the bushes.

[@tigranohanyan3321]

Why this SS chief is not fired yet. What a shame.

[@AdrianColley]

Fired for succeeding at intercepting the threat before his protectee was put in danger? Isn't that doing his job well?

[@Mike_5]

The point that is being missed here and swept under the carpet by the Secret Service is that Trump is a terrible Golfer and has been known to use a Sand Iron on the Fairway which is outrageous behaviour

[@clown0123456789]

Yeah, believe the ones who were suppose to protect him from the 1st attempt

[@aggie9067]

I agree! The same agency that destroyed the evidence in Butler, Pen. This agency doesn't have a credibility anymore like the FBI.

[@jn5193]

FBI lying

[@cscleghorn]

So many people in the comments saying this is not an assassination attempt 🤣. What else would a person, on a golf course, hiding in the bushes, with a gun where the former President is golfing be doing if he wasn’t attempting to assassinate the former president?

[@Free.Britney]

⁠@@mikespg 👈 It is when it is leaning on a fence near the former President of the US.

[@Free.Britney]

@@mikespg 👈 What difference does that make? If he posed a threat to the former President, he needed to be made safe.

[@dogpoofairy2517]

​@mikespg why do you think he was there then? Any brilliant theories?

[@chadtz]

@@mikespgthe TDS is strong with this one. Really? Have you abandoned all common sense?

[@mikespg]

@@chadtz The alphabet agencies and media etc are corrupt, we will never know the truth whether it was an assassination attempt or not.

[@TomZart]

MURDEROUS HAND OF MAN ? What distinguishes hate isn't death But that man is slain by fellow man. Crushed by cruelty and injustice With his enemy's murderous hand. If Lincoln were alive and well And spoke of troubles we face today. I wonder what he might faithfully suggest And would we heed to anything he would say? Whomever wins the final vote cast We pray they succeed to restore America’s glory. The time has come for all to rise up to achieve As freedom, love and commitment become our story. By Tom Zart Most Published Poet On The Web!

[@philmaurischat3880]

He was sitting there, with a rifle, for 12 hours though.

[@jackspring7709]

The 3 letter agencies back on TV to talk about how great their latest failure to secure the vicinity was.

[@AdrianColley]

But... they did secure the vicinity. That's why the guy ran.

[@robertbrown9874]

If these facts are true then it wasn't an assassination attempt but just a creepy stake or something different all together.

[@MarionHale-wz7ux]

Here we go…yet another Trump drama..to get attention and say POOR ME POOR ME