Secret Service agents disrupted the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life in two months, but difficult questions remain on how a would-be assassin with an AK-47 rifle got within 500 yards of the former president while he was golfing and why anti-Trump vitriol in America rages on.
The Sunday incident at Trump’s golf course near Mar-A-Lago drew new calls for civility and repudiations of political violence as authorities announced they had arrested a 58-year-old man who reportedly took a deep interest in the Ukraine war and had a lengthy criminal record.
The episode also sparked new calls for investigations into the ability of the Secret Service to protect candidates, from Congress to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee," DeSantis said.
