4 US Presidents have been assassinated

[Johnny2X2X]

Garfield
Lincoln
McKinley
Kennedy

This is not a joke, this is our history. Those were 4 of the darkest times in US history. Trump just urged his followers to plunge the country into another dark time.

This is absolutely sickening.

[lapfog_1]

1. the number of attempts is even more frightening

[Dawson Leery]

2. Never forget the many attempts either.

The fucking GOP has really gone over board with this piece of horse shit.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Considering there was an attempt on their modern day hero Reagan....

....you'd think they'd give pause.

But hell, they resisted a piece of gun control reform directly stemming from that attack, so maybe they really are that blind.

[athena]

4. They can't do this.

They can't take our first female president away from us. That would be incredibly unfair. It would be horrible.



I hope the Secret Service is paying attention.

[Stallion]

5. Even One on an Elected President BEFORE he Took Office

FDR almost was assassinated before he took the oath. The Mayor of-I want to say Chicago -was killed in the attempt

[st17011864200074656]

12. You are correct.

Mayor Anton Cermack of Chicago.

[Person 2713]

13. HI Chicago local here yes Immigrant Anton Cermak , the mayor was with FDR and took the bullet

He told FDR before he died "I am glad it was me and not you"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-cermak-story-story.html
22nd street is also known as Cermak

[ecstatic]

6. Agreed. I can't imagine living through something like that.

It would be absolutely heartbreaking (regardless of who was in office).

[Johnny2X2X]

7. I would not stand for it

I have a good job, a mortgage, car payments, a great wife and a great life. I would not tolerate this in my country, I like take to the streets until Trump was brought to justice and the Republican Party gave up all power. I would die for that.

[uponit7771]

15. +1

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Am I sexist for...

... being more upset at the idea of a woman President being assassinated?

Maybe I'm just more accustomed to seeing men get killed that way?

[Johnny2X2X]

9. No

I thought the same thing. And trump wants her killed because he is a coward who knows he is losing to a woman.

[MH1]

10. I hate to say it but yeah, I think so.

Any President - or prominent candidate (like RFK ) - being assassinated, would be a terrible thing.

I think it might matter a little bit whether you liked their policies or not. We would be hurt more by losing Obama than Dubya. But that said, if Bush had been assassinated, even that would have been terrible. That's not how you do it in a democracy.

I can't imagine that the idea of Hillary being assassinated would be worse than the idea of Obama being assassinated, just because she's a woman. Either would be devastating.

Well, you asked, and I respect you for asking, but yeah, I think it's sexist. For whatever that's worth.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. That's fine. I think maybe I am in this instance too, with everything...

... else being equal -- e.g., I would probably mourn President Obama being killed more than President Ann Coulter.

EDIT: Not probably, but definitely. (Not that it should ever happen to anyone.)

[Person 2713]

14. Orange asshole tries to take down this country everyday