“Just like they told JFK. ‘You know what you should do? You should take a convertible!'”
A hot mic caught a pair of journalists joking about former President Donald Trump’s assassination on Tuesday.
While waiting for Trump to arrive at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington D.C., the journalists were ghoulishly joking about having a “good shot” at the 45th president when he arrived — especially if he drove up in a convertible like President John F. Kennedy did when he was shot in the head in 1963.
“You know what the worst part is? Even if he has his window open and he’s hanging out of it, he will be on the other side of the street,” the first journalist quipped.
🚨WITH AUDIO: Journalists caught on hot mic joking about Trump's assassination, 'Like JFK' and a convertible
"You know what the worst part is? Even if he has his window open and he’s hanging out of it, he will be on the other side of the street"
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“I mean, if he’s driving, we’ve got a good shot!,” the second journalist joked.
First Journalist: Yeah, if he’s driving with the front window open?
Second Journalist: Yeah, or if it’s a convertible?
First Journalist: Yeah. I wasn’t thinking about that.
Second Journalist: Yeah. Like if he just pulls up–
First Journalist: Like JFK?
Second Journalist: Hahahaha
First Journalist: Maybe someone, just like they told JFK. You know what you should do? You should take a convertible! It’s so nice out!
Trump arrived at the D.C. Court of Appeals to hear the opening oral arguments in his appeal against special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to prosecute him over Jan. 6th.
The media and Democrats have escalated their rhetoric against Trump in recent months as Democrats’ lawfare tactics against him have appeared to politically backfire.
For example, the Washington Post in November published an article featuring an illustration of Roman leader Julius Caesar, who was assassinated by a group of senators in 44 B.C., bursting out of Trump’s head.
The article, titled “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending“, warned Democrats that Trump becoming the GOP nominee is all but certain which could lead to him rising to power like Hitler did in Germany.
“They’re obviously green-lighting assassination,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) observed.
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Journalist Tucker Carlson likewise expressed his concern over assassination attempts against Trump, citing the trajectory of the establishment’s efforts to stop Trump from retaking the White House in 2024.
“I mean, just chart it out,” he told former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino in December. “In the case of Trump, they started with protests. They moved to impeachment. Now they’re at indictment. None of it has worked. What’s next? What could possibly be next?”
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"I mean, just chart it out. In the case of Trump, they started with protests. They moved to impeachment. Now they're at indictment. None of it has worked.… pic.twitter.com/ql9QvGXWl8
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“If you felt and you really believed, and a lot of them do, that the worst thing that could happen to the country and more specifically to you in the professional class is to have Donald Trump as president, and everything you have tried has failed, and they have been accelerating steps, protests, impeachment, indictment,” he explained. “How many more arrows do you have in your quiver? And what’s the next one?”
“And of course, it’s assassination,” Carlson added. “And assassination happens around the world.”