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Infrogmation<p>"The Foreigner Pays the Tax". </p><p>Cartoon by J. S. Pughe for "Puck" magazine, 1895, about William McKinley's high tariff policies.</p><p>Caption:<br>"JUST WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED - <br>He built his house on a sand-heap; and the rising tide is making short work of it."</p><p>It sorta feels like someone might have taken inspiration from the top half of this cartoon without bothering to look at the bottom half.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JSPughe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JSPughe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CraigBaird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CraigBaird</span></a> of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://canada.masto.host/@canadaehx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canadaehx</span></a></span></p><p>A look at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> of 1890 and the impact on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>Those who do not learn from mistakes in history are doomed to repeat them</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Dr. Michael Blume<p>Klar rufen der Prof &amp; ich in "Blume &amp; Ince" 33 auch gerne zur heutigen Bundestagswahl auf!</p><p>Außerdem klären wir, warum der nun 40jährige Inan Ince als Schwabe "weise" &amp; "gescheit" werde. Und was es bedeutet, dass Donald Trump sich auf die Zollpolitik von William McKinley beruft.</p><p>Zum Schluss auch noch einige Ausführungen zur medialen Aufmerksamkeitsfalle in der Medienpsychologie und Medienethik. </p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/BlumeundInce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlumeundInce</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Videocast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videocast</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Medien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medien</span></a> <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-33-der-prof-wird-40-und-trump-glaubt-an-die-zoelle-des-william-mckinley/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-</span><span class="invisible">glaubens/blume-ince-33-der-prof-wird-40-und-trump-glaubt-an-die-zoelle-des-william-mckinley/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution that *urges* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to halt his plans to change the name of the continent’s largest mountain from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denali</span></a> to Mount <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a>. The state Senate voted 19-0 on Friday to pass the resolution, following a 31-8 vote in the state House last week.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsARacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARacist</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/a87df6bb-fc71-56c9-8ca5-585ec7e821f2?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-administration-updates/a87df6bb-fc71-56c9-8ca5-585ec7e821f2?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
cs<p>Fresh Imperial Ambitions</p><p>Zoltan Grossman professor of Geography and Indigenous Studies at Evergreen State College discusses the renewed ambitions of American imperialism, connecting 19th century Manifest Destiny to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> and the relationship to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> communities and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NerdFarmPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NerdFarmPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ZoltanGrossman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoltanGrossman</span></a> <br>[Edit: typo]<br><a href="https://nerdfarmpod.com/2025/02/02/fresh-imperial-ambitions-zoltan-grossman-evergreen-state-college-234/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nerdfarmpod.com/2025/02/02/fre</span><span class="invisible">sh-imperial-ambitions-zoltan-grossman-evergreen-state-college-234/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Meanwhile, in the normal world:</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-says-new-trade-deal-with-canada-finalized-2025-02-02/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/americas/ecu</span><span class="invisible">ador-president-says-new-trade-deal-with-canada-finalized-2025-02-02/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> president says new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> deal with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> finalized"</p><p>Apparently, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admires President <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> (same guy Trump replaced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denali</span></a>'s name with)</p><p>This fucking moron is trying to recreate antiquated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protectionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protectionist</span></a> bullshit from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> that doesn't work in the modern world</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> will expand its trade</p><p>Canada and Ecuador and others will bypass the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p><p>And the USA will suffer mightily</p><p>So fucking stupid</p>
Ehay2k<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>Missing in the article, which actually makes it appear as though Obama wanted the name changed, is that the Republic politicians in Alaska sponsored the name change. </p><p>You can bet somebody told the 🍊 💩 it was Obama's idea and he should reverse it, in order to get him to do it. We've never had a more manipulable chief executive. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denali</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mckinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mckinley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It’s not surprising that Donald Trump thinks the 1890s were a golden age. For people like him — the lazy sons of the New York wealthy — the era had a lot to offer.</p><p>But for everyone else, it was an experience that ranged from bad to horrific. Anyone who’s actually studied this era should be terrified of a politician who sees it as a model to be replicated."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Meanwhile, nearly half of the country had no savings or investments at all. The wages they made in an industrial economy whose rules were stacked against them were barely enough to keep afloat. As a result, a full eleven million of the twelve million households in America — a full 92% of the country — lived below the poverty line."