We’ve Forgotten Trump’s Shooter Already

Thomas Matthew Crooks, in his yearbook photo. (REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk)
In the story we’re telling about the assassination attempt, the villain is a fumbling bureaucrat—not the man who pulled the trigger.
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Can you remember the name of the man who nearly killed Donald Trump?
What about the guy who shot Reagan? Or the man who killed JFK?
John Hinckley Jr. and Lee Harvey Oswald are infamous. But despite having seen or heard it dozens of times over the past two weeks, I just had to look up the name of Thomas Matthew Crooks.
I suspect I’m not alone: few people se…
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