John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been so inundated with requests to do something similar to Donald Trump that he felt compelled to address the situation on social media.
How far gone do you have to be to try and enlist a former attempted assassin to take out the new President-elect — and he’s telling you to get a grip? Hinckley’s comments indicate enough of an onslaught of requests that it needed to be mentioned.
And it’s incredibly troublesome considering Democrat rhetoric over the past several months has already led to two attempts on Trump’s life — one of which came within a centimeter of killing him and plunging the nation into irreparable chaos.
“I’m a man of peace now!” Hinckley insisted. “Please stop with all the negative comments!”
John Hinckley Jr., who attempted the assassination of former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, responded to messages on social media calling for him to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump. https://t.co/u0UUJrl9F2 pic.twitter.com/GU4AmDUypJ
— NBC4 Columbus (@nbc4i) November 10, 2024
NBC 4 in Columbus reports that Hinckley’s plea is in response “to messages on social media calling for him to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.” […]
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