A southern Arizona man was arrested for making death threats against Donald Trump on social media, the same day the Republican former president and 2024 candidate was in the area to visit the U.S.-Mexico border. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, of Benson, which is in the same county as the border area that Trump was visiting in the afternoon and that his running mate Sen. JD Vance traveled to in recent weeks, reports the Associated Press.
An online search failed to turn up any social media accounts in Syrvud’s name or any contact information for him. The sheriff’s office said Syrvud was wanted on outstanding warrants in Wisconsin for driving under the influence and failure to appear in court, as well as a felony hit and run charge in Graham County, Ariz., and failure to register as a sex offender in Coconino County, Ariz. Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13. On Wednesday, at his first outdoor rally since the attempt, he spoke from behind bulletproof glass in North Carolina at an event focused on national security.
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