In fewer than 24 hours, America’s ethically bankrupt regime media are already attempting to whitewash Sunday’s second assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.
While Trump was playing golf at his West Palm Beach, Florida, estate, Secret Service agents spotted a man in bushes near the course with a large rifle. After agents fired on him, the man later identified as Ryan Routh fled the scene in a vehicle and was later detained by authorities.
Routh is a longtime Democrat donor who has regurgitated anti-Trump rhetoric often used by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. After spending years vilifying the former president and his supporters with the worst smears imaginable, so-called “journalists” are now rushing to downplay the attempt on Trump’s life through deceptively worded headlines and grotesque “news” segments.
The Washington Post kicked off its coverage of the suspect’s failed murder attempt by publishing an article with the headline, “Trump golf course incident investigated as potential assassination attempt.” The headline appears to have been changed to “Trump safe after potential assassination attempt at golf course.”
NBC News also framed the assassination attempt as an “incident” in a Sunday article about Routh. Unlike the Post, however, NBC News did not mention that the “incident” was an attempt on Trump’s life.
“Man in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gun,” the NBC headline reads. A print edition of a Reuters article was titled “Report: Trump safe after gunfight near Fla. golf
