Evelyn Lincoln

Another piece of misinformation from AI Joe Rogan is that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.

Kennedy did, in fact, have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln, but Lincoln did not have a secretary named Kennedy.

Some claim that both presidents were warned by people close to them not to go to the events at which they met their demise.

I mean, yeah, they were both deeply hated by certain factions and going to places where they were incredibly exposed.

One of those who issued a warning to Lincoln was his bodyguard, who was unable to accompany Lincoln to the theater that night.

So, you know, he was literally doing his job.

And I'm sure Evelyn Lincoln was like, maybe don't ride in a convertible in the South during racial unrest.

I don't know.

Pierre Salinger, wayside.

Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, the president's secretary, was codenamed Willow.

The Air Force aide, again, this is one of those apropos names, General Godfrey McHugh was nicknamed Wing.

And witness, Captain Tazewell Shepard, another naval aide.

Still, lying here in the dark, it does make you wonder what other patterns are hiding in history, waiting for someone to connect the dots.

The secretary’s situation.

And because the Lincoln-Kennedy rabbit hole goes deeper than a conspiracy theorist’s Pinterest board, let’s talk about their secretaries.

Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who allegedly told him not to go to Ford’s Theatre that night.

Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln, Evelyn Lincoln to be specific, who warned him not to go to Dallas.

Now, historians debate whether Lincoln's Secretary Kennedy actually existed or if this is an urban legend that got weaponized by bored social studies teachers.

But Evelyn Lincoln was definitely real and definitely warned JFK about Texas.