Assassination of Rahim Moustafa

Rahim Moustafa, inaugurated as the 49th President of the United States on January 20th, 2040, was assassinated in Boston, Massachusetts at 2:19 PM Eastern Standard Time.

THE ASSASSINATION

On August 19th, 2047, President Moustafa was scheduled to speak in front of a large crowd at The Massachusetts State House. Over 100,000 of his supporters had crowded the area to watch him give his speech, and the President was incredibly elated about giving said speech, as Boston was his hometown and had contributed greatly in his presidential campaign.

However, 45 year-old Matthew Phillips, a member of a far-right extremist organization known as The American Homeland Movement, was patiently waiting within the crowd for President Moustafa to arrive. Phillps hated the president, as he considered him to be a "radical socialist" who quote, "Wanted to destroy the American Way of Life".

Because of this, the hate-filled extremist armed himself with a loaded pistol and traveled to the State House. As he saw President Moustafa appear on the stage to adress the many throngs of his supporters, Phillps quickly began to push himself through the crowd. As he reached the front row of the supporters, Phillps pulled out the pistol that he had hidden underneath his shirt and fired 3 shots at the president, two of which hit him in the chest and the other in the stomach.

President Moustafa's supporters reacted immeadiately, and began to violently beat and kick Phillips to near death. They would have likely killed him too if The Secret Service didn't manage to get all of them off of him. As they took the assassin away, the now enraged crowd of Moustafa's supporters were chanting and calling for Phillps's head.

The President was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital there in Boston, where he unfortunatly passed away due to his injuries, specifically from severe blood loss due to the gunshot wounds.

THE AFTERMATH

As a result of his assassination, The Secret Service fell under scrutiny, particularly due to the fact that it was later found that for some odd reason, the security that was provided for the late President's visit was extremely lax, which therefore allowed Phillps to sneak in the gun that he used in the assassination.

Shortly after President Moustafa passed away, his Vice President Ashton Mercer took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 50th President of the United States of America.

His now widowed wife, former First Lady Nadia Moustafa, said in an interview a few days after his death:

"My husband did everything he could to ensure that all Americans, regardless of their race, religion, or sexuality were able to fully live their lives without fear of violence. Him becoming President provided hope for many Muslim Americans. The cowardly act that claimed his life a few days ago now as only made him a martyr. A hole in not just my heart, but the hearts of every American citizen has been formed. Rahim Moustafa was a great Amercian who deeply cared for the people of this country. Let that be his legacy..."

- Nadia Moustafa

Following his heavily televised trial, Matthew Phillps was found guilty of murder, treason, and a hate crime, due to the fact that Rahim Moustafa was the very first Muslim President of the United States. He was given the death penalty.

A few days after his assassination, the now former President's body was returned to Washington D.C., where he received a massive state funeral. Many of his supporters lined the streets and deeply mourned the tragic loss of their president. He was then taken back to Boston where he was buried in Gethsemane Cemetery.

In the following decades, a rumor began to spread around the country that the fabled Curse of Tippecanoe had claimed the life of President Moustafa, as he was first elected in a year that ended in 0 and was divisible by 20. This theory was also largely propagated because of the fact that America has a history of losing Presidents who were elected during these years to various causes of death. However, this was still regarded as the mere rumor that it was.