This past June, Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. was granted unconditional full release from prison after 41 years. By July, he was hard at work building up his Twitter presence (and selling his new CD, featuring 14 original tracks!).
I believe in peace, love, equity, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, animal rights, race mixing, assault weapon ban, sharing the wealth, Green New Deal, Black Lives Matter, Prison reform and good rock ‘n’ roll. Join the John Hinckley Community.
— John Hinckley (@JohnHinckley20) July 25, 2022
Well, all this time, we’ve been wondering what other tricks he’s got up his sleeve. Like, yeah, he “[believes] in peace, love, equity, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, animal rights, race mixing, assault weapon ban, sharing the wealth, Green New Deal, Black Lives Matter, Prison reform and good rock ‘n’ roll,” but anybody can say that. What’s he gonna do with it?
He’s gonna start his own party, of course:
https://twitter.com/JohnHinckley20/status/1590397731306352640
Ooo … you know, I can’t speak for the rest of you guys, but I was on the fence about joining until I found out that there’s a membership card in it for me. Can I print it out? Can I use it to get discounts?
Great job John. Who’s your next target
— Notveryold (@NotVeryOld) November 9, 2022
Oof.
that sounds like a nice party john. i bet some graphic designers may be interested in joining and may have some other notes for you
— Uh, it's cranberry juice… uh, cran-apple (@ChefGuevara_) November 9, 2022
Perhaps some or all of them can note that John Hinckley Jr. is creepy and weird.
Have the people treating him as some revolutionary hero forgotten about his creepy sexual obsession with 14 y/o Jodie Foster?? He didn’t shoot Reagan bc he opposed his policies but bc he thought Jodie Foster would be impressed if he killed a president. He’s an incel weirdo https://t.co/Qiv9TJdDd0
— Bob Death (@CHRISF0GLE) November 9, 2022
Not the kind of guy you should be sending your address to. For a few reasons.
I’m going to tell my children this is Van Morrison. https://t.co/O7FExtchRT
— Grant (@TheDrizzle16) November 9, 2022
We wish it were Van Morrison. As far as we know, Van Morrison didn’t try to murder anyone.
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