THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015

Bill Bennett was NOT behind the “Interesting Take on Trump” assassination theory.

An essay titled “Interesting Take on Trump” was first posted in a political forum hosted by the website One Political Plaza on November 14, 2015. The person who posted it said they’d received it via email. From there, the “Interesting Take on Trump” essay was posted on other message boards and quickly went viral.

These posts and chain emails claimed that William J. Bennett, the host of Bill Bennett’s Morning in America Show, has speculated that someone — either DemocRAT or Republican — would conspire to assassinate Donald Trump rather than let him be president.

There’s nothing linking Bill Bennett to the “Interesting Take on Trump” that has been attributed to him. No references to it appear in his radio show archive, or in his blog. Bill Bennett’s name was likely attached to the “Interesting Take on Trump” to lend it credibility and it’s unclear where it came from.

Also, the “Interesting Take on Trump” essay doesn’t jive with what Bill Bennett has publicly said about Donald Trump and his campaign. The essay makes a strong case for Trump to succeed as president because he’s a political outsider who’s beholden to nobody. Bill Bennett, meanwhile, said in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that he’s “not okay” with Trump’s candidacy:

Damn! We Really Hate It When That Happens!