Man Attempts To Assassinate Obama, 'But Not Because He's Black Or Anything'
Suspect Alex Croft, who has a ton of black friends, planned to kill Obama because of his socialist agenda -- not because of his skin color.
Welcome back. We have some
breaking news for you this morning.
The FBI is now releasing new details
about Alex Croft.
He was the man
that they arrested on Tuesday
after it came to light
that he had plans
to assassinate the President.
-An FBI spokesman
told the press the plot was slowed down
largely because of Croft's fears
that the assassination
would seem racist
when in fact he meant it
to have nothing to do
with President Obama's skin color.
-Now we understand that the FBI
was tipped off in part by a videotape
that Croft himself had made
and distributed to major media outlets.
We have a section of that tape
to show our viewers right now.
-I will personally destroy Barack Obama
and it's not because
he's African-American.
It's because of his socialist policies.
Look, my sister is married
to a black guy,
it's not a black and white thing.
And then he went on to list all
of his other African-American friends.
In the small town
of Hewitt, Vermont,
Croft's neighbors are all expressing
astonishment this morning,
saying that Croft was quiet
and mostly kept to himself,
except when encountering
a black person
when he would become
exceedingly chatty,
going so far as to invite
complete strangers to hang out.
Today Now's very own Jane Carmichael
is right now standing by live
in Washington DC
with the latest details for us.
Good morning Jane.
-Good morning.
Jane tell us about
this anti-government militia group
he tried to get to help him.
These guys seem pretty scary.
Yes but apparently
they turned Croft down
because they were quote "a little
uncomfortable with some of the language
Croft was using."
-He'd come to one of our meetings
and says 'Obama must be killed,
he's got a dark soul.'
And everyone was like
'whoa what does that mean, dark soul?'
And he's all like
'no no, that's not what I meant'
but I've got to tell you,
it just didn't sit right with me.
Now the FBI is saying Croft
actually conceived and then abandoned
several plans to kill President Obama.
-That's right.
Croft's journal revealed
that he had ruled out explosives
for fear it might
conjure up memories
of the racially motivated
Birmingham church bombings,
and he discounted using a gun because...
-Martin Luther King. -Exactly.
I see. -Ultimately to allay
all suspicions of racism
Croft decided to shoot the president
with a crossbow
with a list of important black
historical figures taped to the arrow.
But the FBI apprehended Croft
while he was parked
outside the White House in a car
blasting Sly and the Family Stone.
Well thanks for being with us Jane.
-Thank you.
Now Croft has also released a statement
through his lawyers today
and I quote "It's Obama who should
be in prison, not me.
But I don't mean all black people
belong in prison, I mean just him.
Well, unless you've committed a crime.
I mean, it should be equal."
And that's the latest on that.
-Well later in the hour
we'll have details on how you can
enter to win a date with Jim Haggerty
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