Politico received a letter from Ryan Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate Trump at a Florida golf course in September. Today, they published an article about the letter the framing of which is all about whether Trump was right to blame Biden and Harris for motivating him. It’s a very odd take, almost as if the author is still looking to deflect blame from Democrats. Here’s the opening paragraph.
The day after the second attempt on his life this year, Donald Trump blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. “Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at,” Trump said. His running mate, JD Vance, also blamed Harris and other Democrats, and the question of what motivated the alleged would-be assassin, Ryan Routh, remained a hot topic heading into Election Day.
Author Ankush Khardori says the letter was eventually shown to have been written by Routh. It was also…
