The failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump highlights the enduring threat to politicians.
"The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania," released the FBI after they spoke to reporters in a late-evening news conference.details the assaults on presidents and presidential candidates .
Presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed in 1968. The convicted killer opposed Kennedy's stance on the Israeli-Arab conflict at the time. In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt ran for another term after being out of office for nearly four years and was shot and wounded by a man who was later declared insane.
Presidential candidate and Alabama Governor George C. Wallace was shot and seriously wounded in Laurel, Md. during his primary in 1972. He was left paralyzed. The shooter, Arthur Bremer, was released from prison in 2007 and remains under supervision until 2025 byHis motive turned out to be that he just wanted to be famous.
The assassination attempt of Former President Donald Trump is putting a greater focus on the dangers political leaders and candidates consistently face, even members of Congress.Back in 2017, Scalise was shot and injured during a congressional baseball game practice. He and a few other House Republicans were gearing up for the Congressional Baseball Charity Game when a Far Left activist opened fire on the field and shot Scalise and others.
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