Kari Lake: ‘Fake News’ Media ‘Brainwashed’ Would-Be Trump Assassin By Pushing ‘Hatred’ Of Trump
Republican Senate candidate for Arizona Kari Lake accused the “fake news media” of having “brainwashed” former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin by pushing the “hatred” and “demonization” of the GOP presidential nominee.
Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested Sunday after his alleged plot to assassinate Trump was at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, was foiled by a Secret Service agent who spotted the barrel of his rifle positioned near the next hole Trump was set to play on the golf course.
Appearing on Newsmax on Sunday in an interview with host Todd Starnes, Lake described the suspect as a “Trump Derangement Syndrome patient” who “fell hook, line, and sinker for every piece of anti-MAGA propaganda the media and the left have been spewing.”
After the two reflected on what is the second foiled assassination attempt against Trump, Lake talked about the suspect.
Thankfully they captured this man alive. I’m curious to hear more about what he’s all about. But it looks like he’s been very much a Trump Derangement Syndrome patient for a long time. You know, from what we know based on what we’re seeing on this guy’s social media, he was a registered Democrat and donor, anti-Israel, pro-Hamas, Hezbollah terrorist, heavily invested in getting Americans to go overseas to fight in Ukraine. He obviously hated President Trump. He loved Biden and Kamala. And he believed that Trump was a ‘threat to democracy’, as we keep hearing from the left.
She continued to slam the mainstream media for its “anti-MAGA propaganda.”
We’ve heard that quite a bit before. This guy actually fell hook line and sinker for every piece of anti-MAGA propaganda the media and the left have been spewing for years now. He wanted to kill President Trump, and we’ve got to stop this. I’m just calling on the media to stop what you’re doing. We are all Americans. Some people want President Trump. Many, many people want President Trump. Some might want Kamala Harris or, in my case, my opponent [in the race for Arizona senator], Ruben Gallego.
We don’t have to push such hatred. And you, the media, the fake news media, I’m not talking about you, Todd, and Newsmax, but the usual suspects out there have been pushing this hatred. I believe this guy was brainwashed, and the media needs to do a whole lot more soul-searching and introspection about their role that they played in this. It’s demonization. It’s got to stop.
Watch above on Newsmax.
