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Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt

Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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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 all right, then ordered police to take charge of Schrank and to make sure no violence was done to him.
That is a leader!
Both President Taft and Democratic nominee Wilson suspended their campaigning until Roosevelt recovered and resumed his own.
Just.. wow
- Because people had integrity and honor back then.
  If good guys act exactly like bad guys, what are they?
You mean Teddy didn't repeatedly fist pump the air and chant "Fight Fight Fight!"
Now is literally the worst time to be posting this. Do not compare Trump to Teddy Roosevelt.
- The comparison being drawn is not a favorable one
  
  Yeah Roosevelt got shot and then just kept going like nothing happened. Seriously he finished his speech before getting medical attention. That dude was metal as hell.
- We all knew trump was going to compare himself the second he started fist pumping. That's literally the only thing that was going through his tiny pea brain. I commented such the minute it happened.
- American history is a violent history. I don't think anyone here is reading Trump as being anything like TR, but there are many lessons to be drawn by comparing the political environments of then and now. Here is an interesting non-wiki article discussing some of the comparative history

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