John Hinckley Jr., decades ago found He was found not guilty by reason of insanity after the shooting death of President Ronald Reagan, but now claims he has become a “victim of cancel culture,” the newspaper reported. new york post.
Hinkley, who writes original music, sings and plays guitar, has a YouTube page. channel There are over 36,000 subscribers.
He was scheduled to perform at a venue in Connecticut later this month, but told the New York Post that the performance has been postponed indefinitely.a post I promoted the performance on Hotel Huxley’s Instagram page, which I then promoted on another page. post A message beside the venue included: “Guessed: Postponed until further notice (they’re killing us here).”
“I think it’s fair to say that I’m a victim of cancel culture,” he said, according to the newspaper. “It just keeps happening over and over again.” According to the paper, Hinckley estimates that more than a dozen scheduled performances have been canceled because “the owners don’t want controversy.”
“They booked me and then the show was announced and the backlash started from the venue,” he said, according to the outlet. “Owners are always crying and canceling, which has happened many times and is exactly what I expected,” he said. “I don’t get too upset.”
“I’m not the same person I was before. I think differently than I did a long time ago,” Hinckley said, according to the newspaper, but declined to elaborate or discuss the shooting incident. “I don’t want to dwell on the past,” he said. “Stay in the moment.”
in post In X, he wrote, “Now that all my concerts have been cancelled, it’s a fair statement to say that I’m a victim of cancel culture!”
Reagan was not the only person injured in Hinckley’s shooting in 1981. secretservice.gov“Mr. Hinckley fired six shots. One shot struck White House Press Secretary James Brady in the head. The other shot struck Metropolitan Police Department Officer Thomas Delahunty in the neck. Special Agent Tim McCarthy was shot in the abdomen as he turned to protect the president. Two bullets ricocheted off him.”
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