A Hawaii man believed to be a suspect in Sunday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is a longtime Democrat who has donated exclusively to Democrat candidates 19 times since 2019, records show.
According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, Ryan Rouse donated more than $140 to the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue between September 2019 and March 2020.
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At the time of the donation, he was living in Kaaawa, Hawaii, according to the filing. Records show he was “unemployed.”
The money went to ActBlue, which will use it to support individual candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, including former Reps. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer of New York, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (R-Mass.).
He has also donated several times to former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who was a Democrat at the time but has since switched parties and is now a Trump supporter.
The donations ranged from $1 to $25 and were made only during the six-month primary period of the 2020 election.
No budget was prepared for President Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.
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In social media posts, Rouse, 58, claimed he supported Donald Trump in his first presidential election in 2016 but later became disillusioned after his chosen candidate won.
“@realDonaldTrump In 2106 you were my choice [sic]”I and the world had hoped for President Trump to be a different, better man than the candidate and we have all been sorely disappointed. You seem to be getting worse and degenerating. Are you an idiot? I would be glad to see you go,” Rouse said. Tweeted June 11, 2020.
Other posts from the now-suspended account show it supported Gabbard over Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the 2020 Democratic primary.
During the 2024 Republican primary, Routh posted in support of biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
