Megyn is joined by John Hinckley Jr., musician, artist, and author of John Hinckley Jr.: Who I Really Am, to talk about what he thought when he saw the assassination attempt at President Donald Trump at the “Hinckley Hilton,” the rise of political violence in America today, people reaching out to him on social media to commit further violence against Trump, what an “erotomaniac” actually is, Hinckley’s delusion that led to his Jodie Foster obsession, what happened when he actually saw Foster in person at Yale, what led him to start thinking about hurting someone to impress Foster, his initial targets of Jimmy Carter and even Ted Kennedy, the circumstances that led to his assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, how easy it was to get close to Reagan, his reaction to Reagan and James Brady’s comments about him, what he would say to their family members now, his communication with Ted Bundy, what life was like in the psychiatric facility, getting released and what life is like now, and more.
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