Theodore Roosevelt the Bull Moose - Theodore Roosevelt series

Man tries to kill a Bull Moose, that is Theodore Roosevelt but he is no match for one the toughest U.S. Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt miniseries and documentary by History and A+E Network. This is for educational purposes. This video is to provide knowledge or remembrance for the viewer.

[@daniellinehan63]

Teddy was shot in Milwaukee, took the train to Mercy Hospital in Chicago to his favorite doctor.

[@davidkelly4210]

Teddy was the main character in an action MMO. Then got turned into a stuffed animal for kids. lol

[@jer2689]

​@@davidkelly4210the teddy bear is in honor of his love for animals and wilderness

[@davidkelly4210]

@@jer2689 He HATED it.

[@Pheester52]

@@davidkelly4210lol no he didn’t he just didn’t like being called teddy at first. After his presidency he’s was very open about liking it lol

[@MrJH101]

For those that don’t know American geography, Teddy did not go to the nearest hospital. He chose to travel a whole state away for about 100miles (160 kilometers) after he gave his speech. He recovered but never had the bullet removed.

[@johnhansen685]

Didn’t Taft say that death had to take teddy in his sleep because if teddy was awake there would be a fight

[@Grubnar]

Indeed!

[@notagooglesimp8722]

I bet there was. Grim Reaper stepped on a creaky bedroom plank and Teddy leapt from bed began to fisticuffs.

[@angelvalerio9746]

No I believe was one of Roosevelt’s sons that said that

[@CoinCollecter-uh1uw]

@@angelvalerio9746it was neither, it was a secretary.

[@dxxgx6713]

IT WAS WILSON'S VICEPRESIDENT WHO SAID IT

[@Welsh7133]

Fun fact teddy had to stop the crowd from beating his assassin to death Edit: Can yall stfu I’m tired of seeing these notifs

[@retedeccelkara4575]

Another fun fact, it was the complete opposite for Andrew Jackson. The assassin used two pistols and both misfired and Jackson began beating this guy to the point the crowd had to pull him away before he killed the would be assassin

[@annab13]

I thought he couldn't walk

[@nightninja7012]

​@@retedeccelkara4575Andrew was a menace that led society

[@FortyWink]

​​@@annab13That was FDR, and he wasn't completely disabled, he could walk albeit with pain and difficulty.

[@annab13]

@@FortyWink Yeah I've just been on this long rabbit hole learning that there were two president Roosevelt's both related to eachother and it's freaked me right out. Goes to show presidents are selected and not elected

[@_TosserTen]

Fun fact:In real life Teddy was actually at the podium when he was shot,but it went through his breast pocket,which had a steel glasses case and his 50 page speech in it,this slowed the bullet down enough so that it only created an entrance wound. After he was shot he collected himself,and said to the men currently fucking beating the ever living shit out of his attempted murder,”Easy on boys,don’t beat him too badly”,he then gave his 50 page speech ensured that his assassin was still alive and then left,and boarded a train to Chicago to see his favorite doctor

[@emeraldmaster5388]

little addtion, everytime he came to the point on the cards where the bullet had shot though he would say "bullet hole" and continue.

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

@@emeraldmaster5388 AND THAT IS WHY WE SHALL STAND UNITED AGAINST THE *bullethole* AND EARN OUR WAGES, NOT AS THEY BELIEVE WE DESERVE, BUT AS WE KNOW WE SHOULD!

[@scandited2763]

> be Teddy > get to the podium > “opponent bad” speech > get shot > continue and finish the speech > refuse to elaborate further > leave

[@-8_8-]

It makes me wonder why they changed it.

[@torg2126]

​@@-8_8- maybe they were a little too used to WW1 movies, so many open with a car assassination

[@mikehughes4969]

Some men have balls that clang when they walk. Mr. Roosevelt had balls that clanged when he stood still.

[@bambigaming1866]

Can't believe he got in that car with his tungsten balls weighing him down.

[@TheJubiter]

You like thinking about men's balls, huh? Ball boy? Little ball boy?

[@purplefloyd1513]

They were like Church Bells they rung on the hour

[@theminuskai7453]

His balls were indeed so big and girthy that you could barely hold them in both hands

[@camarofish344]

Legends say that wherever he walked one could hear the sound of metal scraping against the floor

[@robertmoore6149]

This really happened. That bloody shirt is on display at the Teddy Roosevelt National Park.