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The wealthiest Americans — the ones regular folk called 'robber barons' — made off like, well, bandits. A full third of the nation’s wealth was owned by the top 2% of American households in the late 19th century; three-quarters of it was owned by the top 10%."</p><p>~ Kevin Kruse</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/5</p><p><a href="https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/make-america-gilded-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/mak</span><span class="invisible">e-america-gilded-again</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"and in cities across the country, the wealthy dressed their horses and coachmen in expensive livery, threw costly dinners, built seaside mansions they called 'cottages,' and wore diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. When the daughter of a former senator married, she wore a $10,000 dress and a diamond tiara, and well-wishers sent 'necklaces of diamonds [and] bracelets of diamonds, sapphires, and rubies.'”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The McKinley years were those of the Gilded Age, in which industrialists amassed fortunes that they spent in spectacular displays. Cornelius and Alva Vanderbilt’s home on New York’s Fifth Avenue cost more than $44 million in today’s dollars, with stables finished in black walnut, cherry, and ash, with sterling silver metalwork,"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationofWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationofWealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Both Heather Cox Richardson and Kevin Kruse, accomplished historians each of them, comment on Trump's recent paean of praise to President McKinley and the Gilded Age — an age to which he promises to take us back if we give him the presidency again.</p><p>"By pointing to McKinley’s presidency to justify his economic plan, Trump gives away the game."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GildedAge</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1890s</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationofWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationofWealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-5-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/october-5-2024</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Given the near mythic status of U.S. presidents, and the nation’s superpower role, political assassinations strike at the very heart of the American psyche.<br>Abraham <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lincoln</span></a>’s killing in 1865 and that of John F. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennedy</span></a> in 1963 are key moments in the history of the United States. James <a href="https://c.im/tags/Garfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garfield</span></a> (1881) and William <a href="https://c.im/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinley</span></a> (1901) are less remembered, but their deaths nonetheless rocked the nation at the time.</p><p>⭐️It was after McKinley’s assassination that the U.S. Secret Service was given the job of providing full-time protection to presidents.<br>The last American president to be shot was Ronald <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a>, who was seriously wounded and required emergency surgery in 1981. <br>Reagan was leaving a Washington hotel after giving a speech when gunman John Hinckley Jr. fired shots from a .22-calibre pistol. One of the bullets ricocheted off the president’s limousine and hit him under the left armpit. Reagan spent 12 days in hospital before returning to the White House.<br>Other presidents have been shot at, but luckily, not injured.<br>In 1933, a gunman fired five shots at the car of then President-Elect Franklin D. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Roosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roosevelt</span></a>. Roosevelt wasn’t hit but the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, who was speaking to Roosevelt after the newly elected president had made some brief remarks to the public, was injured and died 19 days later. <br>Two attempts in one month<br>In September of 1975, President Gerald <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ford</span></a> survived two separate assassination attempts <br>— both by women. <br>The first came on Sept. 5 when Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson, tried to shoot Ford as he was walking through a park in Sacramento, Calif., but her gun misfired and didn’t go off. <br>On Sept. 22, Sara Jane Moore, a woman with ties to left-wing radical groups, got one shot off at Ford as he left a hotel in San Francisco but it missed the president.<br>Presidential candidates have not been exempt from assassination attempts, including most notably Senator Robert F. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennedy</span></a> killed in 1968 and George <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wallace</span></a> shot and left paralyzed in 1972.<br>In 1912, former president Theodore <a href="https://c.im/tags/Roosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roosevelt</span></a> was hit in the chest by a .38-calibre bullet as he was campaigning to regain the White House. But most of the impact of the bullet was absorbed by objects in the chest pocket of Roosevelt’s jacket. Even though he had been shot, Roosevelt went on to make a campaign speech with the bullet still in his chest.<br>The violence of 1968<br>Other figures with significant<br> — if unelected <br>— political power have also had their lives cut short by gunfire, most notably Martin Luther <a href="https://c.im/tags/King" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>King</span></a> Jr. in 1968, just a few months before Bobby Kennedy’s death.<br>In a country with more guns than people, and with firearms easily available, it is not surprising that invariably shootings are the preferred means of killing or attempting to kill political office holders. <br>Like Trump, most assassination attempts occur when candidates and politicians are in public spaces with crowds of people nearby. There is a long history of politicians insisting, against the advice of their security advisers, to “press the flesh” in events that jeopardize their safety. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was extraordinarily fortunate to escape with only minor injuries</p><p><a href="https://themoderatevoice.com/attempted-assassination-of-trump-the-long-history-of-violence-against-u-s-presidents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themoderatevoice.com/attempted</span><span class="invisible">-assassination-of-trump-the-long-history-of-violence-against-u-s-presidents/</span></a></p>
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