John Hinckley Jr., the man who attacked the former US president in 1981 and injured him, stated on X that using violence is not the solution. Give the peace a chance.
Though Hinckley made no mention of the Republican presidential contender specifically, people quickly saw the link and expressed amusement at his remarks.
A user named X expressed what many others had been thinking when they wrote, “Dude, you literally shot the 40th president of the United States.”
One of the bullets that struck former President Trump on Saturday left one spectator dead and two more critically hurt.
The Secret Service shot and killed the gunman, who has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, on the spot.
After being placed under court supervision and placed in psychiatric care for 41 years following his 1982 trial, in which he was found not guilty due to insanity, Hinckley was released in 2022.
Prior to his release, a number of restrictions on his freedom, including usage restrictions on social media, had been gradually relaxed.