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

sad that blm took his statue down

[@robertmoore6149]

@@Quantrills.Raiders never happened

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@robertmoore6149 so when they removed his statue in front of the natural history museum in NY that was just a dream i had?

[@robertmoore6149]

@@Quantrills.Raiders Yep. Because it wasn't them.

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@robertmoore6149 what are you smoking? This was 100% because of blm thug influence on businesses and politicians, same reason derek chauvin is still in prison even when it was proven he was innocent

[@anonymousmammal1741]

Forgot the part where the shooter was drunk and Teddy asked for them to bring him over, right after he was shot. He just death stared him in the eyes for 30 seconds before leaving to the hall.

[@monkstery]

TR really mogged that mf just because he could

[@SolarFlareAmerica]

​@@monkstery I hate that this is true

[@mattkarr8010]

@@SolarFlareAmericaI love that this is true

[@Mirokuofnite]

The crowd almost beat John Schrank to death. But Teddy stepped in and asked to see him and ask him why he did it. Roosevelt said to Schrank, "What did you do it for?" Getting no response, he said, "Oh, what's the use? Turn him over to the police." As police held Schrank, Roosevelt looked down at him and said, "You poor creature." Roosevelt ordered, "Officers, take charge of him, and see that there is no violence done to him."

[@voidishprattles4319]

​@@MirokuofniteOh I see so when he does it he's a "poor creature" but when I do it I'm a "menace to society" 🙄

[@t.j.rooseevelt6887]

Thats why I think TR was one of the most badass US Presidents

[@Heisenberg-iy9vp]

Bro now imagine Biden tanking a bullet 💀

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@Heisenberg-iy9vp he would sh*t his pants

[@tedwarden1608]

@@Quantrills.Raiders. So would you.

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

@@tedwarden1608 i was shot at in afghanistan, didnt sh*t my pants

[@t.j.rooseevelt6887]

@@Quantrills.Raiders where Exactly if I may ask? Also, thank you for your Service

[@lohnjanders]

"Mr. President! You've been shot!" "I don't see how that's my problem."

[@Hascienda27]

"Tell that to the bullet"

[@RiTzEr7]

“I missed the part where that’s my problem”

[@lohnjanders]

@@RiTzEr7 this is better

[@enoughothis]

"Oh no, anyways"

[@AQuestioner]

​@@RiTzEr7Bully Maguire inherited Bully Roosevelt's will

[@jesuschrist7833]

Teddy is by far one of my favorite presidents. He’s the only one to just straight up disappear and just go out hiking in a National Forest. Dude left Washington, DC to go to Yosemite for 2 weeks lmao

[@garrettviewegh9028]

I love how Teddy started the trend of the National Parks, turning it into a real business. America is well known for her national parks around the states. Other countries, then followed suit. But tourists still come from miles around to explore Yosemite, or see Old Faithful. Its thanks to Teddy America’s wilderness is so beautiful.

[@BenJammin-yn7oh]

Your not wrong but you may be trivializing the tragedies that plagued Teddy's life. He was raised believing in American Heroes and throughout his life lost many loved ones to the same conquests, almost Everytime he did he went back to the wilderness to find peace.

[@savageantelope3306]

Well he’s Jesus’ favourite president damn

[@iangfrazier]

​@@savageantelope3306who?

[@-8_8-]

Any man that can go on a camping trip and come out the other end a more enlightened person is a quality role model. As is any man that can look a president in the eye and ask him when he's going to give up childish actions.

[@kaindestuto2053]

its rumored that Chuck Norris is looking under his bed every night, to see if Teddy Roosevelt is there

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

Plot Twist: Chuck Norris was Teddy Roosevelt but reincarnated because the Buddha said to Jesus "Nope, nope not in my nirvana... He's your responsibility bro" and Jesus was like "Exactly. You don't run the show, I do. See my name tag? It says, 'God the Son'. I'm co-CEO, and my Dad is CEO. Not yours. Chuck and Teddy are my crew."

