{"id":2309325,"date":"2024-07-26T10:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309325"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:32:54","slug":"there-is-no-shortage-of-radical-left-wing-assassins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-shortage-of-radical-left-wing-assassins\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is No Shortage Of Radical Left-Wing Assassins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthere-is-no-shortage-of-radical-left-wing-assassins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Following an assassination attempt on\u2064 former President Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-slams-claim-that-climate-change-is-responsible-for-hurricane-idalia\/\" title=\"DeSantis rejects link between climate change and Hurricane Idalia.\">media outlets highlighted<\/a> the \u200bpolitical affiliation of the shooter, Thomas \u2063Crooks, a 20-year-old registered Republican from Pennsylvania. This detail drew\u2062 attention \u2063as some media suggested it \u200bimplied\u200d a connection to right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadales-i-used-to-be-antifa\/\" title=\"Nadales: I Used To Be Antifa\">-wing political violence<\/a>. While Crooks was noted to have registered\u2064 as a Republican, reports also mentioned his earlier donations to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-milwaukee-public-schools-a-is-for-activism\/\" title=\"In Milwaukee Public Schools, \u2018A\u2019 Is For Activism\">left-leaning political group<\/a>, raising questions about his political views.<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses various historical assassinations and \u2063attempts on U.S. presidents committed by individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/targets-latest-trans-mania-is-asking-for-more-boycotts-and-customers-should-deliver\/\" title=\"Target&#039;s recent embrace of transgender ideology is inviting further calls for boycotts, and customers should respond accordingly.\">left-wing\u200c ideologies<\/a>, countering the narrative that political\u2063 violence is predominantly \u200ca right-wing issue. Key\u2063 figures mentioned include:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Lee Harvey Oswald**, who assassinated John F. Kennedy and \u200bhad communist ties.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Leon Czolgosz**, who killed William McKinley, motivated by anarchist beliefs and\u2063 class struggle.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u200b**Giuseppe Zangara**, who aimed to assassinate Franklin \u2064D. Roosevelt, driven by anti-capitalist sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Sara\u2062 Jane Moore**, who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in\u200b 1975, and was aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-silent-on-mcinnes-free-speech-lawsuit-twitter-files\/\" title=\"ACLU Silent on McInnes\u2019 Free Speech Lawsuit, Twitter Files\">radical left views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion suggests that political violence is a broader\u200d issue that transcends\u2064 simple left-right\u2064 categorizations, pointing to a history of radical actors on both sides\u200d of \u200dthe political spectrum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, one of the most prominent news bytes among the propaganda media was the shooter&rsquo;s alleged political affiliation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media outlets didn&rsquo;t hesitate to note that Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old Pennsylvania native who shot Trump in the face, killed a rally attendee, and injured two others, was a registered&nbsp;<em>Republican<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Crooks was a registered Republican, according to Pennsylvania voter records,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-rally-shooter-identified-rcna161757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;NBC News in an article the day after the assassination attempt. A CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/trump-rally-gunman-thomas-crooks-invs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> with the headline &ldquo;What We Know About The Trump Rally Gunman So Far&rdquo; used the line &ldquo;A 20-year-old living in a crucial swing state&rdquo; to begin to describe the man who wreaked irreversible havoc on July 13. USA Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/07\/24\/trump-shooter-attack-motive\/74456439007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Crooks donated to ActBlue but &ldquo;registered as a Republican&rdquo; &ldquo;after he turned 18&rdquo; later the same year.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Trump&rsquo;s near assassination, some in the media find the most pressing detail Crooks&rsquo; political affiliation, as if Crooks&rsquo; allegedly being a registered Republican removes the layer of political violence from the attack: he is supposedly &ldquo;one of Trump&rsquo;s own.&rdquo; Of course, corporate media would love to have another excuse to portray political violence as a right-wing problem, as they have with their coverage of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, there is no shortage of <em>left-wing<\/em> radical assassins. Here are five assassinations and assassination attempts on presidents committed by left-wing perpetrators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. <\/strong>Lee Harvey Oswald <\/h2>\n<p>Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. It has recently been <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/22\/soviets-ordered-lee-harvey-oswald-to-kill-jfk-ex-cia-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a> that Oswald was an agent of the Soviet KGB and was initially ordered to assassinate JFK, though the KGB changed course and Oswald later acted on his own.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Oswald had declared himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/jfk\/warren-commission-report\/chapter-7.html\">communist<\/a> and defected to the Soviet Union. Originally a United States Marine, the KGB allegedly recruited Oswald when he was serving with the U.S. military in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The political climate in the Soviet Union at the time of Kennedy&rsquo;s assassination was extremely hostile toward the American republic. In the middle of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war, specifically during the <a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/cuban-missile-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cuban Missile Crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Communism was the rule of the land in the Soviet Union, promoting anti-capitalist philosophies. The Soviet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Communist-Party-of-the-Soviet-Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government<\/a> was a &ldquo;monolithic, monopolistic ruling party that dominated the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the U.S.S.R.&rdquo; and was at odds with American culture, politics, and values throughout the duration of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2.&nbsp;Leon Czolgosz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Leon Czolgosz shot and killed President William McKinley in September of 1901. After Czolgosz&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Leon-Czolgosz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wages<\/a>&nbsp;were lowered at the mill he worked at, he became increasingly interested in workers&rsquo; rights and felt that there was inequality between the rich and the working class. It is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Leon-Czolgosz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that he began to read radical books and writings, and was particularly interested in anarchist Gaetano Bresci, who assassinated the king of Italy. Czolgosz himself could be described as an anarchist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anarchy is an anti-capitalist, libertarian, and socialist philosophy. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/anarchy.asp\">Left-wing anarchists<\/a>&nbsp;oppose natural hierarchies, private property, and government. By their logic, a ruler is someone who owns private property, holds a managerial position, or is a government official,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-wire\/anarchy-neither-chaos-nor-hard-find\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Mises Institute.  <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Leon-Czolgosz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reportedly<\/a> [Czolgosz&rsquo;s]  last words were: &lsquo;I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people &mdash; the working people.&#8217;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Czolgosz&rsquo;s words are consistent with the philosophy of left-wing anarchy. His anger at the president&rsquo;s supposed attack on the working class underscores Czolgosz&rsquo;s motivations to assassinate McKinley.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Giuseppe Zangara<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article131007844.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anarchist<\/a>, Giuseppe Zangara, targeted President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, shouting, &ldquo;Too many people are starving!&rdquo; as he aimed at FDR and attempted to shoot him. Zangara fired six shots, hitting five people, including fatally wounding the mayor of Chicago, who was at the event FDR was speaking at.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/fdr-escapes-assassination-in-miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that Zangara said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t hate Mr. Roosevelt personally, I hate all officials and anyone who is rich.&rdquo; Additionally, he told the FBI, &ldquo;Since my stomach hurt I want to make even with the capitalists by kill [sic] the president. My stomach hurt long time [sic].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like Czolgosz, Zangara was an anarchist with a deep distaste for the wealthy in America. Although FDR was a leftist himself, Czolgosz&rsquo;s radical left-wing ideology brewed a deep-seated hatred of anyone with privilege, a common pillar of anti-capitalist and socialist theories.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Sara Jane Moore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sara Jane Moore tried to kill President Gerald R. Ford in 1975 at a hotel in San Francisco. She shot at the president from 40 feet away and missed because someone in the crowd grabbed the gun at the last moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore was not a textbook assassin, she was a mother and accountant in her mid-40s. She was also extremely vague when she described her motives to the police.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, her life before the assassination attempt provides clues about her radical ideology and paranoia. Moore associated with left-wing groups, and when she became an FBI informant in the 1970s, the bureau tasked her with infiltrating left-leaning radical organizations. Just prior to the shooting, she stopped working for the FBI and was convinced they &ldquo;wanted her dead.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;I was going to go down anyway,&rsquo;&rdquo; Moore&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/sara-jane-moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;&lsquo;If the government was going to kill me, I was going to make some kind of statement.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. John Hinckley Jr.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan, was ultimately found not guilty due to alleged insanity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Hinckley has decided to start his own political party, called the National Redemption Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 67-year-old said in a tweet that the NRP is &lsquo;for peace, love, racial equality, LGBTQ Rights, Abortion Rights, the Green New Deal,&#8217;&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/john-hinckley-new-political-party_n_636c1383e4b08163046fb1a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;the HuffPost, quoting from a since-deleted post on X. NRP also opposes &ldquo;&lsquo;the Mob that controls the music industry.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley&rsquo;s party platform uncannily resembles that of the modern-day Democrat Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kamden Mulder is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a senior at Hillsdale College pursuing a degree in American Studies and Journalism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a significant focus of the media was on the political affiliation of the shooter. Major news organizations quickly reported that Thomas Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania who shot Trump, killed a rally participant, and injured two others, was a registered Republican. NBC News stated, &#8220;Crooks was a registered Republican, according to Pennsylvania voter records,&#8221; in an article published the day after the incident. A CNN piece titled &#8220;What We Know About The Trump Rally Gunman So Far&#8221; began by describing him as &#8220;A 20-year-old living in a crucial swing state.&#8221; USA Today mentioned that Crooks had donated to ActBlue but &#8220;registered as a Republican&#8221; shortly after turning 18 that same year.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of Trump&#8217;s near-assassination, some media outlets seemed to prioritize Crooks&#8217; political affiliation, suggesting that being a registered Republican somehow mitigated the political violence of the attack, implying he was &#8220;one of Trump\u2019s own.&#8221; This narrative aligns with corporate media&#8217;s tendency to frame political violence as primarily a right-wing issue, similar to their coverage of the January 6 events.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no shortage of left-wing radicals who have committed assassinations or attempted assassinations against presidents. Here are five notable cases involving left-wing perpetrators:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Lee Harvey Oswald**: Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Allegations have surfaced that he was a KGB agent initially tasked with killing JFK, but later acted independently. Oswald identified as a communist and had defected to the Soviet Union, which was hostile toward the U.S. during the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Leon Czolgosz**: Czolgosz shot and killed President William McKinley in September 1901. After experiencing wage cuts, he became interested in workers&#8217; rights and read radical literature, particularly about anarchism. He identified as an anarchist and claimed to have killed McKinley because he viewed him as an enemy of the working class.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Giuseppe Zangara**: An anarchist, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, declaring, &#8220;Too many people are starving!&#8221; He fired six shots, injuring several, including the mayor of Chicago. Zangara expressed hatred for the wealthy and government officials, reflecting his anti-capitalist beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Sara Jane Moore**: In 1975, Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford but missed when a bystander intervened. Although her motives were unclear, her past associations with left-wing groups and her belief that the FBI wanted her dead suggest a radical ideology.<\/p>\n<p>5. **John Hinckley Jr.**: Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan and was later found not guilty by reason of insanity. Recently, he announced the formation of a political party, the National Redemption Party, which espouses views similar to those of the modern Democratic Party, including support for racial equality and abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>Kamden Mulder is a summer intern at The Federalist and a senior at Hillsdale College studying American Studies and Journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3160,"featured_media":2309343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-25-at-5.37.01-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[36312,5235,35049,36311,33971],"class_list":["post-2309325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-assassins","tag-extremism","tag-political-violence","tag-radical-left","tag-social-movements"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-25-at-5.37.01-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}