Assassination Culture Officially Goes Mainstream

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Cole Allen, the 31-year-old would-be Trump assassin, appears quite normal — on the surface, that is.

If it weren’t for the fact that he bum-rushed the security at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night with an alleged plan to gun down President Trump and members of his cabinet, he would be living a rather normal 21st-century life. (RELATED: A Hardcore Lefty Tried To Murder Trump And His Team. Liberals Try To Use Cliché Scapegoat)

As former Daily Caller social media director Will Ricciardella pointed out on X, Allen wasn’t “some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system.” He graduated from CalTech, one of the most prestigious STEM schools in the country, earned a master’s degree from Cal State Dominguez Hills, and was a part-time teacher/tutor. With that sort of credentialing, one would think you could carve out a banal American adult life.

The WHCA alleged shooter wasn’t some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system. He was well-educated,........

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