[@orionriftclan2727]

@@tedhubertcrusio372 this comment was a fever dream and a half

[@ericg9802]

Only because he seeks a man worthy of a toast with

[@chinghamburger2200]

​@@tedhubertcrusio372What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@harlanotto8247]

Chuck actually looks under his bed for Bruce Lee not teddy 🤣 taft looks under his bed for teddy

[@teamgodmode7197]

Besides demonstrating how tough he was, it also serves to highlight his military service. He knew what fatal and non fatal wounds were. Hence he knew that he would be fine

[@justinm1200]

It was his experience as a hunter and anatomist that allowed him to diagnose the wound

[@D.H.1082]

​@@justinm1200 I'd safely assume it was both his prior military service, and his knowledge as a hunter.

[@whyle5318]

​@D.H.1082 Definitely. Especially at a time where information wasn't as easily accessible, it's probably experience in Cuba and his hunting trips.

[@mAnE_bOnE]

He then gave a speech and ordered the assassin to be unharmed. What a badass. He didn't even seek revenge. By far one of the best presidents.

[@thisisall50charactersbeing47]

Teddy Roosevelt was the greatest leader to ever live. Not because of his accomplishments, but because he truly was a specimen we have never seen again in office.

[@FreeBeliever1]

Well, not the greatest leader to live, but one of them.

[@thrashtronaut999]

He even reserved nature! Hes my favorite president, of course they tried to kill him like JFK and Lincoln.

[@elkpants1280]

His accomplishments were massive though

[@-JustHuman-]

​@FreeBeliever1 who do see as greater leader ?

[@cam5816]

⁠@@-JustHuman-Obamna

[@RealShadere]

Fun fact: Teddy loved wrestling so much, he would have a ring in the White House to box politicians and even his own wife

[@gojira_breathes_428]

Wait but his wife…

[@RealShadere]

@gojira_breathes_428 yeah, she caught some hands too 😂

[@jamesrosewell9081]

His wife must've been able to hold her own

[@seronymus]

>Tfw no wife to wrestle

[@DumbAsh00]

​@@seronymus I'll wrestle ya

[@sIowburn]

Legend has it Roosevelt needed a wheelbarrow to lug around his massive balls of steel

[@Tinkering4Time]

You can tell it is a legend because of the wheelbarrow. IRL he could haul them himself without breaking a sweat.

[@Mossy1812]

We have actual recordings of his voice. He spoke with a high pitched, breathy, articulated Boston accent.

[@Foxtrot-51]

Most likely that's not an accurate representation of his voice though, due to early sound recording equipment not being that great, ESPECIALLY when compared to todays

[@Mossy1812]

@@Foxtrot-51 sure, but he sure as hell didn’t sound like a gravel landslide in a testosterone factory, like most of his on screen portrayals!

[@X-SPONGED]

​@@Mossy1812creative liberty, sides, helps sell his badassery even more

[@yourcomradepal978]

@@Mossy1812true,but then again even just looking at him I’d half think he’d growl like a dog when speaking to me

[@michaelsnyder3871]

George Patton had a high-pitched, almost whiny voice.

[@Tonybob12]

Why can’t we have presidents like this anymore.

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

Snowflakes.

[@DatBoyQarf]

​@@fredrickmarsiello4395youd call teddy a snowflake back then since he was a progressive...

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

@@DatBoyQarf That... is making a rather crude assumption based on minimal evidence.

[@AlanMydland-fq2vs]

we did, kennedy, Reagan, anybody else?

[@cmt6997]

@@DatBoyQarfHe’d be unelectable for more reasons than can be counted in today’s political climate. Problematic ideology, problematic physique, problematic race and gender, problematic stance on crime, problematic lack of allegiance to Israel, etc.

[@stealthy1498]

Then he immediately went on to give a banger speech. Bro was a beast.

[@thefinesthobbo4524]

After being shot the speech he gave was 80 minutes long and then he went to his favorite doctor 100 miles away. For a boy who spent most of his childhood on Death's door, he was an impressively strong man

[@JustGabeRaul]

Imagine being the guy who shot him and hearing that not only did he survive but he basically made fun of you at his speech and proceeded to talk for like an hour before finally going to get medical attention.

[@dakotameredith625]

If I'm not mistaken, it was because his chest muscle was so thick that it wasn't able to fucking Pierce his lung or go through.

[@mayamanign]

Nope, bullet was stopped by the thick speech in his pocket.

[@dakotameredith625]

@mayamanign Don't know if you're serious, but no, they actually x-rayed him for the bullet. They've had that technology longer than you think. It was lodged in his chest muscle. You can Google it and look it up.

