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?
I’m skeptical of your understanding of the word skeptical.
Questioning the official story is being skeptical.
Come on… I agree that it’s possible, maybe even plausible, that this was staged, but you can’t honestly claim to be sceptical if you think the most likely situation here was that this was staged when you have no hard evidence at all. I’m not saying it wasn’t staged, I’m saying that the sceptical approach is to recognise that anything coming out of the White House is a half-truth at best, that there is exists a motive for staging this, and that it could be staged. At this point we have nowhere near enough evidence to conclude either way.
Besides, there are plenty of people that want trump dead. I don’t see it as unlikely that one of them decided to give it a shot here.
I see people like the one you replied to as taking it a step further than “thinking” a flimsy story is true. They literally act like they “know” it’s true and anyone who doesn’t is a sheep. They’re stupider than maga, to be honest
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears”
“username checks out” has been your tag on my phone since months ago. It is still appropriate.
Well thats creepy that you’ve been stalking me for that long.
but it fits with the kind of loser who cant mount a valid response outside of the obvious low hanging fruit of “lol ur usarnaem”
You can add tags to users, they simply appear next to the name, no need to stalk anyone, stop talking nonsense.
But how would he further illustrate his idiocy tho?!
Yes “being skeptical” = “instantly making shit up with little to no facts”
This is one of those cases where I realize people on Lemmy aren’t smarter than the average person. The downvotes can keep on coming because you all haven’t proven shit and your quickness to believe something random just because it’s not been admitted to reflect poorly on you, not me.
Tell the class which one of my points is made up and not real.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-plans-for-mic-drop-media-confrontation-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-are-leaked/
https://www.businessinsider.com/attendee-describes-low-security-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2026-4?op=1
https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/tv/205784/karoline-leavitt-husband-warning-attack
https://abcnews.com/US/live-updates/whca-dinner-shooting-live-updates-suspect-armed-multiple/?id=132390623
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-turns-shooting-into-shameless-plug-for-new-white-house-ballroom/ar-AA21KatF
Links to prove every point I made.
So go on.
Tell us which one is made up and is imaginary.
Or are you gonna try and desperately shift your goal posts now.
You and Alex Jones would get along.
Sure buddy.
Seriously. If you’re so sure you’re right about … Literally anything that isn’t proven, you have much in common with him.
Sure buddy.
The Republicans are turning the frogs gay. It’s proven. Admitted even.
Sure buddy.