Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday in connection with an attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a country club in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to the FBI.

Immediately after the failed attempt on Trump’s life, the second of this year, he was back to campaigning across the country, and Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., told  Newsmax on Thursday that Trump is “the toughest political leader that I have ever worked with in my entire time in public service.”

“And to survive two different assassination attempts and to continue to lead and fight without tripping up anywhere. I’m superproud of him. Our country needs him. When you look at when he was president of the United States, we had the best economy in my entire lifetime,” Smith said on “Newsline.”

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