[@dakotameredith625]

@@mayamanign plus also he had that bullet In his chest for the rest of his life

[@Gravyballs2011]

@@mayamanign The bullet also went through his metal eyeglasses case which was in his coat pocket.

[@txgunguy2766]

​@mayamanign Also, the metal eyeglasses case that was in the pocket with the speech.

[@JaxonHumphrey-lw1gs]

He basically laughed off a Bullet. He is a terrifyingly strong dude. And he made tons of National parks.

[@matthewaguinaga8970]

If I could bring one President back from the dead, it would be this man.We need his help

[@BridgeTROLL777]

he would be ashamed of what has become of the US... The GOP and Corporate democrats would call him a sOciAliSt and use all their power to squash him.

[@user-ze4fg4qy6m]

I don't think that would be good idea.

[@user-tp8pf5ke8o]

He's probably too conservative for modern America for both Republican and Democrat parties

[@BridgeTROLL777]

@@user-tp8pf5ke8o maybe in some cultural issues, but in terms of economic policy he would be up there with Bernie Sanders, which is massively to his credit. Republicans and Democrats would be crying top pf their lugns sOcIaliSt and VeNeZuEla when in reality all the programs would be to the benefit of the society. The modern GOP and Democrats are so faar to the right and corporate stooges that they would be unrecognizable to Roosevelt.

[@harlanotto8247]

We need Washington and our founding fathers now more than teddy

[@nolove857]

Couldn't kill him the "Bull Moose"

[@sebastianrosa7935]

Teddy was actually shot during the speech, not on his way to it, and I'm pretty sure he reacted even less so than he does here. The man was made of steel.

[@Only1Noodle]

People said Teddy wouldn't live long, because he was a meek child. Fast forward to this and he survived and still did the speech.

[@user-cx7yt3ov6u]

The fact that TR was the youngest president at 42 is crazy to me

[@cheesytacos6498]

Wasnt kennedy the youngest

[@JScottCee]

Like loco, ese?.. As to the 2nd commenter, TR is still the youngest to be inaugurated, JFK was the youngest to be elected. Both 42, but, statistics.

[@FobbitTheHobbit]

@@cheesytacos6498I think that what he meant was that teddy was the youngest at that point in time, but yes Kennedy was younger.

[@FanFive5]

TR became prez bc McKinley was killed, so he was the youngest prez but not the youngest to be elected

[@idiocrat3744]

​@@cheesytacos6498No. Kennedy was older than Roosevelt. Kennedy was the youngest president ELECTED, while TR became President because McKinley was assassinated.

[@risingwind8943]

Teddy gave a VERY long speech after being shot. He was a beast. He also regularly boxed with ANY CHALLENGER in the white house. He only stopped because he risked losing his vision from retinal detachment.

[@gunslingerluckytankijunky]

"i have been shot - anyway"

[@TobyBDH]

Right? 😂😂

[@themantraofman9418]

The thing I find funny about this whole thing is that the actor made Teddy’s voice a lot deeper than it actually was. He had a higher pitched voice than what most people would think.

[@jaidenbrink]

Closer to Robin Williams voice, from night at the museum?

[@themantraofman9418]

@@jaidenbrinksort of but with a stronger Harvard accent.

[@Foxtrot-51]

​@@themantraofman9418Most likely that's not an accurate representation of his voice though, due to early sound recording equipment not being that great, ESPECIALLY when compared to todays

[@naysaykiller928]

Fun fact, Teddy Roosevelt loved North Dakota. He's got a mural in my hometowns dmv.

[@naps_878]

>roosevelt gets shot >meanwhile roosevelt: “so anyways…”

[@user-dq3xw9cv3e]

There's actually footage of him riding in one of the first airplanes and the video shows how wild this man was even in old age. Absolute mad lad and an American legend.

[@Skiergold]

Roosevelt was actually on hand when Orville Wright was demonstrating the Flyer for the Army Signal Corps. He had apparently been slated to go up for a ride, but maintenance issues delayed the flight, and TR had to return to Washington. The flight took place as planned, but with Lt. Thomas Selfridge in the seat next to Orville.

[@brandonmcgrew4367]

This has always been one of my biggest inspirations to push through hard days. Working a tough labor job in a humid warehouse 6 days a week, paying for college at the same time, making sure my career is best planned out as can possibly be; whenever those things get tough, sometimes I think of how this man took a bullet, ignored it, and proceeded to do his job no matter what. That should inspire just about anyone.

