Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien (1934-1978) was a Canadian émigré to the United States who assassinated Vice President Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1978. Born in Québec in 1934, Chrétien was afflicted by Bell's Palsy as a child, leaving his face partially paralyzed. He attended Québec's Catholic schools, where he was repeatedly beaten and ostracized by the clerics due to his family's Liberal background, leading him to develop a propensity for violence. He likely fled the province in the 1960s due to political tensions between separatists and conservatives, a struggle which made life unpleasant for many Québecois (and particularly for Liberals) in the mid-20th century.

On September 12, 1978, Chrétien shot Vice President Moynihan in the head during a speech in Casper, Wyoming. He was promptly arrested and transferred to FBI custody, but committed suicide before his motive could be ascertained. The assassination led to a reaction against French-Canadians in the United States, and particularly in New England (where the local retribution was described as "oddly well-planned", suggesting there might possibly have been more to the assassination than a lone wolf attacker).

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Chrétien is mentioned in Pt. 124 of For All Time.