A Texas woman has been arrested for threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump, police have revealed.
It comes just weeks after Trump narrowly avoided being shot dead at one of his rallies in Pennsylvania.
41-year-old Christina Montoya was caught in Washington D.C. with a Smith & Wesson pistol on Friday.
Police said Montoya was planning to shoot President Trump.
However, Montoya was arrested as Trump met with donors hundreds of miles away in the Hamptons.
The arrest is the latest reminder of the threat of political violence.
Despite the increased threat, Democrats have returned to inflammatory rhetoric painting Trump as a “danger” to the country.
Metropolitan Police investigators 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, a gun lock, and a magazine, according to a police report.
The woman was charged with:
- Carrying a Pistol without a License
- Possession of an Unregistered Firearm
- 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.,” a police press release said.
“The woman’s vehicle was located in the First District and subsequent investigation led to the woman’s location.”
The woman reportedly began making threats on July 20, days after the assassination attempt in Butler, PA.
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 hero Trump supporter who died protecting his family, Corey Comperatore.
Crooks also seriously injured two other men, James Copenhaver and David Dutch.
There has been a frustrating lack of accountability from the Secret Service, however.
The federal agency has blamed local law enforcement for the critical failures that enabled Crooks to take a clear shot at Trump from less than 200 yards.
A Florida man who lives just half an hour’s drive from Trump was also arrested days after the assassination attempt.
The Florida suspect was also making threats to kill Trump.
The FBI has yet to identify a motive for the assassination attempt on July 13.
Nevertheless, 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.
They have also been tying the assassination attempt to their gun control agenda.
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