[@HoV326]

How on earth did you manage that and college at the same time?

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

“A bullet can’t stop a bull moose! TR will give WC the full deuce!” -ERB

[@lexquodius]

God he's so young, this is your daily reminder that many of the Founding Fathers were extremely young men, they'd be devastated seeing current politicians.

[@nightninja7012]

Ya and their grandchildren are still around

[@nicholasbrown668]

my guy they'd be devastated learning that non white non rich people can vote

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@nicholasbrown668 no... they would not. Most deemed it as an evil but can't act on it because the society at the time is not ready. They would be surprised and glad for how far they come.

[@nicholasbrown668]

@@aldrinmilespartosa1578 most deemed it an evil huh? yeah you afe contradicting basic history lmao, if they saw it as an evil then they would have changed it, nope they kept it because it benefitted them and their friends (btw "all men are created equal) says the men who *literally owned slaves* and then went on to commit mass genocide against the Native populations for the sake of expansion

[@bartsanders1553]

[A man points a gun at TR for like a full second in full view of a hundred people] The crowd: [Claps]

[@artkillsevil]

Real men of history

[@brofistbro]

"I dont always get shot before giving a speech. But when I do, *I FINISH THE DAMN SPEECH.* " Shoulder To Shoulder with Chads.

[@wmorris3484]

This role would have been great for Robin Williams

[@garrettviewegh9028]

Without a doubt. Willams could be passionate one second, but could’ve conveyed the fire Teddy had. Teddy never backed down.

[@jaobidan2358]

The closest we got to that was Robin playing Teddy in "Night at the Museum".

[@dreemlite5950]

This man stared death in the face and said “fuck off”

[@akasha9141]

Fun fact. That car had a diesel engine. It was the only way it could haul Teddy’s giant brass balls around

[@ysgcentral]

It is true one of my favorite history stories he had a pocket watch in his pocket that stopped or semi stopped the bullet.

[@ysgcentral]

A speech was under that pocket watch he gave that same speech later that day.

[@jaidenbrink]

It was actually a steel eye glasses case, not a pocket watch.

[@darkadmiral106]

The manliest man to ever man!

[@Mirokuofnite]

The crowd almost beat John Schrank too death. But Teddy stepped in and asked to see him and ask him why he did it. Roosevelt said to Schrank, "What did you do it for?" Getting no response, he said, "Oh, what's the use? Turn him over to the police." As police held Schrank, Roosevelt looked down at him, and said, "You poor creature." Roosevelt ordered, "Officers, take charge of him, and see that there is no violence done to him."

[@joshuaevans4301]

"You can't give a speech! You were just shot!" "I still got two working lungs, DRIVE"

[@mvkpro5785]

Man was the David goggins of presidents and civil servants. He was born with a high chance of dying from severe asthma. He went after big companies greed and monopoly’s. Fought the current boxing champ secretly for fun/challenge and lost some vision fighting him. Got shot by a .32 caliber bullet and saved by his speech notes and his glasses case. Went on to go exploring the Amazon jungle/rivers after his presidency. He went on with 22 man party and 3 of those men died of pure exhaustion. He had a severe fever and lost a quarter of his body weight. What happened to these kind of men leading the country. Fearless of big corporations and very wealthy and influential men. A man for the people and not for special interest groups and 3rd party funding groups. There should be a teddy Roosevelt day to remind people of what a true man and true leader for the people.

[@mvkpro5785]

Also that bullet was stuck in his chest for the rest of his life. The man refused to die due so many time due to his immense pure will power.

[@Aziair]

Thanks for your long and thoughtful contribution to U.S. history and my channel. Teddy Roosevelt was a great president and person. He had a tough life, with his wife Alice and his mother dying on the same day and his father dying a few years before that. This shaped him to become the bull moose and lead the United States to reform (probably the first president to do so). His son Quentin died in World War I to become a soldier like his dad, which is tragic but also honorable. Truly a great person!

