Trump assassination attempt: We were inches from a civil war

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By all appearances, a crazed would-be assassin just missed killing former president Donald Trump by a few inches. One or more of the shots, according to early news reports, killed an onlooker sitting behind Trump.

To be clear: The shooter missed sparking a bloody civil war by two inches.

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