Exactly what happened is not yet clear: it appears law enforcement stopped an armed man outside the event [at the metal detector (Reuters)], and a subsequent noise alarmed dinner attendees and Secret Service agents, who rushed the president, the first lady, and other government officials to a secure location. Heather Cox Richardson
I didn't even look at the video but if this is where she said something like "there will be shots tonight" she meant verbal shots. Like he would give them zingers.
Just hours before the White House Corresponds’ Dinner was supposed to take place, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described how she believed the evening would turn out.
“It’ll be funny. It’ll be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” Leavitt, 28, said during an interview that is going viral on social media, likely referring to the jokes that President Donald Trump was planning to make during his first-ever WHCD speech. “Everyone should tune in, it’s going to be really great.”
Prior to the event, Donald’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump claimed that the 79-year-old politician had reportedly hired “joke writers” to help with his speech.
“He’s got some great people who he’s tapping to help him with this, but he comes up with a lot of good material as you see on Truth Social, as you see live in the flesh, himself,” Lara, 43, said during the Monday, April 20, episode of Citizen McCain With Meghan McCain. “I hope that he roasts every journalist in the room and I hope I can watch it and enjoy it and I hope he just takes them all to task.” Yahoo News
Are you kidding me?? Yes, it has. Very much so. Dozens and dozens of articles with illustrations, video, and digital recreations. That you don't remember them is an effect of the firehose of bullshit coming at us every single day.
No it hasn’t. The pro-Trump media is not the problem-Trump DOJ and FBI. He doesn’t even mention Butler; a narcissist doesn’t remember an assassination attempt? Get real. He doesn’t mention it because it was a staged event and because he wasn’t hit. Funny how his ear is perfect after having a bullet pass through it. No notch, no scar. No time out of the media eye for eeconstructive surgery. The ear-tampon was simply gone after a week. Because he wasn’t hit. He staged it, just as he stage last night.
We know Sylvia. Not you. You go pray away your guilt for sticking up for a loser. No matter what happened . He is rotten to the core . Religion won't save his legacy. Nothing will
I agree . Let's just posit, for argument's sake, that this guy who they caught was really someone who already thought he was going to "save the world" by shooting the people at the dinner, and was not a "plant" by tRUMP's associates. It doesn't matter if he was or was not. What matters is tRUMP and the "Sultans of Spin" will use it to their advantage.
My personal advice would be to keep asking those who disagree with us in our own personal sphere of influence to at least think about the personal purposes the current Regime has for saying what they say but doing something else. THEN, LET IT BE. It helps to keep their dignity intact while causing them to doubt what they have been "disinformationally" led to believe. If we as a nation want to be seen as good humans, then we still have to treat our fellow humans with dignity as much as possible. (Not like the ICE agents have been known to do). Patience and persistence tend to pay off, but no one can really predict exactly when. Hoping that each one of you has at least one joy you can experience today!
I will now get off of my soapbox and have a cup of coffee like Ben!
I am so tired of this administration. I'm not one given to conspiracies, yet, there's so much about this that doesn't feel right. I just want them all to go away. Far, far, far away.
Yes, I know Will! Why would a guy have a shotgun if you are planning on shooting someone? Some reports heard nothing-no real details which with this group they would have some at least made up! I feel bad-with all the commotion Patel for sure spilled his drink-amazed he hasn't taken any credit yet!!
Wonder how long it took to get that stunt choreographed and rehearsed. Bargain-basement theatrics. What are we supposed to be distracted from now? Wonder, if any of those attending the dinner are “figuring” it out…they were played.
And lil mikey johnson too, this was a “staged theatrics” for the magat base. Perfect since donnie said he was attending (which in the past he hasn’t ever gone because they make jokes about the president. But the tell was to have the vp, speaker of the house, and several cabinet members, and the “apparent shooter” had a shotgun and escaped?? Too coincidental for me to believe!!!
How at a formal function do you conceal a shotgun until you can reach the metal detectors? How did a kid with a long gun make it well inside the security perimeter at Butler? Because it was a staged event. Trump theatrics again.
