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Near Assassinations: Two Presidents, Two Popes, by Paul Kengor – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine, July 17, 2024

Paul Kengor is Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, executive director of the Center for Vision and Values. He is the author, most recently, of The Devil and Karl Marx (TAN Books, 2020). He is also the editor of The American Spectator.

 

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump and a foiled attempt against Pope Francis harken back to two other attempted assassinations, and Our Lady’s role.

Paul KengorWhen Donald Trump was nearly assassinated this past Saturday in my hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania—at a rally that I nearly attended (my 16-year-old son was there)—I quickly thought of March 30, 1981, the day that President Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated. I have written extensively about Reagan, and I think the similarities between the two attempted assassinations are notable.

Both men were shot by loners in their 20s, outcasts, not part of any conspiracy, who acted entirely on their own. In Trump’s case, if the bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks had struck a few centimeters closer to his skull, he would have died. In Reagan’s case, if the bullet fired by John Hinckley had struck a few centimeters closer to his heart, he would have died. Both men, afterward, unhesitatingly credited God for their survival. …

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