WH Correspondents Dinner

#51
#51
NorthDallas40 said:
Yes, there were several confirmed plots and attempts on Barack Obama’s life during his presidency and campaigns, along with a significantly higher volume of threats compared to his predecessors.
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Key Attempts and Plots:
  • White House Shooting (2011): 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez was charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama after firing shots from an assault rifle at the White House. He cracked a window in the first family's living quarters while Obama was away. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
  • 2008 Denver Convention Plot: Federal authorities broke up a plot by three white supremacists who planned to shoot then-candidate Obama from a high vantage point during his acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
  • Tennessee Neo-Nazi Plot (2008): Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested for planning to kill 88 African Americans, concluding with a plan to drive their vehicle towards Obama and shoot at him.
  • Ricin Letters (2013): Letters laced with the poison ricin were sent to President Obama. James Everett Dutschke was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the attempt. A second incident involving a woman sending ricin letters to the President also occurred that year.
  • FEAR Militia Plot (2012): Four U.S. Army soldiers in Georgia were accused of forming a militia and plotting to assassinate the president, among other targets.
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Threat Volume:
During his presidency, reports indicated that Obama faced roughly 400% more death threats than previous presidents. Many of these threats were tied to white supremacist groups and his status as the first African American president.
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Additional Incidents:
  • Mail Bombs (2018): Pipe bombs were mailed to former President Obama and other Democrats by Cesar Sayoc Jr..
  • Stalking & Threats (2008): Multiple individuals, including Jerry Blanchard and Raymond H. Geisel, were arrested for threatening to kill Obama during his 2008 campaign.
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Threats and attempts are different.
 
#57
#57
Volbucky said:
Go back to your original dismissal, do you think a republican shot at trump tonight?

Which side has a major assassination issue? You can throw the one attempt on Obama in there, still who has the issue?

Like the guy said, democrats are sick in the head.
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There have been three attempts on Trumps life.

There was one on Obama

I never claimed that these people attempting this were republican.

I said the rhetoric, that you espouse, is dangerous and part of the problem.

I don't pretend one side is better or worse than the other. They are all made up of people. People have issues. I don't fault the party I belong to, the GOP, when a republican does something terrible. Why? Because personal responsibility matters. There is no part of either parties platform that supports this besides people bastardizing things. Stop calling half the country evil
 
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#60
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BigOrangeMojo said:
Well, thankfully the SS under Trump didnt let the potential assassin get off multiple clear shots at the POTUS....
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Based on the posters showing up to throw out the usual rhetoric you’re gonna have to actually use blue font tonight for posts like this
 
#72
#72
Volbucky said:
Go back to your original dismissal, do you think a republican shot at trump tonight?

Which side has a major assassination issue? You can throw the one attempt on Obama in there, still who has the issue?

Like the guy said, democrats are sick in the head.
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Wasn’t the Butler shooting a registered republican? Lol
 
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