Just to highlight the use of the rule of law and “alleged” could be used. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of facts about how a gun was discharged and who discharged it, I believe.
And if not. Maybe they got the message that this is going to continue to happen. . Do your jobs. Report the truth. They will sane wash this as well. Never learn.
Didn't watch. Don't really care. It was obvious it would be a shitshow.and I guess I was right. Terrorist or lone wolf. Sort of like the shark or electrocution choice.
So in less than a day, this has been investigated to you ?. Thats the problem. Investigations that benefit stupid are "closed" so quickly The .ones that don't, never take place.
OMG, elect a drama whore addicted to chaos to get attention and HERE WE ARE. IT IS A SIMPLE AS THAT. The man is seriously mentally ill, always has been and SHOULD NOT BE PARADING AROUND THIS COUNTRY to destroy as much as he can or CREATING CHAOS. IMO every single person is affected by this lunacy, PERIOD!
Most likely, we’ll find out eventually that it was staged. Too many questions arising from initial facts. Another ploy to attempt to reverse Trump’s sliding poll numbers and a Hail Mary from the Republicans in advance of the midterms. I suspect many of the comments online will be some form of “too bad he missed.”
I would not be surprised if it was a distraction and a headline grab for the dinner over the Epstein survivors, and their outdoor slide show on the building next door.
Really? Where’s the notch in the royal earlobe? There isn’t one because he wasn’t hit and he was never out of sight long enough for reconstructive surgery. And given the efficiency of the secret service plus his own protective services, how exactly did some kid sneak a long gun deep inside the secured perimeter? And most importantly being a malignant narcissist he’d have clamped down hard on guns and crowed constantly about his heroic escape. He hasn’t said anything more about it because it’s escaped his little mind. Nobody forgets being shot unless they were only wearing someone else’s blood. And he’d be showing off his heroic scar every chance he got; cartilage doesn’t grow back and surgery to repair it takes time. He simply stopped wearing his ear tampon after a week. It was totally faked and you guzzled the koolaid.
Butler was staged. This is just the beginning of people trying to kill this asshole. No one else is taking action against his regime. The people are growing tired and desperate. The terrorists are just ready for it . Enable a dictator. Expect to see assassins.
Makes sense-but they never do that! They blow up drug boats when they could get the kingpin-they kill citizens when they could find a conspiracy! They mostly kill them to make up a story that can't be disputed!
If you believe it was faked, keep believing in miracles cuz that's what it would've taken to miss that fat pumpkin head by an inch and a millisecond on PURPOSE. 🙄
Not if he wasn’t being aimed at…on purpose. He wasn’t hit because he wasn’t aimed at. The blood splatter on his face came from behind with drops streaked forward. A hit on his ear would have blown drops backward. Not to mention leaving a scar that would be obvious even had he had reconstructive surgery.
No medical report because he was cut. Not shot. Doesn't want anyone to know that. Regardless of how, he took advantage and staged a photo op. One he uses on the regular..violent one of course.
There was plenty of investigation. Investgative journalism still happens. The only thing we didn't get was the medical report. But like tax returns and Epstein files, that's par for the course for this oh-so-transparent administration.
Thank you for your message Ben. I wrote the same to my brother this morning. He staged Butler to increase his poll numbers (a Putin tactic) and now he’s doing it again. I’m just so tired of all his bullshit and lies. Thank you for cutting through all the propaganda and reporting on the truth.
I’m glad you didn’t attend just like so many others that stand on their morals. Thanks for always bringing us the real story and for always standing up for our democracy.
Much appreciated for this Sunday message. That man knows everything was staged - that’s one reason he left the White House for Florida a few hours to finalize the plans. Another Butler incident. This time to keep the news off the WARS and more importantly EPSTEIN.
This incident appears so fake and meant to boost his popularity with the segment that are not completely out of MAGA.
The very first time in the 6 years this thing is President, he attends the White House Correspondents Dinner and there is a “3rd” attempt on his life. Much like the Butler PA attempt, this was done to help him gain popularity with the public by appearing strong and rallying conservatives behind him. Why do leftist keep trying to hurt him I I saw a lot of online last night.
