The Republican National Convention (RNC) will be held in Milwaukee next week, two blocks from where President Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt in 1912.
An exhibit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marks the spot where the assassination attempt on former President Teddy Roosevelt took place in 1912. (Matthew Purdy/Breitbart News)
Roosevelt, a former Republican president then campaigning on the ticket of the “Progressive” Bull Moose Party, was shot by saloon owner John F. Schrank outside the Gilpatrick Hotel, now the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – 1912: New York saloonkeeper John F. Schrank plotted to assassinate U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 1912. (Photo by Harlinge/Roger Violet via Getty Images)
There was no political motivation: Schrank was mentally unstable.
Roosevelt’s life was saved when the bullet was stopped by papers he had in his breast pocket, but he insisted on finishing his speech before receiving medical attention.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – 1912: The gun used by John F. Schrank in the attempted assassination of President Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1912. (Photo by Harlinge/Roger Violet via Getty Images)
The convention begins just two days after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, with only a bullet grazing his right ear.
Breitbart News spoke with Republican representatives at the hotel, who suggested Democrats’ rhetoric created an environment conducive to Saturday’s assassination attempt, which claimed the life of one rally attendee.
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The president is said to be safe and convention events are expected to go ahead as scheduled, although security will likely be stepped up.
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