{"id":106785,"date":"2018-10-26T10:47:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106785"},"modified":"2018-10-26T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:51:01","slug":"106785","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106785","title":{"rendered":"Wow, the NYT publishes &#8220;Assassination Fantasy&#8221; about Trump!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New York Times Published Trump Assassination Fantasy Before Mail Bomb Scare<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by Justin Caruso<br \/>\nBREITBART<\/p>\n<h3>The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0published a fictional story Tuesday that fantasized about President Trump\u2019s assassination at the hands of the Secret Service and a Russian operative \u2014 one day before the nation was gripped by news of apparent mail bombs sent to prominent Democratic figures.<\/h3>\n<p>In an\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/23\/books\/review\/trumps-next-chapter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">article<\/a>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u2018 Book Review, five writers conjured up fantasy scenarios about President Trump\u2019s future with the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>One writer, Zoe Sharp (pictured), took liberal fantasizing to the next level and wrote a story that ends with President Trump being assassinated by a Russian agent. The Times\u2019 editors illustrate the piece, titled \u201cHow It Ends,\u201d with a Russian flag sticking out of a pistol barrel.<\/p>\n<p>In the story, the Russian attempts to shoot the president, but his gun misfires. A Secret Service agent then offers his own pistol to the Russian:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Russian waited until they were a few steps past before he drew the gun. He sighted on the center of the president\u2019s back, and squeezed the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>The Makarov misfired.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service agent at the president\u2019s shoulder heard the click, spun into a crouch. He registered the scene instantly, drawing his own weapon with razor-edge reflexes.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian tasted failure. He closed his eyes and waited to pay the cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It did not come.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He opened his eyes. The Secret Service agent stood before him, presenting his Glock, butt first.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHere,\u201d the agent said politely. \u201cUse mine. \u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>[emphasis added]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This assassination fantasy was published just one day before the media exploded with criticism for President Trump\u2019s rhetoric after a series of apparent mail bombs sent to many Democrat political figures Wednesday, including one\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/10\/24\/cnns-nyc-studios-evacuated-after-suspicious-package-sent-to-time-warner-center\/\">sent<\/a>\u00a0to CNN\u2019s New York office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/authorzoesharp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AuthorZoeSharp<\/a> published a violent piece fantasizing about the assassination of President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> in the pages of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This sort of stuff is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>No matter the person.<br \/>No matter the politics.<br \/>No matter the President.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SBfHaxlZjQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/SBfHaxlZjQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XK8x8vSPOI\">pic.twitter.com\/XK8x8vSPOI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1055222541558652928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Media and entertainment figures fantasizing about the assassination of President Trump has become disturbingly common.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, actor Johnny Depp joked, \u201cWhen was the last time an actor assassinated a president?\u201d He later\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2017\/06\/23\/johnny-depp-apologizes-for-trump-assassination-barb-after-white-house-condemns\/\">apologized<\/a>. Rapper Rick Ross\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/11\/11\/rick-ross-makes-death-threat-politically-charged-music-video-assassinate-trump-like-im-zimmerman\/\">released<\/a>\u00a0a song in 2016 with the lyric, \u201cAssassinate Trump like I\u2019m Zimmerman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<em>Julius Caesar<\/em>\u00a0play in Central Park\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2017\/06\/17\/protesters-crash-trump-assassination-julius-caesar-play-video\/\">featured<\/a>\u00a0the assassination of a faux Donald Trump-figure. And pop star Madonna\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/live\/womens-march-washington-live-updates\/madonna-drops-f-bombs-anti-trump-rally-ive-thought-lot-blowing-white-house\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0at the Women\u2019s March that she had fantasized about \u201cblowing up\u201d the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m angry. Yes, I\u2019m outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House, but I know that this won\u2019t change anything,\u201d she\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/live\/womens-march-washington-live-updates\/madonna-drops-f-bombs-anti-trump-rally-ive-thought-lot-blowing-white-house\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the left\u2019s violent fantasies are not limited to Trump\u2013anyone they disagree with can be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who was at the GOP baseball practice when it was targeted by left-wing mass shooter James Hodgkinson, said that Hodgkinson was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/12\/rand-paul-media-covered-scalise-shooter-shouting-for-health-care\/\">screaming<\/a>, \u201cThis is for health care!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also had a list of conservative legislators\u2013Republicans\u2013in his pocket, that he was going to kill,\u201d Paul also said.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media\u2019s role in this downward slide cannot be ignored, either.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Nicolle Wallace has repeatedly fantasized about violence toward people she disagrees with, previously\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/10\/12\/nicolle-wallaces-violent-fantasy-life-wring-sanders-neck-punch-trumps-face\/\">talking<\/a>\u00a0on air about Sarah Sanders getting choked and Trump getting punched in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Further, CNN has excused and whitewashed the violence of Antifa,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/08\/29\/cnns-don-lemon-defends-violent-antifa-no-organization-is-perfect\/\">time<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/08\/14\/cnn-chris-cuomo-antifa-violence-right\/\">time<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/09\/26\/cnns-don-lemon-defends-antifa-harassment-of-ted-cruz-thats-what-he-signed-up-for\/\">time<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/08\/19\/cnn-normalizes-antifa-leftists-seek-peace-through-violence\/\">again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, as Breitbart News has meticulously\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/07\/05\/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters\/\">chronicled<\/a>, there are several hundred incidents of Trump supporting Americans being targeted for violence, harassment, and intimidation by the left.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/10\/25\/new-york-times-publishes-fantasy-about-trump-getting-assassinated\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=daily&amp;utm_content=links&amp;utm_campaign=20181025\">http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2018\/10\/25\/new-york-times-publishes-fantasy-about-trump-getting-assassinated\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=daily&amp;utm_content=links&amp;utm_campaign=20181025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times Published Trump Assassination Fantasy Before Mail Bomb Scare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}