We are not, we just want him out of office and behind bars. We want him to stop enriching himself and his buddies. We want an to corruption and the pardons for those that commit crimes. We don’t want him as a martyr.
And to know that his first appearance is all staged for maximum gain for him, one of the first things he spoke about afterwards, was the need for his ballroom. He’s hoping he can convince a judge that the would have never happened if he had his gold plated ballroom and that he can turn the People’s House into one of his hideous golf courses.
He won't. It is NOT being investigated. His DOJ sucks. Doing his bidding and lying. The only investigate those who disagree with the dolt. The Retribution Regime.
Talk about missing medical records. The radiologist’s report of the CT scan he had in Butler almost certainly showed cerebral atrophy, most likely in a man of his age. That’s why it wasn’t released.
Thank you. Fantastic job. The work you do is vital and it is such a relief to not have to rely on MSM to tell us, as if fact, what Trump tweeted.
The forensic question is unanswerable.
The structural one already has its answer: a society where half the country defaults to “staged” within an hour has lost the substrate.
They did this to themselves.
Exactly what happened is not yet clear: it appears law enforcement stopped an armed man outside the event [at the metal detector (Reuters)], and a subsequent noise alarmed dinner attendees and Secret Service agents, who rushed the president, the first lady, and other government officials to a secure location. Heather Cox Richardson
Trump is such a disaster. He is ruining our country.
He is messing up the whole world, not just us.
How come Karoline Leavitt knew this?
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tw9R4E--I2c
I didn't even look at the video but if this is where she said something like "there will be shots tonight" she meant verbal shots. Like he would give them zingers.
More gross, ugly, hostile metaphors from her … it, Karolying Levitte.
When will she ever have that kid and leave us all for awhile? 🤮
She probably meant from President Rickles who don't get no respect and wants us to take his wife please.
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Just hours before the White House Corresponds’ Dinner was supposed to take place, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described how she believed the evening would turn out.
“It’ll be funny. It’ll be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” Leavitt, 28, said during an interview that is going viral on social media, likely referring to the jokes that President Donald Trump was planning to make during his first-ever WHCD speech. “Everyone should tune in, it’s going to be really great.”
Prior to the event, Donald’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump claimed that the 79-year-old politician had reportedly hired “joke writers” to help with his speech.
“He’s got some great people who he’s tapping to help him with this, but he comes up with a lot of good material as you see on Truth Social, as you see live in the flesh, himself,” Lara, 43, said during the Monday, April 20, episode of Citizen McCain With Meghan McCain. “I hope that he roasts every journalist in the room and I hope I can watch it and enjoy it and I hope he just takes them all to task.” Yahoo News
Hi Robin 👋 👋
Hi Ramona! ❤
The real hoax; poor Donnie needs sympathy from the voters. It worked in Butler, why not try it, again.
Bizarrely, Butler still hasn’t been investigated.
Are you kidding me?? Yes, it has. Very much so. Dozens and dozens of articles with illustrations, video, and digital recreations. That you don't remember them is an effect of the firehose of bullshit coming at us every single day.
No it hasn’t. The pro-Trump media is not the problem-Trump DOJ and FBI. He doesn’t even mention Butler; a narcissist doesn’t remember an assassination attempt? Get real. He doesn’t mention it because it was a staged event and because he wasn’t hit. Funny how his ear is perfect after having a bullet pass through it. No notch, no scar. No time out of the media eye for eeconstructive surgery. The ear-tampon was simply gone after a week. Because he wasn’t hit. He staged it, just as he stage last night.
Feel free to share the results of an official (i.e., Congressional) investigation.
It works on MAGA haters but not the rest of us.
Really 😂😂😂 you have a delightful day ☀️
Sylvia. Instead of scrolling and posting lies go to church and pray for the forgiveness you will need.
