Large swaths of the Regime Media have begun to move away from coverage of the security lapses that led to a potential assassin setting up unabated just outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. NBC and CBS continue to omit the failed shooter’s calls for Iran to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
On the plus side, there is the fact that at least CBS acknowledged the existence of a self-published book. But coverage was SCANT:
SCOTT MACFARLANE: In a newly surfaced 300-page self published book from last year, Routh alleged he voted for Trump but called him an “idiot”, a “fool”, and “buffoon”. Routh's son Oran spoke with CBS News today defending his father saying, “he's a great man and good dad, nonviolent, and was never abusive. I was definitely surprised this happened.”
MacFarlane mentions the book along with some minor disparagement of Trump but stays away from Routh’s appeal to Iran to off Trump (and Routh). MacFarlane then moves on to a quote from Routh’s son before getting reactions from former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and Senator Lindsey Graham. And that’s it.
CBS’s mention of the book was scant, but NBC did not mention the book at all. NBC’s coverage centered around outrages at rhetoric and Springfield, with very little about the various security breakdowns that left Trump potentially exposed to a clear shot from less than 100 yards away.
48 hours out, and the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump is already fading from Regime Media coverage.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the CBS Evening News on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024:
NORAH O’DONNELL: Well, tonight, the head of the Secret Service is telling Donald Trump that it is not safe to keep golfing without additional security measures. That's according to a senior official with Donald Trump's campaign. CBS's Scott MacFarlane tonight traveled to the Trump National Golf Club, that's just outside of Washington here, to see for himself how hard it is to secure a wide-open course.
SCOTT MACFARLANE: As former President Trump met with and thanked the Martin County, Florida, officers who helped arrest Ryan Routh...
DONALD TRUMP: Thank you very much.
MACFARLANE: …the investigation continues. At least eight federal agents canvassed inside Routh's home in Oahu, and near a propane canister on a side of the house. In a newly surfaced 300-page self published book from last year, Routh alleged he voted for Trump but called him an “idiot”, a “fool”, and “buffoon”. Routh's son Oran spoke with CBS News today defending his father saying, “he's a great man and good dad, nonviolent, and was never abusive. I was definitely surprised this happened.” Meanwhile, the Secret Service is facing questions about how Routh could allegedly go unnoticed for nearly 12 hours near the golf course Sunday. Former Houston police chief Art Acevedo says the Secret Service faced huge hurdles this weekend in West Palm Beach.
Golf courses are uniquely challenging to secure?
ART ACEVEDO: Uniquely challenging because they’re so vast. I mean, not only uniquely challenging but extraordinarily challenging, especially with this current threat environment that we’re facing.
MACFARLANE: Because it's big?
ACEVEDO: It's big, it's open, you can jump anywhere, plenty of places where you can hide. It's just- it’s a nightmare.
MACFARLANE: But Trump ally Lindsey Graham, who frequently golfs with Trump, blasted the agency.
LINDSEY GRAHAM: The system did not work. The agent who saw the gun barrel, God bless him, the agents on the ground, God bless them. How could you be there for 12 hours with an AK-47? What if he had waited to put the gun barrel through the fence until president Trump got to the hole in question? This was sheer luck. This was system failure.
MACFARLANE: A U.S. House task force investigating the July 13th assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, this afternoon announced it’s expanding its probe, seeking a formal briefing, Norah, on Sunday’s incident now, too.
O’DONNELL: Scott MacFarlane, thank you very much.
