| | On November 20, 2019, Abe became Japan's longest-serving prime minister.<ref>Sieg, Linda (November 19, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-abe/japans-abe-becomes-longest-serving-pm-as-scandal-allegations-persist-idUSKBN1XU06I Japan's Abe becomes longest serving PM as scandal allegations persist]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Yamaguchi, Mari (November 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/20/abe-becomes-japans-longest-serving-prime-minister/ Abe becomes Japan’s longest-serving prime minister]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved November 20, 2019.</ref> | | On November 20, 2019, Abe became Japan's longest-serving prime minister.<ref>Sieg, Linda (November 19, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-abe/japans-abe-becomes-longest-serving-pm-as-scandal-allegations-persist-idUSKBN1XU06I Japan's Abe becomes longest serving PM as scandal allegations persist]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 19, 2019.</ref><ref>Yamaguchi, Mari (November 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/20/abe-becomes-japans-longest-serving-prime-minister/ Abe becomes Japan’s longest-serving prime minister]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved November 20, 2019.</ref> |
| − | Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022 by Yamagami Tetsuya, a 40-year-old unsatisfied with him; the gunman was arrested at the scene by local police and taken into custody.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/breaking-former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-shot-nara-japan/ DEAD!! Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated in Nara, Japan During Speech — 40-Year-Old Suspect Arrested at the Scene] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> Subsequent to Abe's assassination, the [[Gateway Pundit]] reported on suspicious activity on Twitter that hinted that [[China]]'s Communist regime may have been behind the assassination; in fact, the regime in [[Peking]] had openly threatened Abe, a staunch anti-Communist and vocal opponent of the regime, with death some time before the assassination occurred, making the threat in response to Abe's excoriation of Peking over [[Taiwan]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/revealed-chatter-chinese-twitter-shinzo-abe-completing-task-posted-17-hours-shinzo-abe-assassination/ REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> Following reports of Abe's death, leftist social media users in China gleefully celebrated his assassination while calling his assassin a "hero".<ref>[https://welovetrump.com/2022/07/08/social-media-users-in-china-are-celebrating-assassination-of-japans-former-pm/ Social Media Users In China Are Celebrating Assassination Of Japan’s Former PM]</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] responded to Abe's assassination on his [[Truth Social]] account, calling him "...a true friend of mine, and much more importantly, America",<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/true-friend-mine-much-importantly-america-president-trump-responds-horrific-news-former-pm-abes-assassination/ “He Was a True Friend of Mine, and Much More Importantly, America” – President Trump Responds to Horrific News of Former PM Abe’s Assassination] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> while White House usurper [[Joe Biden]], who did not respond until 12 hours after the shooting while Trump and other world leaders had quickly responded with their own statements, released a rambling word salad statement about Abe's assassination which he used as his excuse to continue imposing [[gun control]] in the United States, for which Biden was criticized on social media for politicizing the incident and making it about gun violence and gun control.<ref>[https://welovetrump.com/2022/07/08/biden-releases-tone-def-statement-on-shinzo-abe-assassination/ Biden Releases Tone Def Statement on Shinzo Abe Assassination]</ref> [[Liberal media]] outlet [[CBS]] smeared Abe in its report on his assassination, [[Liberal hypocrisy|calling him a "right-wing nationalist" and a "polarizing figure" and calling his statements "controversial"]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/07/08/cbs-mornings-remembers-polarizing-figure-shinzo-abe-after-death-he-was-a-right-wing-nationalist/ CBS ‘Mornings’ Remembers ‘Polarizing Figure’ Shinzo Abe After Death — ‘He Was a Right-Wing Nationalist’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> | + | Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022 by Yamagami Tetsuya, a 40-year-old unsatisfied with him; the gunman was arrested at the scene by local police and taken into custody.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/breaking-former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-shot-nara-japan/ DEAD!! Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated in Nara, Japan During Speech — 40-Year-Old Suspect Arrested at the Scene] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> Subsequent to Abe's assassination, the [[Gateway Pundit]] reported on suspicious activity on Twitter that hinted that [[China]]'s Communist regime may have been behind the assassination; in fact, the regime in [[Peking]] had openly threatened Abe, a staunch anti-Communist and vocal opponent of the regime, with death some time before the assassination occurred, making the threat in response to Abe's excoriation of Peking over [[Taiwan]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/revealed-chatter-chinese-twitter-shinzo-abe-completing-task-posted-17-hours-shinzo-abe-assassination/ REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> Following reports of Abe's death, leftist social media users in China gleefully celebrated his assassination while calling his assassin a "hero".<ref>[https://welovetrump.com/2022/07/08/social-media-users-in-china-are-celebrating-assassination-of-japans-former-pm/ Social Media Users In China Are Celebrating Assassination Of Japan’s Former PM]</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] responded to Abe's assassination on his [[Truth Social]] account, calling him "...a true friend of mine, and much more importantly, America",<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/true-friend-mine-much-importantly-america-president-trump-responds-horrific-news-former-pm-abes-assassination/ “He Was a True Friend of Mine, and Much More Importantly, America” – President Trump Responds to Horrific News of Former PM Abe’s Assassination] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> while White House usurper [[Joe Biden]], who did not respond until 12 hours after the shooting while Trump and other world leaders had quickly responded with their own statements, released a rambling word salad statement about Abe's assassination which he used as his excuse to continue imposing [[gun control]] in the United States, for which Biden was criticized on social media for politicizing the incident and making it about gun violence and gun control.<ref>[https://welovetrump.com/2022/07/08/biden-releases-tone-def-statement-on-shinzo-abe-assassination/ Biden Releases Tone Def Statement on Shinzo Abe Assassination]</ref> [[Liberal media]] outlet [[CBS]] smeared Abe in its report on his assassination, [[Liberal hypocrisy|calling him a "right-wing nationalist" and a "polarizing figure" and calling his statements "controversial"]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/07/08/cbs-mornings-remembers-polarizing-figure-shinzo-abe-after-death-he-was-a-right-wing-nationalist/ CBS ‘Mornings’ Remembers ‘Polarizing Figure’ Shinzo Abe After Death — ‘He Was a Right-Wing Nationalist’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> Particularly, [[Anti-American]], [[Marxist|neo-Marxist]] and "[[woke]]" [[NPR]] firstly called him a "divisive arch-conservative" (in a decade-long predominantly and openly conservative and nationalist country? And the label "arch-conservative" is even a thing that means something at all?), then almost immediately edited and changed it to "ultra-nationalist" (???) in their disrespectful and defaming article and [[Twitter]] and [[Instagram]] post.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2022/07/07/1110427582/japan-ex-leader-shinzo-abe-apparently-shot-japanese-public-broadcaster-reports</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/08/npr-smears-assassinated-shinzo-abe-as-divisive-arch-conservative-after-glowing-obit-for-fidel-castro/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/08/npr-calls-former-japanese-prime-minister-abe-shinzo-divisive-arch-conservative-hours-after-his-assassination/</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/assassinated-shinzo-abe-labeled-divisive-arch-conservative-npr-twitter-calls-defund-public-radio</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/npr-called-ex-japan-pm-shinzo-abe-divisive-arch-conservative/</ref><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/npr-shinzo-abe-delete-tweet-b2119070.html</ref><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/npr-shinzo-abe-delete-tweet-b2119070.html</ref><ref>https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/npr-slammed-for-calling-shinzo-abe-divisive-arch-conservative-after-assassination</ref><ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/npr-deletes-tweet-describing-assassinated-former-pm-shinzo-abe-as-divisive-arch-conservative/</ref> |