DeSantis Talks Florida's Investigation Into 2nd Trump Would-Be Assassin, Blames 'Apocalyptic Rhetoric'

As we reported, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t sitting around waiting for the feds to issue a report about the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Since this one happened on Florida soil, he’s launching his own investigation into how this could have happened.

DeSantis: We Will Conduct Our OWN Investigation Into 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt, Thank You Very Much

Appearing on Jesse Watters’ Fox News show Monday, DeSantis said the FBI and DOJ have conflicts of interest because they’re busy trying to get Trump:

Well, the state of Florida is going to do our own investigation. Clearly, there were multiple violations of Florida law. We also, I think, have an interest in vindicating the truth about where this guy came from, what his motivations were; the people of our state deserve that.
I don't think it's in the best interest of this country to say that agencies like the FBI and DOJ, which are trying to prosecute Trump in South Florida, they're on appeal at the 11th Circuit trying to reinstate an indictment that had been dismissed, that they're the best people to turn around and one, give us the truth about this defendant, but also to prosecute the case where they don't have as strong jurisdictional claims.

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Tonight I joined Jesse Watters to discuss Florida's investigation of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/toMzi0EQo5
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 17, 2024

DeSantis said that when he heard the news, he immediately knew where this was likely to have happened:

You know, I've played golf with the president when he was in office at that course, it's a great golf course, that part of the property, the fifth green, the sixth hole and then the seventh tee.

...that is clearly the biggest point of vulnerability on that course, because if you're burrowed into those shrubs, you have a pretty clear line of sight on a number of golf holes.
And so when I heard that this had happened, they were kind of conflicting reports, maybe two people were shooting at each other. They said no. This was meant for President Trump. I immediately knew exactly what part of the course it would have been in.

How did this happen? That was the number one question DeSantis wants an answer to:

So how did this guy get in there? How was he able to burrow in? And yeah, we're thankful that the Secret Service agent when he saw the muzzle of the gun fired and caused the caused the defendant to leave, but that guy was burrowed in there. It seems like for the rest of the night.

How did that happen?

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The governor also blamed the “apocalyptic” leftist rhetoric for the rise in political violence we’re seeing:

I think a lot of what I saw, I saw a lot of Democrats attacking Trump today—really didn't even give this much of a thought. They're just all out with the rhetoric all over again. And look, we'll see what this guy consumed. It seems like he was a consumer of a lot of these corporate media narratives that the Democrats propagate. We'll see. I think that's what the investigation can show. But I will say this, there's a lot of people in our society who may have a screw loose; if you’re constantly telling them that American democracy is going to end if this guy gets elected president.

Well somebody is going to feel that they're justified for, for doing this, and so I do think the apocalyptic rhetoric has increased the threats to Donald Trump, no question about it.

Whether the Secret Service and the DOJ will cooperate with DeSantis and the state of Florida remains unknown. What I do know is that DeSantis' investigation is welcome; we need someone outside of the Swamp looking into just what has gone so drastically wrong with the Secret Service.