r/stupidpeoplefacebook • u/Numerous-Ad-4033 • 13h ago

What About Jerry Ford?

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Perhaps because President Ford was never hit.

But he was a target on two separate occasions by two women in September 1975, in California. The first was a Manson cult member, the second an FBI informant turned left-wing activist.

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u/PretendingImNotAnApe 13h ago edited 12h ago

I can see 3 people in this picture shot by Republicans. Wait 4. Maybe all if them except Lincoln.

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u/itsnatnot_gnat 13h ago

Lincoln was Republican but that's when they were the progressive party.

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u/NoSpankingAllowed 12h ago

Yeah the stupids pretend 20th century political history doesnt exist.

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u/GeriatricHippo 12h ago edited 7h ago

I don't think it's pretending as much as it is ignorance and denial.

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u/NoSpankingAllowed 11h ago

Much of that ignorance is intentional too.

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u/GeriatricHippo 11h ago

Yes for some it's weaponized "ingnorance"

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u/NoSpankingAllowed 11h ago

I love that!!