Like Theodore Roosevelt, It Will Take More Than This To Stop a Bull Moose Like Trump

Like Trump, Theodore Roosevent was seeking a return to the White House when he was shot.

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After nearly being assassinated, Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event at Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. AP

President Trump is recovering after a bullet fired at his head grazed his ear during a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. The gunman and one Trump supporter are dead. Coming days after I wrote in the Sun that President Biden urged donors to “put a bullseye on Trump,” we can hope that the apparent assassination attempt turns the election from ad hominem attacks back to policy.

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