<div class="mp_wrapper"> <div class="mepr-unauthorized-excerpt"> <p>Ryan Wesley Routh tried to play Lee Harvey Oswald and Abraham Zapruder. He succeeded in neither role.<br>
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Sunday, the second such serious effort to murder th...</p> </div> <div class="mepr-unauthorized-message"> 
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We live in a narcissistic culture in which celebrity, sometimes via GoPro, rather than sainthood appears to many as the highest level of humanity.{ai:summary}<p>Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, marking the second serious effort against him. His actions drew parallels to historical figures Lee Harvey Oswald and Abraham Zapruder, although he did not manage to embody their legacies.</p><p>#politics</p>

Trump Assassination Attempt With GoPro in Hand

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