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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?

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago

The fact that he didn't have scripted tag line like "Fight! Fight! Fight! indicates that this one was a surprise, but also that Butler was DEFINITELY staged.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 16 hours ago
[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

You have a pedophile in office that doesn't see any consequences for his crimes. What else did you expect would happen? And this one guy could be any american with a gun. There will probably be more.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

Having seen the level of marksmanship on display, I hold little hope.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 8 minutes ago

Someone only has to get lucky once. 🤞

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

Hopefully be more.*

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 99 points 1 day ago (52 children)

ah so THAT'S why he wanted to be at the correspondents dinner. Literally the other day it was reported how it was odd that Trump wanted to attend annnnnnd now we know why. this was staged.

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Karoline Leavitt said the truth for once

[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Is that a real quote, and was it actually broadcast before the shooting?

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

LOL, what a goddamn farce.

Even if the "shooting incident" (which the article you linked itself puts in scare quotes, BTW!) is real, the circumstances are so stupidly convenient half the country isn't gonna believe it anyway.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Evacuated? Not hidden under a table for 3 minutes then allowed to stand up, head fully exposed, for a quick photo op?

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 37 points 1 day ago

-waiting for the report on how much people won/lost on Kalshi and Polymarket about this-

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They're not sending their best (assassins).

Why is everyone so bad at this?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because it’s not real. This was Trump’s mic drop.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Right! He is re-solidifying his grip on the cult.

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[–] newton@feddit.online 56 points 1 day ago

What about the Epstein files ? Are their safe

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump's going to be so annoying about this.

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[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The deep state sucks at choosing assassins. They always pick these guys who have no real plan or ability to succeed.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

So how much money are we betting that this is another magat trying to kill trump?

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[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Man, people keep trying to shoot at me. So weird! Anyways, I'm gonna use this to show how both safe and unsafe the country is."

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Clearly, this is because transgender people are using the women's restroom. Let's round them up and "deport" them.

-Republicans, eventually

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

The world needs professionals. Not amateurs.

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