[@nicholasbrown668]

​@@Aziairand let's not forget that TR was so dedicated to his nation that even in his old age he asked for the opportunity to form and lead an all volunteer division in Europe and have his sons accompany him as Privates. The American Bull Moose was willing to devote not only his life but the lives of his sons in the defense and service of his nation. I will always respect TR

[@WingsxFreedom]

Someone this down for the cause doesn't deserve to have his statue removed

[@nicholasbrown668]

Teddy Roosevelt, the President who not only served his nation in war once, but in his old age he asked for the opportunity to form and lead an all volunteer division in Europe during WW1, he was so dedicated to his nation that even old and infirm (for a Bull Moose) he was willing to fight and die for Her

[@nicolestimothy9921]

That right there is a man, he took the bullet, rather go to the hospital, he deliver he speach instead. BIG W for the legend

[@joaquimfranciscomagalhaes8928]

My favourite president of all time... if only America had a president like him today...

[@gentlepanda4957]

Teddy Roosevelt was the best president in our industrial time and would be even today

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

Bro definitely felt like a main character when he said that

[@LemonWithASideOfLemons]

"You're still coming into work, right" *sigh* "Yeah..."

[@ChefBoston]

Why can’t we have presidents like this anymore?

[@Taveren]

Holy Shit. Im canadian BUT id vote for him

[@prophetic0311]

Sorry for your disability.

[@monkepotato3897]

"MR PRESIDENT YOU'VE BEEN SHOT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL IMIDIATELY!" "Nah, let me give a speech instead"

[@Cloudrunner5k]

The man delivered his speech and then proceeded to roast his would be assassin. Teddy was an absolute Chad

[@silverbullet3699]

Wasnt it his speech that he had in his coat that got shot and due to the hole in his speech he had to improvise a bit.😂

[@dj11o9er]

That bastard messed up his speech!

[@andrewparisotto2631]

Thank teddy for our national parks and the beginning of the conservation of our wildlife in mass just proving again that hunters are by in large the biggest conservationist there are

[@_TosserTen]

Fun fact:In real life Teddy was actually at the podium when he was shot,but it went through his breast pocket,which had a steel glasses case and his 50 page speech in it,this slowed the bullet down enough so that it only created an entrance wound. After he was shot he collected himself,and said to men currently fucking beating the ever living shit outta his attempted murder,”Easy on boys,don’t beat him too badly,he still has to make it to a cell”

[@imfknradio9978]

Roosevelt and Jackson are the 2 most Badass Presidents we've had.

[@nightninja7012]

Don't forget Lincoln and Washington

[@graff324]

Respect

[@burimfazliu3102]

Definitely one of the tops, and one of the top 2 Roosevelt’s. I feel like we should learn more about him, but companies don’t want us too

[@christopherstone4336]

Teddy Roosevelt was quite the man. He fought big companies, established national parks and protected forests. He started the Panama Canal construction, which is arguably one of the most important things done for trade. The father of the Square deal. Helped broker a peace deal between the Russian Empire and Japan.

[@Mittens_Gaming]

Imagine being so hard that you get shot in the chest, still go do your speech, and then insist on going to a hospital in another state because you like the doctor there.

[@khartog01]

He died in his sleep cause if death came for him while he was awake, there would have been a fight .

[@user-bk8km7zy4f]

This is an example of the kind of things Republicans admire in their leadership. He and Reagan both were such examples.💪🏼 through leadership.

[@rikk319]

Teddy was a progressive--a liberal--not a conservative. He helped create the atmosphere for unions, promoted conservation and the first national parks, and invited Booker T. Washington to the White House--the first President to invite a black man there. This was an era when the parties were regional, not limited to one political branch, and you could find conservatives, liberals, and moderates in both parties. It was a time very different from today. The whole reason he left the Republican Party and started the Bull Moose Party is because it was becoming part of what it is today--fully dominated by moneyed interests.

[@jacksonquinn8744]

​@@rikk319 and what are liberals today?

[@rikk319]

@@jacksonquinn8744 Liberalism--in the United States at least--is based on concepts of unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental ideals of freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the separation of church and state, the right to due process, and equality before the law are widely accepted as a common foundation of liberalism. Conservatives on the other hand often advocate for a strong national defense, gun rights, capital punishment, and a defense of Western culture from perceived threats posed by communism and moral relativism. American conservatives tend to question epidemiology, climate change, and evolution more frequently than moderates or liberals. Moderates tend most often not to belong to any political party, like me, though more moderates are found in the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, but it wasn't always that way.

[@jamesshepard2672]

Neither of those parties believe in any of those things. Both are captured.

