On October 12, 1912 a mentally unstable saloonkeeper shot Teddy in the chest with a 38, just as Teddy was to give a campaign speech. The bullet passed through his folded speech and lodged in his chest muscle without penetrating to vital organs. He then delivered his 90 speech before going to hospital. He opened with
“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”🫎
On October 12, 1912 a mentally unstable saloonkeeper shot Teddy in the chest with a 38, just as Teddy was to give a campaign speech. The bullet passed through his folded speech and lodged in his chest muscle without penetrating to vital organs. He then delivered his 90 speech before going to hospital. He opened with
“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”🫎