Ryan Wesley Routh, the 48-year-old Floridian charged with attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump. revealed He expressed his political grievances in a letter to a Politico reporter.
Routh was arrested on September 16th after Secret Service agents found the muzzle of a rifle protruding from the bushes at the Trump International Golf Club golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Rous then Paid On September 26, he attempted to kill the then-presidential candidate.
“It's unclear why we allowed ourselves to become just a two-party system, but it infuriates me.”
In a letter written before the election, Routh called Trump a “dictator” and said, “Before Trump takes control of our country, we must limit all of the president's powers.” “We need to take away the president's authority over our military and seize control,” he said. Congress before January. ”
Routh also went on a rant about the two-party system, saying it is “designed to exclude almost everyone” and forcing voters to choose between “these flawed candidates.” He argued that it was a matter of choice.
“I don't know why we have fallen into just a two-party system, but I am outraged,” Routh said in the letter.
“My whole life I've been plagued by D's and R's,” Routh continued. “It seems like not too long ago there was a push for the Libertarian Party, and now there seems to be a push for the Green Party and maybe even the Truth Party. But for some reason, our leaders have allowed other parties. Not yet [to] To be accepted by all races. ”
Mr. Routh's alleged assassination attempt comes just two months after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on Mr. Trump during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in July. In his letter, Mr. Routh likened himself to Mr. Crooks, saying both men were “ready to die for freedom and democracy.”
Routh ended his rant with a final message calling for peace.
“My brethren,” the would-be assassin wrote, “demand peace.”
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