r/stupidpeoplefacebook • u/Numerous-Ad-4033 • 8h ago
What About Jerry Ford?
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/Haunting_Reflections 6h ago
Abraham Lincoln.
Shot by John Wilkes Booth. Booth was pro-slavery, pro confederacy, a white supremacist, and anti-immigration. He was very conservative for the time. He was not a registered member of the Democratic Party.
John F. Kennedy.
Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was a Marxist who defected to the Soviet Union. He had no demonstrated ties to the Democratic Party.
Robert F Kennedy.
Shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan’s political affiliations weren’t aligned with American parties. He was far more concerned with opposing Israel than anything else. He was not a democrat, in fact Robert and John Kennedy were BOTH democrats with a strong position of support for civil rights.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Shot by James Earl Ray.
Ray was part of the American Independent party, deeply segregationist, and very racist. He was not a democrat. Investigation concluded that there was probably a conspiracy which aided him, but it’s most likely that members came from similarly like minded and radical far right groups.
Ronald Reagan.
Attacked by John Hinckley Jr.
Hinckley was not politically motivated to attack Reagan. He was, I shit you not, trying to hook up with actress Jodie Foster.
Donald Trump
Attacked by Thomas Matthew Cooks and Ryan Wesley Routh.
Crooks was a registered Republican who at one point donated $15 to a progressive voter turnout group. He was not a democrat. No convincing political motivation has yet been put forth.
Routh at one point supported Trump, but later supported Biden and Harris. His actual registration was unaffiliated. He was deeply critical of Trump (obviously), but he was not exactly a democrat partisan.
Charlie Kirk.
Alleged to have been shot by Tyler Robinson.
Robinson was not a registered Democrat, he was an inactive voter who is listed as unaffiliated. His political leanings are actively being discussed as part of his trial. He is innocent until proven guilty.