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In 2017, Lee Harvey Oswald would fail at Dealey Plaza

By Tom Rogan

Published October 30, 2017 2:07pm ET

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In 2017, Lee Harvey Oswald would fail at Dealey Plaza — Members of President Donald Trump's Secret Service detail walk with the First Family's motorcade vehicle as they move alone the Inauguration Day Parade Route in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

Were he alive today, Lee Harvey Oswald could not assassinate a U.S. president in the same manner that he killed John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

Oswald’s most obvious issue would be his lack of opportunity.

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