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Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Jr. on Trump Assassination Attempts & Jodie Foster Obsession
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1:14:02Now PlayingMegyn Kelly is joined by John Hinckley Jr., musician, artist, and
author of "John Hinckley Jr.: Who I Really Am," to talk about what he
thought when he saw another Trump assassination attempt at the
"Hinckley Hilton," the rise of political violence in America today,
people reaching out to him on X to commit further violence against
Trump, what an "erotomaniac" actually is, Hinckley's delusion that led
to his Jodie Foster obsession, what happened when he actually saw
Foster in person at Yale, what led him to start thinking about hurting
someone to impress Jodie Foster, his initial targets of Jimmy Carter
and even Ted Kennedy, the circumstances that led to his assassination
attempt on President Ronald Reagan, how easy it was to get close to
Reagan to take the shots, his reaction to Reagan and James Brady's
comments about him, what he'd say to their family members now, his
communication with Ted Bundy, what life was like in the psychiatric
facility, getting released and what life is like now, and more.
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