President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after multiple gunshots were heard in the ballroom.
One officer was shot, but he was “saved by the fact that he was wearing obviously a very good bulletproof vest,” Trump later told reporters at the White House.
The suspected shooter was identified later Saturday as Cole Allen of Torrance, California, a former senior law enforcement official briefed on the matter told MS NOW.
I’m betting this was all staged. Either that or Iran is trying to get him.
*Edit: Alternative Idea – what if this was one of his cultists who came to kill off the “fake news” media?
They’re not sending their best (assassins).
Why is everyone so bad at this?
There is a stupid amount of security for the President. More than people realize.
When he was Prez, Clinton came to speak at my high school. They had scuba divers check a small pond for explosives, evacuated homes in a nearby subdivision, and had a fucking ground to air missile battery in the countyard. And that was before 9/11.
George W Bush came to speak at my high school, BEFORE he was President; this was just on the campaign trail.
Aside from getting a chance to speak to him (“to the rank”), what image has remained with me 20+ years later was leaving school later and looking back at the sight of these men running back and forth on the roof of my school carrying HUGE guns as part of the security. It really resonated with me that I while I was shaking that man’s hand, I very likely had one of those giant rifles aimed at me…just in case.
And, this was just on the campaign trail.
And that same SS didn’t insist on metal detectors at the hotel? Or fully vet all the people staying at the hotel?
It sounds like the shooter was stopped at the metal detectors from what I read. As for vetting, this administration only seems to vet brown people.
There’s video. He gets to the checkpoint and bolts. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr717nglye0o
Because it’s not real. This was Trump’s mic drop.
Right! He is re-solidifying his grip on the cult.
Except I dont think it’ll work, cause even the cultists are starting to think the big ear “shot” attempt was fake now… and I dont see how this blatantly stupid failure here is going to do anything to skew that opinion.
what if this was one of his cultists who came to kill off the “fake news” media?
People who know enough to know how to do it right now that it’s not the best idea, your efforts are better spent doing other things