Ryan Routh, the man arrested yesterday in connection with what authorities called an apparent assassination attempt on Trump, had previously criticized the former president on social media.
Writing on X, then called Twitter, in June 2020, he said: “@realDonaldTrump While you were my choice in 2106 [sic], I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different and better than the candidate, but we all were greatly disappointment and it seems you are getting worse and devolving; are you retarded; I will be glad when you gone [sic].”
Routh also used X to signal his support for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and referred to President Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe.”
In one post also in 2020, he said: “Bernie…. give them hell….. fight to the death.”
Routh’s X account is now suspended.