Trump Allies Blame Democrats For Mar-A-Lago Gunman | EUROtoday

Republicans had been fast to play the blame sport on Sunday after an armed man was shot and killed for breaching the safety perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reacted to the incident in a submit on X, the place she accused Democrats of endangering folks with their resolution to dam funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service.

Crediting the Service for performing “quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person,” she then mentioned, “Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and protect all Americans. It’s shameful and reckless that Democrats have chosen to shut down their Department.”

White House deputy chief of employees Stephen Miller echoed Leavitt’s angle in an X submit, the place he mentioned, “Never before in history has federal law enforcement been purposefully defunded.”

Though authorities are nonetheless investigating the deceased’s potential motive, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Democrats and their heated anti-Trump rhetoric at fault for what he described as an tried assassination.

“Two would-be assassins dead, one in jail for life. This venom coming from the other side,” he informed Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on this weekend’s version of “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“Look at this terrible, profane Senate commercial in Illinois. I would call for them to take that down,” Bessent added, referring to the “Fuck Trump” slogan Illinois’ Democratic Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton is utilizing in her Senate marketing campaign adverts.

“We don’t know whether this person was a mastermind, unhinged or what, but they are normalizing this violence,” the secretary continued. “It’s gotta stop.”

Far-right pundit and famous conspiracist Alex Jones co-signed Bessent’s message whereas reposting his Fox News look on X.

Along with the clip, he wrote, “Treasury Sec Scott Bessent rightly blames the latest failed assassination attempt on Trump inside Mar-a-Lago on the Democrats because of their increasing calls for violence against Republicans.”

According to the Secret Service, the slain gunman was “observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can” round 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. He was confronted by brokers after driving by the north gate of the property earlier than Secret Service members and a Palm Beach County sheriff deputy fired and killed him, in line with the company.

The gunman’s identify will not be but public, however the Secret Service has recognized him as a person in his early 20s from North Carolina.

The president, who has been the goal of a number of assassination makes an attempt prior to now years, was in Washington, D.C., on the time of the incident.