John Hinckley Jr., the tried murderer who shot President Ronald Reagan within the ’80s, is now getting a barrage of heinous requests on-line … asking him to do the identical to President-elect Donald Trump.
The jarring posts popped up on X after Hinckley posted a hyperlink to his neighborhood web site Tuesday, encouraging followers to take a look at his new music … solely to see plenty of individuals reply with needs for him to take out Trump hours after DT received the 2024 presidential election.
The feedback are past troubling, with some telling Hinckley they’ve “got a job for [him]” and that the nation wants him “now more than ever.”
One consumer even tweeted, “I’m holding out for a hero.”
A Secret Service supply tells TMZ … “We are aware of the social media posts but we are not commenting on matters of protective intelligence.”
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Trump has already been focused in 2 assassination makes an attempt this yr … however the messages are made even darker given Hinckley’s personal historical past.
John Hinckley Jr. was arrested in March 1981 after he shot and wounded President Reagan exterior the Washington Hilton Resort in D.C. He additionally injured 3 others within the taking pictures, together with White Home Press Secretary James Brady, who was disabled for all times by the gunshot wound.
The motivation behind Hinckley’s assault on the president was his obsession with actress Jodie Foster … which resulted in him being discovered not responsible by cause of madness in June 1982.
Hinckley remained in a psychiatric establishment for the subsequent 3 many years … and was granted conditional launch in September 2016 to stay along with his mom, after he was not deemed a risk.
Trump notably spoke out in opposition to Hinckley’s launch on the time … saying the notorious shooter “should not have been freed.”
Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, additionally slammed the choice to provide Hinckley his freedom, saying her “heart [was] sickened” by the information.
Nonetheless, Hinckley made some extent to sentence Trump’s would-be murderer Thomas Matthew Crooks after the 20-year-old shot on the candidate at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.
We have reached out to Hinckley’s lawyer for remark … to date, no phrase again.
