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Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is in
Cochise County as he visits the U.S. border with Mexico as part
of his campaign.
The man, Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, has multiple outstanding
warrants from Wisconsin, the sheriff's office said.
"No, I have not heard that but I am not that surprised and the
reason is because I want to do things that are very bad for the
bad guys," Trump said when asked about that threat against him
in Arizona.
This is the latest in a series of threats against candidates
ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
In early August, a Virginia man was charged with threatening
Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump's Democratic rival, and a
New Hampshire man was arrested in December for threatening to
kill Republican presidential candidates.
In July, Trump was shot in his ear in an attempted assassination
that left two others injured and one man dead.
The U.S. Secret Service came under widespread scrutiny following
the shooting. It resulted in the resignation of the agency's
director.
Despite this and new threats, Trump said he has "great respect"
for the Secret Service and "the job they do," while adding they
made mistakes from which they will learn.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh; Editing by David
Gregorio)
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