[@rikk319]

@@jamesshepard2672 A party is supposed to be the members, not just the leadership. The leadership is certainly compromised, but the solution to that is voting them out, not quitting the entire process.

[@jamesoniris2647]

Imagine being shot (your glasses case full of your script for a speech having stopped the bullet) and then going on to give a 50 minute speech all the while still bleeding.

[@ryanmuro]

The fact that this isn’t even in the slightest exaggerated blows my mind

[@TheSMC1988]

The only man to get blasted and go “f that I got a speech”

[@bkingk8]

He finished his speech. A tough mother if there ever was one.

[@darrenpm9604]

He had his speech folded up inside his jacket. It stopped the velocity of the bullet.

[@sirparkxx1835]

They left out the part where after he was shot and the crowd tackled the shooter, he told them not to hurt him, but to bring him forward so he could ask him why he did it.

[@garthshark119]

This man was just built different at every possible turn.

[@drowsykyle8263]

"Shit man.. Your bleedin!" "I don't got time to bleed."

[@izekealtopanga8513]

Fun fact, Theodore Roosevelt had a tattoo of the family crest on his chest. One of three US presidents to have a tattoo. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Russo-Japanese war.

[@michaelsnyder3871]

Unfortunately, his act of arbitration of the Russo-Japanese War was one of the steps to the Pacific War. The Japanese had gone deep in debt to fight the war and the were relying on reparations to pay that debt, which they didn't get in the settlement.

[@thezman9001]

They missed the part where the crowd tried to beat the shooter to death, only for Roosevelt to stop them and spare his life, simply asking "why?" Before he was thrown in prison.

[@xxkinmanxx8032]

Legend says that the speech he was going to give was folded up in that pocket helping to prevent the bullet from penetrating

[@TronTuborg]

From what I can gather, it was a perfect storm of a pocket full of crap, an underpowered cartridge and the fact that Teddy was just That Damn Tough!

[@BalrogUdun]

We used to have presidents that would take bullets between speeches now we have a president taking bathroom breaks during their speeches.

[@zaberfang]

The other reason why he survived was because the assailant was apparently drunk as hell and missed the vitals.

[@BudStudmuffin]

Fun fact, teddy was a short man with a squeaky voice. Even rougher for it

[@celzotertins6462]

20th century presidents: bull moose 21st century presidents: bull shit

[@bassinblue]

No politician could have been presented with the greatest PR in history.

[@EGH181]

Tough as fucking nails. Brass balls. This man is my hero.

[@pyetrezavodchikov911]

Honestly how tf do you even run against someone like that. Man goes "yeah I got shot, but we ain't done just yet"

[@DayWithMike]

>gets shot >still goes to speech >uses speech to talk shit about the guy who shot him >leaves to take a train to see his doctor in a different city >doesn’t elaborate

[@user-pb7df4yd3t]

I can confirm that this is a real historical event

[@irishmchealey8150]

When Teddy died in his sleep, his vice president went on record saying something along the lines of, "death had to take teddy asleep, if he was awake thre would have been a fight."

[@taOGrimace]

He was a true American. He hosted boxing matches in the white house. Until he was losing fights, he practiced MMA in order get better. We need more presidents like Teddy.

[@StNorthgateRecordings]

My Grandfather used to run the white horse in from the 80’s to the early 00’s - he was cool enough to have left me an etching of a horse that was once in that very Inn

[@falloutrains2641]

"That's when I got shot...Anyway, then I started speaking"

[@tapinewoods3937]

Man was built like a moose.

[@akbrahma7739]

Hard to believe men like him actually existed. What a beast of a man.

[@bismarckgamer19]

Theodore Roosevelt was a absolute unit of a president taking a bullet like a champ and gave a speech before going to the hospital

[@SecretJapsumAccount]

That line at the end went hard.

[@joshgrlnd]

Doubt he was even that dramatic. His history of many exploits, like casually visiting cannibal tribes, popping other dudes and hunting. This president was a unit. With a killer mustache 😂

[@LostImpact1917]

When I learned it was Milwaukee that Theodore Roosevelt was shot in, I was like “Figures it happened in the place Mike Stoklasa from RedLetterMedia calls a shithole.” I guess it’s been that way for over a century! 😂

[@Candleknight]

Roosevelt was one of the coolest guys to ever live