Growing up, I recall the assassinations of presidents and prime ministers. But I never worried about it in my adult life — until now.
Never has so much depended on the outcome of the US presidential election, and the person wanting to ensure Biden does not win is none other than Vladimir Putin.
I truly hope the US secret service keeps Biden in a bullet proof box until this war is over. The same goes for European key figures in the Ukraine war.
FWIW, very many of us had that worry on the night of Nov 4, 2008.
Maybe you don't know, first hand, the trauma of MLK Jr's murder - amplified by decades of civil rights backsliding since. Amplified by knowing so many who were murdered by a cop or random bigot. Knowing how much progress can be erased by a bigot with a gun.
I'm not black, but I knew I was just prey for white bigots in 1993 when our racist justice system acquitted the murderer of a Japanese student in my home city.
@isaackuo In retrospect, I can certainly see how one could worry for Obama. Perhaps this was just not on my radar this much, because from across the pond he just looked like a very successful, very powerful president.