John Hinckley Jr. has seen the vile and hateful feedback from X customers asking him to hurt President-elect Donald Trump … and he’s telling them to knock it off!
As TMZ reported … the would-be Ronald Reagan murderer posted a innocent publish to the social media platform on Wednesday, telling followers to take a look at his web site of music and artwork … the publish was rapidly inundated with customers asking John to hurt Trump.
And although we have been instructed native and federal authorities have been conscious of the feedback … once more, John did nothing improper … it appears the requests for violence — joking or not — didn’t cease.
Clearly, JH lastly had sufficient, and instructed everybody to again off, with the message … “I’m a man of peace now! Please stop with all the negative comments!”
A Secret Service supply beforehand instructed TMZ … “We are aware of the social media posts, but we are not commenting on matters of protective intelligence.”
Trump has already been focused in 2 assassination makes an attempt this yr … however the messages are made even darker given Hinckley’s personal historical past.
John was arrested in March 1981 after he shot and wounded President Reagan outdoors the Washington Hilton Resort in D.C. He additionally injured 3 others within the capturing, together with White Home Press Secretary James Brady, who was disabled for all times by the gunshot wound.
Hinckley remained in a psychiatric establishment for the subsequent 3 many years … and was granted conditional launch in September 2016 to reside together with his mom, after he was now not deemed a menace.
The motivation behind Hinckley’s assault on the president was his obsession with actress Jodie Foster … which resulted in him being discovered not responsible by motive of madness in June 1982.
Positive looks as if John is simply making an attempt to reside his life in a peaceable method … so he could need to contemplate ditching social media.
