Donald Trump is in Cochise County as he visits the US-Mexico border as part of his campaign.
Washington:
An Arizona man is wanted after he threatened to kill former President Donald Trump on social media, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is in Cochise County as he visits the U.S. border with Mexico as part of his campaign.
The man, Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, has multiple outstanding arrest warrants out of Wisconsin, the sheriff's office said.
“No, I haven't heard that, but I'm not that surprised. The reason is I want to do things that are very bad for the bad guys,” Trump said when asked in Arizona about the threat against him.
This is the latest in a series of threats against candidates in the run-up to the November 5 general election.
In early August, a Virginia man was charged with threatening Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic rival. In December, a New Hampshire man was arrested for threatening to kill Republican presidential candidates.
In July, Trump was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination, wounding two others and killing one man.
The U.S. Secret Service came under massive surveillance after the shooting, resulting in the resignation of the agency's director.
Despite this and the new threats, Trump said he has “great respect” for the Secret Service and “the work that they do,” adding that they have made mistakes that they will learn from.
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