The left attempted to murder Donald Trump.

Posted by The Rob Carson Show, Oct 5, 2026Checked Oct 30, 2026

Polygraph verdictCan’t tell

Sources: 2 contradict6 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 35%

The Rob Carson ShowOct 5, 2026

The sources confirm assassination attempts on Trump, but none establishes that 'the left' carried them out. For the 2024 Butler shooter, NPR and the Independent say the motive is unclear and that he was registered as a Republican, while the Routh and Allen cases are reported only as 'apparent' or 'alleged' with no ideology stated.

What was said

… We have battle-hardened people who have been attacked by the left, who have been ostracized, who have been called a white supremacist, even when they're people of color, MAGA fascists, enemies of democracy, fascists. We have seen as the left has attempted to murder our president, attempted to take him off the ballot, attempted to put him in jail, killed Charlie Kirk among other things, burned down America's cities in the summer of 2020, attempted to burn down St. …

The Rob Carson Show · Oct 5, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Contradicts. NPR reports that the Butler shooter had no known extremist ties, was registered as a Republican, and that 'so far, we have very little evidence' that the attack was politically motivated.[2][3]

Context. A year later, NPR and WAMC still describe the Butler shooter's motives as 'murky' and say there is no clear political motivation traceable from the available evidence.[4]

Context. The Washington Examiner and the White House attribute the Correspondents' dinner attack to the 'left,' while the Yahoo/White House piece describes the gunman as only 'allegedly' planning to kill Trump; these are partisan assertions rather than findings of the investigating authorities.[5][6]

Context. The sources identify Ryan Routh and Cole Tomas Allen as the alleged perpetrators in later incidents but do not state their political affiliations or motives, so the 'left' attribution for those attacks is not addressed.[1][6][8]

Context. AFP fact-checkers call the claim that the attempts were staged 'unfounded,' which confirms that the attempts occurred but does not address who was behind them.[7]