Posted on 07/16/2024 7:18:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former President Donald Trump is the ninth US president to be a target of an assassination attempt. The last was President Ronald Reagan, who, like Trump, survived an attack by a lone shooter. But that was in 1981 — a decidedly different political moment than today’s highly polarized environment. And that means it’s uncertain that the political benefits Reagan saw after surviving his attempt will come to Trump.
On March 30, 1981, Reagan was exiting the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, where he had just given a speech before members of the AFL-CIO. As he raised his arm to salute the crowd gathered outside, six shots were fired toward him. President Reagan and three others were hit, including press secretary James Brady, who was left disabled. The bullet that hit Reagan narrowly missed his heart, but struck his rib, leading to a punctured lung. Reagan was rushed to the hospital, and emergency surgery saved his life.
The shooter was John Hinckley Jr., who was later found not guilty of attempted murder on account of insanity. He had no political motive: He had become obsessed with the actress Jodie Foster and thought he could impress her by shooting the president, just 18 years after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
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I have to disagree with that statement. IMHO, Vladimir Arutyunian throwing a grenade at Bush in 2005 was a more recent assassination attempt than Hinkley shooting Reagan in 1981.
Kind of a dumb article
One thing every assassination attempt has in common is that we will never get the whole story.
The illogical excuse of "not guilty on account of insanity" should be eliminated and forbidden from being used in our system of justice.
The one thing we do know is that the Hinckley family were goods friends of the Bush family!
quote “But that was in 1981 — a decidedly different political moment than today’s highly polarized environment.”
LMAO
That was either written by someone lying through their teeth, or someone too young to remember!
They called Reagan Hilter also! and were screaming if Reagan is elected he will start World War 3!!! The left said it so often Reagan actually made a joke about it shortly after being elected.
quote “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
‘Could’ve Been INSIDE Job’ | Security Expert Doubles Down On Trump Shooting Suspicion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgPk4ZyeVfE
LMAO That was either written by someone lying through their teeth, or someone too young to remember!
Exactly right. I'm 74 and I remember. The hatred of Reagan was almost as bad as the hatred against Trump. To the press and most Democrats, Gorbachev was the hero, Reagan was the villain. Ted Kennedy flew to Paris to meet with the Russians to see what he could do to undermine the Reagan administration.
Was Bush injured?
No
It is beyond naive to believe that assassins are mental patients acting alone with no political agenda. How convenient.
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