We know Sylvia. Not you. You go pray away your guilt for sticking up for a loser. No matter what happened . He is rotten to the core . Religion won't save his legacy. Nothing will
If by that you nean never miss an opportunity to propagandize a crime/tragedy, I agree.
He wants that ballroom,too.
So he can hide and bully thr world. He has already got a huge target on his giant ass. 🎯
Only when it benefits DonOld. T
Pretty much!!
I agree . Let's just posit, for argument's sake, that this guy who they caught was really someone who already thought he was going to "save the world" by shooting the people at the dinner, and was not a "plant" by tRUMP's associates. It doesn't matter if he was or was not. What matters is tRUMP and the "Sultans of Spin" will use it to their advantage.
My personal advice would be to keep asking those who disagree with us in our own personal sphere of influence to at least think about the personal purposes the current Regime has for saying what they say but doing something else. THEN, LET IT BE. It helps to keep their dignity intact while causing them to doubt what they have been "disinformationally" led to believe. If we as a nation want to be seen as good humans, then we still have to treat our fellow humans with dignity as much as possible. (Not like the ICE agents have been known to do). Patience and persistence tend to pay off, but no one can really predict exactly when. Hoping that each one of you has at least one joy you can experience today!
I will now get off of my soapbox and have a cup of coffee like Ben!
Thank you. But because of all that comes with team Red, I’m going to end up broke. Hard to have much more patience as they f*ck around with my life.
I am so tired of this administration. I'm not one given to conspiracies, yet, there's so much about this that doesn't feel right. I just want them all to go away. Far, far, far away.
Yes, I know Will! Why would a guy have a shotgun if you are planning on shooting someone? Some reports heard nothing-no real details which with this group they would have some at least made up! I feel bad-with all the commotion Patel for sure spilled his drink-amazed he hasn't taken any credit yet!!
It will, Will, you will see, Will.
Thank goodness we have Meidas Touch, Scott Dworkin, the Parnas Perspective and all the other independent journalists.
Wonder how long it took to get that stunt choreographed and rehearsed. Bargain-basement theatrics. What are we supposed to be distracted from now? Wonder, if any of those attending the dinner are “figuring” it out…they were played.
And lil mikey johnson too, this was a “staged theatrics” for the magat base. Perfect since donnie said he was attending (which in the past he hasn’t ever gone because they make jokes about the president. But the tell was to have the vp, speaker of the house, and several cabinet members, and the “apparent shooter” had a shotgun and escaped?? Too coincidental for me to believe!!!
No sympathy for them.
I loved Jimmy Kimmel's wee spoof of how it would have looked with a comedian compèring..
No,the shooter is in custody.
How at a formal function do you conceal a shotgun until you can reach the metal detectors? How did a kid with a long gun make it well inside the security perimeter at Butler? Because it was a staged event. Trump theatrics again.
Just to highlight the use of the rule of law and “alleged” could be used. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of facts about how a gun was discharged and who discharged it, I believe.
Sorry, my error, I had heard early report that the shooter had escaped.
And take the VP too-why?
Line of succession if president was shot, and then it would be speaker of the house, before any of the cabinet members.
Right! If President dies, then JD Vance is in until an election!
Credibility?
But travelling together has always been bad in case something happens to them both! It looks even less credible to me because of that!1
And if not. Maybe they got the message that this is going to continue to happen. . Do your jobs. Report the truth. They will sane wash this as well. Never learn.
Hey LM...I wonder how many of them were in on it... Bari Wiess, Ellison...FOX??
https://substack.com/@macfarlanenews/note/c-249286905?r=dwy6p&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I do hope without much confidence the rule of law will be followed and justice will be done.
It’s even sadder now. The young man taken into custody seems just a sad treatise on the degradation of democracy. A young person’s reaction to…
It took no time at all, as there's no evidence it was a "stunt".
I hope you are right and that all will be transmitted to the American people in a straightforward, professional, competent manner.
Never GONNA happen with this DOJ. We get their truth. Not THE truth
Didn't watch. Don't really care. It was obvious it would be a shitshow.and I guess I was right. Terrorist or lone wolf. Sort of like the shark or electrocution choice.
