He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze there just aren't as many women attempting assassinations anymore…
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@mattblaze there just aren't as many women attempting assassinations anymore…
@mattgriffin and members of the Manson family! Hardcore stuff.
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze try, try, until succeed, I guess?
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze And 3 years to go!
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze I almost threw up when I heard his self aggrandizing speech afterwards.
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@mattgriffin and members of the Manson family! Hardcore stuff.
@mattblaze Trump family, Manson family, it can be hard to know the difference
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze you think there was anything real about this?
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@mattblaze you think there was anything real about this?
@acm_redfox Sometimes (usually, even) things are what they seem to be.
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@acm_redfox Sometimes (usually, even) things are what they seem to be.
@mattblaze seems like a prank that only he knew was coming.
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
Though the inter-arrival rate of Ford assassination attempts remains undefeated.
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He’s finally beaten Gerald Ford’s assassination attempt numbers.
@mattblaze yeah, but he hasn’t been run over by my grandmother on skis, so he’s still lamer than Ford.
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Though the inter-arrival rate of Ford assassination attempts remains undefeated.
For the kids who weren't around then: in 1975 there were two serious but failed attempts on President Gerald Ford's life, just 17 days apart from each other. In both cases, the would-be assassins - one a member of the Manson family - didn't appear to have specific grievances against Ford himself, but rather thought that killing the president would bring about some sort of positive social change.
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For the kids who weren't around then: in 1975 there were two serious but failed attempts on President Gerald Ford's life, just 17 days apart from each other. In both cases, the would-be assassins - one a member of the Manson family - didn't appear to have specific grievances against Ford himself, but rather thought that killing the president would bring about some sort of positive social change.
So Ford holds the record for shortest interval between assassination attempts. But Trump and Reagan almost certainly hold the record for presidential assassination attempts in closest geographic proximity to one another.
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So Ford holds the record for shortest interval between assassination attempts. But Trump and Reagan almost certainly hold the record for presidential assassination attempts in closest geographic proximity to one another.
I mean, shortest so far. We don't know what the future holds.
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I mean, shortest so far. We don't know what the future holds.
@munin The next 15 days are critical.
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For the kids who weren't around then: in 1975 there were two serious but failed attempts on President Gerald Ford's life, just 17 days apart from each other. In both cases, the would-be assassins - one a member of the Manson family - didn't appear to have specific grievances against Ford himself, but rather thought that killing the president would bring about some sort of positive social change.
Which is interesting because Ford actually ended up getting eaten by wolves. He was delicious.
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So Ford holds the record for shortest interval between assassination attempts. But Trump and Reagan almost certainly hold the record for presidential assassination attempts in closest geographic proximity to one another.
Trump has the most entries in the "assassination attempts and plots" on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots#Donald_Trump_2
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So Ford holds the record for shortest interval between assassination attempts. But Trump and Reagan almost certainly hold the record for presidential assassination attempts in closest geographic proximity to one another.
@mattblaze Is it weird that part of me wonders about known vs. unknown assassination attempts? Like, I can't but think about how many plots there were against various presidents that were foiled by different law enforcement/alphabet soup agencies and which the public will never learn about.
There probably aren't many, if any. But how would we know?
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Though the inter-arrival rate of Ford assassination attempts remains undefeated.
@mattblaze This comment led me to the Wikipedia page on assassination attempts of your presidents and there appear to be many foiled attempts I have never heard of, even on recent presidents. Apart from the last screw up, the CIA seems to be doing a pretty good job.
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For the kids who weren't around then: in 1975 there were two serious but failed attempts on President Gerald Ford's life, just 17 days apart from each other. In both cases, the would-be assassins - one a member of the Manson family - didn't appear to have specific grievances against Ford himself, but rather thought that killing the president would bring about some sort of positive social change.
@mattblaze The thing I don’t understand is why they think killing Trump will make things better - my understanding of history is that it would actually energize his supporters and turn Vance into a “torch bearer”.
You could make a solid argument that if Kennedy hadn’t been assassinated there would have been no Great Society or Apollo program.
