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Rising Concerns: Targeting Presidents for Assassination Throughout History!
A Disturbing Trend and Its Implications.
Theodore Roosevelt:
On October 14, 1912, while campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt by John Schrank, a former saloonkeeper.
Schrank’s bullet lodged in Roosevelt’s chest after penetrating Roosevelt’s steel eyeglass case in his jacket pocket and passing through a 50-page copy of his speech titled “Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual.”
Schrank was immediately disarmed and captured.
He might have been lynched had Roosevelt not shouted for Schrank to remain unharmed.
Roosevelt assured the crowd he was fine and instructed the police to take charge of Schrank and ensure his safety.
As an experienced hunter and anatomist, Roosevelt concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not reached his lung; he declined suggestions to go to the hospital. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech.
His speech began like this:
Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just…
