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On February 15th, 1933, in Miami, Florida, the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak was shot by Giuseppe Zangara. Cermak was in the car with FDR when the gun was fired. It is unknown who the real target of the assasination was, Cermak or Roosevelt. I personally think it was Cermak because he was an expert marksman in the Italian army, and very capable of hitting his target.

Anycase, what if he also hit shot FDR(and killed him)? What kind of constitutional crisis would come from this? A President Elect has never been killed before. What would happen? How would this effect the US politically? Would there be a New Deal or anything similar?
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