Staff Reports
Ryan Routh, caught in the act of planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, has now made a shocking request that reveals the dangerous moral decay infecting parts of America. Instead of showing remorse, Routh is demanding to be imprisoned in one of the liberal states where assisted suicide is legal—a bizarre and arrogant plea for a taxpayer-funded escape from justice. This twisted demand is not only a slap in the face to law and order but an example of how progressive policies like “death with dignity” can be distorted into a tool for criminals and terrorists to dodge accountability.
Routh’s plot was foiled near Trump’s Florida golf course thanks to vigilant Secret Service agents, yet the aftermath has been a mockery of justice. Representing himself in court, he rambled incoherently, irritating the presiding judge, and now wants to exploit liberal states’ assisted suicide laws to end his life on government time. This is a gross perversion of justice—a violent criminal, convicted of attempting to take down our nation’s leader, seeking a “soft landing” instead of facing the full consequences of his actions. It's a stark reminder that the politically liberal states championing such laws have swung dangerously toward moral nihilism, prioritizing ideological experiments over protecting society.
Convicted would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh requests imprisonment in state with assisted suicide https://t.co/rNDJm9LRTf
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) October 30, 2025
The push for assisted suicide among these states, led by left-wing elites, symbolizes a broader collapse of values where the sanctity of life is sacrificed for convenience or radical policy dreams. Federal law rightly prohibits taxpayer funding for assisted suicide programs, especially for prisoners, yet Routh’s demand showcases how easily these protections can be challenged or ignored when radical agendas infiltrate the judicial system. These so-called bastions of “progress” are, in reality, breeding grounds for dangerous policies that undermine justice, respecting neither life nor law.
Adding to this troubling picture is Routh’s delusional attempt to elevate himself by proposing a prisoner exchange involving foreign detainees, such as a female protester in Iran or Ukrainian captives in Russia. This dangerous rhetoric mirrors globalist strategies that seek to weaken America by elevating anti-American prisoners while downplaying threats posed by domestic enemies. Routh’s play for martyrdom only encourages the narrative of victimhood used by radical leftists to destabilize our country from within.
The United States must reject any leniency toward individuals like Routh. Those who seek to harm the president and disrupt the nation’s core values deserve unyielding justice, not government-assisted death or special treatment. Courts and citizens alike must stand firm against these twisted demands and the radical ideologies that give rise to them. America’s strength has always come from a moral backbone committed to justice and the protection of innocent lives—not from acquiescing to the whims of criminals chasing convenient exits. If this callous plea goes unchallenged, it signals a dangerous erosion of the principles that make America strong and free.
