By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Arizona man is wanted after threatening to kill former President Donald Trump on social media, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday.
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 out of Wisconsin, the sheriff’s office said.
“No, I haven’t heard that, but I’m not that surprised and the reason is because I want to do things that are really 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 November 5 general election.
In early August, a Virginia man was accused of threatening Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic rival, and in December a New Hampshire man was arrested for threatening to kill Republican presidential candidates.
In July, Trump was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination, which injured two others and killed one man.
The U.S. Secret Service came under widespread surveillance after the shooting. It resulted in the dismissal of the agency’s director.
Despite this and the new threats, Trump said he has “great respect” for the Secret Service and “the work they do,” while adding that they have made mistakes from which they will learn.