Yep, me too.
So in less than a day, this has been investigated to you ?. Thats the problem. Investigations that benefit stupid are "closed" so quickly The .ones that don't, never take place.
OMG, elect a drama whore addicted to chaos to get attention and HERE WE ARE. IT IS A SIMPLE AS THAT. The man is seriously mentally ill, always has been and SHOULD NOT BE PARADING AROUND THIS COUNTRY to destroy as much as he can or CREATING CHAOS. IMO every single person is affected by this lunacy, PERIOD!
Well said. Madannie👏 👏 👏
Most likely, we’ll find out eventually that it was staged. Too many questions arising from initial facts. Another ploy to attempt to reverse Trump’s sliding poll numbers and a Hail Mary from the Republicans in advance of the midterms. I suspect many of the comments online will be some form of “too bad he missed.”
If course it was staged- just like the last time- and anyone who believes different is just allowing themselves to be manipulated!!!!!
I would not be surprised if it was a distraction and a headline grab for the dinner over the Epstein survivors, and their outdoor slide show on the building next door.
Bullshit. Butler wasn't staged and there's no reason to believe this was either other than to feel smug and smart.
Just keep lying to yourself, MAGAt. Wearing your red hat, are you?! You’ve really drunk the koolaid.
I don’t know about smug, but anyone who is smart has questions about Butler, obviously.
Really? Where’s the notch in the royal earlobe? There isn’t one because he wasn’t hit and he was never out of sight long enough for reconstructive surgery. And given the efficiency of the secret service plus his own protective services, how exactly did some kid sneak a long gun deep inside the secured perimeter? And most importantly being a malignant narcissist he’d have clamped down hard on guns and crowed constantly about his heroic escape. He hasn’t said anything more about it because it’s escaped his little mind. Nobody forgets being shot unless they were only wearing someone else’s blood. And he’d be showing off his heroic scar every chance he got; cartilage doesn’t grow back and surgery to repair it takes time. He simply stopped wearing his ear tampon after a week. It was totally faked and you guzzled the koolaid.
Butler was staged. This is just the beginning of people trying to kill this asshole. No one else is taking action against his regime. The people are growing tired and desperate. The terrorists are just ready for it . Enable a dictator. Expect to see assassins.
Like, wouldn't there be quite a commotion about a shotugn being fired in a lobby!
Why wasn't he killed-they shoot people for nothing at all! Maybe it was a water shotgun for his kid? You just never know with these maniacs!!
Why kill someone if you can neutralize them and interrogate for more info in case they're not working alone?
Makes sense-but they never do that! They blow up drug boats when they could get the kingpin-they kill citizens when they could find a conspiracy! They mostly kill them to make up a story that can't be disputed!
One thing with this WH, logic never applies!
Why did they kill the shooter in BUTLER then.? By that logic, we would have the truth. But alas, he is conveniently. Dead.
Because they murder people to keep the secret. The plot was the Trump or his handlers staged it.
Exactly right.
How many fake assassination attempts will MAGA buy?
How many stars are there in the sky.
Hmmmmm! I wonder which stocks this made money for?
More survellance drones from Junior?
🎅 🐣 🐰 😂😂😂
There's zero evidence any of them were faked. Taken ADVANTAGE of, sure.
There is zero evidence any of them were legitimate
Bullshit. Fucktons of evidence Butler was real. This one's still being investigated.
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If you believe Butler was a real assassination attempt, you just keep waiting for Santy Claus and the Easter Bunny
If you believe it was faked, keep believing in miracles cuz that's what it would've taken to miss that fat pumpkin head by an inch and a millisecond on PURPOSE. 🙄
Not if he wasn’t being aimed at…on purpose. He wasn’t hit because he wasn’t aimed at. The blood splatter on his face came from behind with drops streaked forward. A hit on his ear would have blown drops backward. Not to mention leaving a scar that would be obvious even had he had reconstructive surgery.
No medical report because he was cut. Not shot. Doesn't want anyone to know that. Regardless of how, he took advantage and staged a photo op. One he uses on the regular..violent one of course.
