Son of Alleged Trump Assassination Suspect Defends His Father’s Actions

Alleged Trump Assassination Suspect’s Son Speaks Out

The son of Ryan Wes­ley Routh, the man named as the sus­pect in a pos­si­ble assas­si­na­tion attempt near Don­ald Trump’s Flori­da golf club, has spo­ken out about his father’s alleged actions. 

Oran Routh, the 35-year-old son of the sus­pect, told DailyMail.com that this was the first he had heard of the alleged assas­si­na­tion attempt.

Routh’s Son Claims His Father is Not Violent

Oran Routh stat­ed that his father hates Trump as “every rea­son­able per­son does,” but he does­n’t believe his father is a vio­lent per­son and could­n’t fath­om his father tar­get­ing the for­mer president.

“He’s my dad and all he’s had is cou­ple traf­fic tick­ets, as far as I know,” the son said. “That’s crazy. I know my dad and love my dad, but that’s noth­ing like him.”

Routh Moved to Hawaii, Worked as a Contractor

Accord­ing to the arti­cle, Routh moved to Hawaii a few years ago and was liv­ing with his long­time girl­friend. His son said he did­n’t know his father was even in Florida. 

Routh report­ed­ly worked as a gen­er­al con­trac­tor, build­ing small homes in Hawaii, and pre­vi­ous­ly owned a roof­ing company.

Son Justifies Father’s Alleged Actions

In a lat­er ram­bling text, Routh’s son appeared to jus­ti­fy his father’s alleged actions, say­ing, “I hate this game every four years, and think that we all do, and if my father wants to be a mar­tyr to how bro­ken and dis­as­so­ci­at­ed the process has become from the real prob­lems and prac­ti­cal solu­tions, then that’s his choice.”