Oh, HELL no.
Someone just tried to murder General (Retired) James Mattis, the sitting US Secretary of Defense.
Ricin is extremely potent as a poison, far more potent than the more-familiar cyanide, and death by ricin poisoning is a particularly painful way to die. Ricin has been used in numerous assassinations and terrorist attacks over the years. One man even tried to poison his ex-girlfriend’s new flame by sending the man a scratch-and-sniff birthday card spiked with ricin (that’s cold, bro).
Attempted ricin attacks are not uncommon in the U.S. Right now there is no indication who sent the ricin-laced letters, so I’m not going to speculate on the “who” or the “why.” I’m just glad the security process worked and Mad Dog is still with us.
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