Looks like all that construction work distraction was to hide all the medical equipment they needed to bring into the White House.

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    21 days ago

    Multiple presidents have been assassinated or attempted to be assassinated. Which put lightly is vexing to the notion of US democracy wherein only the people (not one person) should remove a president. Mix that with hyper -isms (national, patriot) and viola. The secret service legislation was literally on Lincoln’s desk when he was assassinated.

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        21 days ago

        I mean I’m US educated so idk about assassination attempt rates of prime ministers and presidents of other democracies. The cold war fears were very real and amplified after Kennedy was shot. The wiki on assassination attempts for US presidents is pretty lengthy for the past few…

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          Well Kennedy was an Irish Catholic, so I’m pretty sure Jesus shot him from the grassy knoll.