Well, the shooter is yet again probably on team Red …. these people are beyond helping.
No it’s not. But scream some more. The more a lie is told the more people will believe it’s the truth
Of course not, since there was little to no investigation done. This administration didn't want to find any evidence of fraud.
There was plenty of investigation. Investgative journalism still happens. The only thing we didn't get was the medical report. But like tax returns and Epstein files, that's par for the course for this oh-so-transparent administration.
Investigative journalism? Really? Who? Fox News? There’s been NO criminal investigation. Period. Because the “shooter” was silenced. Permanently.
There’s mountains of evidence that it was faked, starting with his perfect, undamaged ear and his total lack of comment about it!
Thank you for your message Ben. I wrote the same to my brother this morning. He staged Butler to increase his poll numbers (a Putin tactic) and now he’s doing it again. I’m just so tired of all his bullshit and lies. Thank you for cutting through all the propaganda and reporting on the truth.
I’m glad you didn’t attend just like so many others that stand on their morals. Thanks for always bringing us the real story and for always standing up for our democracy.
Yes Ben. Disney on Ice with your baby girl is time well spent. Im so glad. I missed all of it. Be safe . Thanks for everything .
Bob Acosta didn't attend, nor Seth
Much appreciated for this Sunday message. That man knows everything was staged - that’s one reason he left the White House for Florida a few hours to finalize the plans. Another Butler incident. This time to keep the news off the WARS and more importantly EPSTEIN.
Butler wasn't staged FFS, and there's currently no evidence this was either.
His ear just miraculously grew back? And why haven’t the medical records been released?
Give up about Butler INK . No one agrees with that. As far as this stupid dinner. He cried WOLF too often. So no one really cares.
No info on the shooter. Seen climbing on the roof before the shoot. Questions. The pop up afterwards was the take away.
Keep screaming “NO” and maybe it’ll be true. It was staged just like Butler was staged.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yep. Another "incident"...played-out almost like his spokeswoman called it...prophetically...just wondering outloud if hers was a Freudian slip...
That is a classic, “lots of shots”
Thats why Hegseth and Patel showed up. They heard lots of shots and thought that meant something else 🤗
This incident appears so fake and meant to boost his popularity with the segment that are not completely out of MAGA.
The very first time in the 6 years this thing is President, he attends the White House Correspondents Dinner and there is a “3rd” attempt on his life. Much like the Butler PA attempt, this was done to help him gain popularity with the public by appearing strong and rallying conservatives behind him. Why do leftist keep trying to hurt him I I saw a lot of online last night.
We are not, we just want him out of office and behind bars. We want him to stop enriching himself and his buddies. We want an to corruption and the pardons for those that commit crimes. We don’t want him as a martyr.
And to know that his first appearance is all staged for maximum gain for him, one of the first things he spoke about afterwards, was the need for his ballroom. He’s hoping he can convince a judge that the would have never happened if he had his gold plated ballroom and that he can turn the People’s House into one of his hideous golf courses.
This is what narcs do. I was married to one.
Come to think of it, didn't he want to have some kind of race course there also?
Butler PA attempt was politicized but it WAS an actual attempt. At the moment, there's zero evidence this was anything less.
Why do you keep saying the same thing over and over?
Omg......give it up.😑
There’s no evidence that YOU will accept.
It's staged, he lies and lies and lies.
Prove it.
He won't. It is NOT being investigated. His DOJ sucks. Doing his bidding and lying. The only investigate those who disagree with the dolt. The Retribution Regime.
Offer your proof. You have none because you’re a true believer with red hats and shoes and upside-down bibles he sold
Prove it wasn't.
My first thought this was about the ballroom!! I posted a comment on X regarding such.
I really do not care. He is such an evil human being. I never thought I would say it out loud.
Talk about missing medical records. The radiologist’s report of the CT scan he had in Butler almost certainly showed cerebral atrophy, most likely in a man of his age. That’s why it wasn’t released.
Assumption noted, zero evidence.