Maine’s top newspapers offered short shrift Monday morning to the second apparent assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump, an attempt that was foiled by U.S. Secret Service agents protecting the 2024 Republican nominee at one of his Florida golf courses.
As of Monday morning, the Bangor Daily News and the Portland Press Herald both featured local stories—including a piece about a dangerous intersection in Bangor and an in-depth investigation into the piping plover—while downplaying the attempt by suspected gunman Ryan W. Routh, 58, to gun down Trump at his golf course on Sunday.
Here’s what the Bangor newspaper’s homepage looked like Monday morning:
Here’s the Portland newspaper:
Meanwhile, Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R), Rep. Jared Golden (CD2), and Republican CD2 candidate State Rep. Austin Theriault all issued statements Sunday evening:
Trump issued a statement via Truth Social late Sunday night:
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