Anarchist orator Emma Goldman gave a speech in Cleveland, Ohio in May of 1901 that would inspire Leon Czolgosz to kill the president of the United States, William McKinley. Killing the President follows Czolgosz in the lead up to the assassination including his (maybe) failing health, his relationship with his family and his disillusionment with the socialist labor movement that led him to embrace anarchism. The graphic novel delves into the American imperialism that McKinley began, and Goldman's response to the assassination which resonates with the state of American anarchism today.