Elections

John Hinckley Jr. Tells People to Quit Asking Him to Kill Trump

‘PLEASE STOP’

“I’m a man of peace now,” Reagan’s would-be assassin says.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan, told X users to stop asking him to kill Donald Trump.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

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