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In his memoirs, Richard Nixon contended that had he won the 1960 election he wouldn't have been assassinated like JFK. But how true is this claim in reality? Kennedy was in Dallas on 11/22/63 to lay the groundwork for his 1964 re-election campaign, build up some Southern support for the Civil Rights Act, and heal a left/right rift in the Texas Democratic Party. Oswald was a former Marine and Marxist who had taken a job at the Book Depository Building. During his time in TX he already tried to kill an infamous general, and was fixated on committing an act that he would be remembered for. Had Nixon been elected instead of Kennedy, would he have traveled in Texas in November 1963 and would Oswald have tried to kill him?
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