A Texas woman has been arrested for threatening Donald Trump, just weeks after a different lunatic tried to kill him at one of his rallies.
41-year-old Christina Montoya was caught in Washington D.C. with a Smith & Wesson pistol on Friday, as Trump met with donors hundreds of miles away in the Hamptons.
The arrest is the latest reminder of the threat of political violence, even as Democrats have returned to inflammatory rhetoric painting Trump as a threat to the country.
Metropolitan Police in Washington D.C. were tipped off by Secret Service.
They found Montoya and her Honda Accord in a residential area of the city. She had a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield pistol, gun lock as well as a magazine, according to a police report.
The woman was charged with Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Threats Against a Former President.
"On Friday, August 2, 2024, at approximately 12:12 p.m., MPD received information regarding a woman who traveled to Washington, DC.
The woman’s vehicle was located in the First District and subsequent investigation lead to the woman’s location," a police press release said.
The woman reportedly began making threats on July 20, days after the assassination attempt in Butler. Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet, and only escaped death by turning his head to look at a chart.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks killed a Trump supporter who died protecting his family, Corey Comperatore, and seriously injured two other man, James Copenhaver and David Dutch.
There has been a frustrating lack of accountability from Secret Service, which has blamed local law enforcement for the critical failures that enabled Crooks to take a clear shot from less than 200 yards.
A Florida man who lives just half an hours' drive from Trump was arrested days after the assassination attempt for making threats to kill Trump.
The FBI has yet to identify a motive for the assassination attempt on July 13, but it is clear that Trump faces a continued threat from dangerously unhinged people, many of whom have clearly been radicalized by political rhetoric.
After a brief pause in campaigning, Democrats have returned to painting Trump as an enemy of freedom and democracy while tying the assassination attempt to their gun control agenda.
