Blackwater founder TORCHES Secret Service for second Trump shooting: 'The definition of insanity'



Last Sunday, we saw another attempt on Donald Trump’s life — this time at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former president was enjoying a last-minute game of golf.

As the Secret Service was scouting the area a few holes ahead of Trump, one eagle-eyed agent noticed the barrel of a rifle sticking out of the bushes. The agent fired, and the suspected gunman, a man named Ryan Wesley Routh, fled in his SUV but was detained shortly after. He remains in custody.

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of Blackwater Erik Prince joins Jill Savage and the “Blaze News Tonight” panel to shed light on what he deems another catastrophic failure on the part of the Secret Service.

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“It happened again because nothing has changed,” says Prince.

Not only has “[nobody] been fired from the Secret Service,” but the left’s “rhetoric” has also remained the same.

“The apocryphal claims that Donald Trump is Hitler and that he must be eliminated; he must be stopped at all costs; that he's a threat to democracy — that opens the intellectual can of worms for every left-wing screwball to say, ‘I'm going to be the savior of the left, and I'm gonna kill Donald Trump,”’ says Prince, adding that “that’s exactly what [Routh] was doing.”

“He went from being the savior of Afghan refugees to the hero of Ukraine … and he took on this last crusade” because “he was supercharged by the left’s vile rhetoric,” he explains.

Further, “the Secret Service has done nothing different since Butler, Pennsylvania,” which Prince says is a prime example of “the definition of insanity” — “to do the same thing again and again and expect a different result.”

This is why he argues that Florida law enforcement should head the investigation instead of the feds.

“The state of Florida must take the lead in this investigation; don't turn him over to the feds; keep his electronics. Sure, the feds can interview him, but let state law enforcement be present, because I don't have any confidence in the FBI Miami office to do this investigation,” Prince told Jill.

“The special agent in charge there, before he was nominated to that post, had to scrub, had to delete his social media history because he was so vilely anti-Trump, and this is the same FBI office that did the bogus raid on Mar-a-Lago on this documents case, so if you think he's going to do an honest job at digging into leftist conspiracy to kill President Trump, no way,” he continues. “The state of Florida must step up and do their part.”

“Do you really believe that [Routh] was there in that place at that time by accident, or was he tipped off? Was he tipped off by the Secret Service, by HSI local law enforcement? Or is there a mole inside of the Trump White House or the Trump administration?” asks investigative journalist and Blaze Media correspondent Steve Baker.

To hear Prince’s response, watch the clip above.

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Rachel Vindman deletes offensive tweet mocking Trump golf shooting after defiantly saying she would leave it up



Outspoken liberal Rachel Vindman backtracked on deleting a post on social media mocking former President Donald Trump over the second assassination attempt.

Vindman, the wife of Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, diminished the alleged attempt on the former president's life on Sunday at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon,” she posted on the X platform.

She was immediately assailed for the insensitive message but defiantly responded that she would not take down the tweet.

“Sorry you’re triggered. I mean no I’m not. I don’t care a little bit,” she posted later. “Trump has been inciting violence against his enemies for years. He douses a situation in gasoline, lights a match, & walks away claiming no responsibility."

But after a torrent of criticism, she decided to delete the message.

"I have deleted my tweet. It was flippant & political violence is a serious issue. Whether it’s aimed at a former president, the media, immigrants, or political 'enemies' & every incident should be addressed appropriately if we want to change the tenor of our political discourse," she explained.

"I have sat awake many nights wondering who might be outside. I have known the instant fear of receiving an unknown package or letter. I have had my child ask me if we were safe and if someone was going to hurt our family," she continued.

"With social media it’s easy to say the wrong thing and then walk away, but if words matter for some they should matter for all," she concluded. "I don’t always get it right the first time. I’m grateful to all who have supported us throughout the past five years."

Among those critical of her mocking tweet was Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president.

"These people are f***ing demented," he responded.

Rachel Vindman deleted a tweet in 2022 trying to mock Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis because she inadvertently offended transgender people.

Moments after the shooting, the Trump campaign confirmed that the former president was unharmed. A suspect in the shooting was captured by police after a witness tipped them off with a description of the alleged shooter and his vehicle.

Online sleuths discovered an extensive digital footprint that appeared to belong to the man and described the poster as a left-wing activist.

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