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Dem rep demands Secret Service expand Trump protective perimeter: ‘Unacceptable’

Dem rep demands Secret Service expand Trump protective perimeter: ‘Unacceptable’

A Democratic congressman demanded that the U.S. Secret Service expand the protective perimeter around former President Donald Trump following a second assassination attempt on Sunday.  “Two assassination attempts in 60 days on a former President & the Republican nominee is unacceptable,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., wrote. “The Secret Service must come to Congress tomorrow, tell us what resources are needed to expand the protective perimeter, & lets allocate it in a bipartisan vote the same day.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he was briefed by the acting director of the Secret Service and applauded the Secret Service “for their quick response to ensure former President Trump’s safety.” “There is no place in this country for political violence of any kind,” Schumer wrote. “The perpetrator must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” SUSPECT ‘RYAN ROUTH’ IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TRUMP AT FLORIDA GOLF CLUB House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appeared to reference the assassination attempt on Trump indirectly in a social media post.  “Political violence has no place in a democratic society,” Jeffries wrote.  Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Florida Democrat running against Republican Sen. Rick Scott for his seat in the upper chamber, also appeared to allude to the assassination attempt with a broader message. “Gun violence, and political violence, have no place in our society. PERIOD,” she wrote on X.  Scott, a Trump 2024 campaign surrogate, said he reached out to Trump on Sunday and spoke with Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw about the assassination attempt.  “God bless our law enforcement. The vile rhetoric toward Trump is dangerous and must stop,” Scott wrote.  The FBI said Sunday that it appeared Trump was the subject of another assassination attempt at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, just nine weeks after the July 13 assassination attempt that unfolded during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.  SON OF TRUMP’S ALLEGED WOULD-BE ASSASSIN BREAKS SILENCE AND MORE TOP HEADLINES Authorities say U.S. Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course, roughly 400 yards away.  An agent fired, and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV, leaving the weapon behind along with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro camera, Bradshaw said. The suspect was later stopped by law enforcement in a neighboring county. The incident spawned new questions about Secret Service protective operations after the agency’s admitted failures in preventing the assassination attempt this summer. The man who was detained had a calm, flat demeanor and showed little emotion when he was stopped, according to Martin County Sheriff William Snyder. “He never asked, ‘What is this about?’ Obviously, law enforcement with long rifles, blue lights, a lot going on. He never questioned it,” Snyder said. “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!” Trump wrote in an email to supporters. “Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER!” Another Democratic reaction in Florida came from Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who wrote on X, “Horrified to hear that former President Trump was the victim of an attempted attack today in West Palm Beach and grateful that he is unharmed. Violence of this kind goes against everything we stand for as Americans.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Vulnerable House Dem chalks up GOP ‘fearmongering’ as ‘number one’ public safety issue with border crisis

Vulnerable House Dem chalks up GOP ‘fearmongering’ as ‘number one’ public safety issue with border crisis

FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic congressman in a tight re-election race in New York took part in a Zoom town hall where he said “the impacts” of Republican “fearmongering” is “number one” when it comes to the border and public safety. “Last year I think all these districts lost on the crime issue and now, is crime still a big issue that you are fighting there?  You said it was crime, economy, and border,” Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan was asked in a Zoom call with Democrat activists from the New York Buddy Group last week. “So, the crime issue is BS too. So is that, but is that still strong?”   Ryan, who responded without challenging the premise that the “crime issue is BS” said, “Yeah, I’d say that, you know, in our polling the, ‘the border’ and immigration, which I think is a broad category for this kind of like public safety fearmongering. The impacts of the fearmongering that Republicans have been doing, that is number one.”  “Economy is a close second, and specifically the cost, not like the macro, what’s the GDP, what’s unemployment, but the cost of living, housing, groceries, and healthcare are the three,” Ryan said. “We actually polled specific subcategories of costs that people are experiencing. So the way I see it as setting up message wise, Republicans are going to really continue to focus on fear, crime, border where they are more trusted right now.”  DEMS RUN ON BORDER BILL REPUBLICANS SAY ‘WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM’ “We, of course, are going to continue to focus rightly on abortion rights, reproductive freedom where we’re way more trusted,” Ryan continued. “That middle lane is the economy and what we’ve done and will do more importantly to lower costs on housing, healthcare, groceries, gas, utilities, which we have a track record, we have plans, it’s just about communicating those and I think we’re making good headway there especially on our campaign.” Ryan is running for re-election in New York’s 18th Congressional District against Republican Alison Esposito in a race that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has identified as one of its top 40 targets in November. “Pat Ryan made Ulster County a sanctuary county and then took that same mentality to Washington where he pretends to be a moderate on television, but then votes like an extremist. He does not care about the important issues facing NY-18, like the ongoing migrant crisis that is harming New Yorkers every day,” NRCC spokeswoman Savannah Viar told Fox News Digital in a statement. Ryan spokesperson Sam Silverman, in a statement to Fox News Digital, said, “Congressman Ryan served 27 months in combat – he knows what it means to secure a border. That’s why he’s been one of the few Democrats to consistently and aggressively push President Biden to restore order at the border. But let’s be clear – there’s a massive difference between working in good-faith for a bipartisan solution to secure our border and bizarre far-right fearmongering like lying about migrants eating people’s pets.” “The truth is that Congressman Ryan has the strongest record on border security in this race,” Silverman continued. “Pat led a bipartisan effort with Congressmen Lawler and Molinaro calling on President Biden to declare a state of emergency in New York in response to the migrant crisis, was one of only 15 Democrats to demand President Biden take executive action to restore order at the border and has gotten multiple pieces of border legislation signed into law, including the ‘Securing America’s Borders Against Fentanyl Act’ and the ‘Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act.’” Silverman added that “unfortunately” this is “an uncomfortable reality for Alison Esposito, who opposed the strongest border security legislation in decades, so she’s desperately searching for any opportunity to score cheap political points to salvage her failing campaign. Alison can spend her time politicizing the border; Pat is doing the actual work to fix it.” Esposito has labeled Ryan “Sanctuary Pat” while criticizing him for his immigration policies focusing on what most polls say is the second most important issue, behind the economy, for voters in November. HARRIS DOUBLES DOWN ON SUPPORT FOR LEFT-WING BENEFIT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: ‘SMART SOLUTIONS’ “Pat Ryan can try to run from his record on sanctuary and open border policies, but Hudson Valley residents know the truth,” a spokesperson for the Esposito campaign told Fox News Digital. “In 2019, he declared Ulster County a sanctuary county, prohibiting cooperation with federal agencies. His record speaks for itself: he opposed H.R. 2 in May 2023, which aimed to secure the border; he voted against the Laken Riley Act; and he supports allowing illegal migrants to vote in our elections.” “If Pat Ryan were serious about border security, he would have taken action long ago—now, we’re nearly 50 days from Election Day. Ryan’s recent comments are a slap in the face to the millions of Americans affected by the Biden-Harris border crisis. From the fentanyl flooding our borders to the countless victims of crimes committed by illegal migrants, this crisis is not fear mongering, and it is no joke.” The Cook Political Report ranks the race in NY-18 as “Lean Democrat.”