In 1980 and 1981, before and after Ronald Reagan was elected, he was viciously reviled in the press. Polite liberals would call him an “amiable dunce” or a advocate of “voodoo economics”, but more often was demonized as “a dangerous rightwing conservative” and “a war monger”.
On March 30, 1981, a lunatic named John Hinckley, Jr. shot President Reagan in an assassination attempt.
I don’t recall any Republicans or conservatives blaming the assassination on the exercise of the free speech right to criticize political opponents, or calling out the leftwing media to tone down their rhetoric.
***On March 30, 1981, a lunatic named John Hinckley, Jr. shot President Reagan in an assassination attempt.****
I remember that day and how the MSM absolutly went bonkers!
I’ll never forget how, on ABC, Frank Reynolds reacted when it was announced that Hinckley bought his gun in DALLAS!
Reynolds threw up his arms and yelled...
“OH! DALLAS!” Obviously a flashback to 1963.