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Cole Allen, the person who tried to get through security and into the White House Correspondents Dinner, wanted to 'take out' members of the Trump administration. What if he had succeeded?

Both Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, the first two in line of Presidential succession, were attending the White House Correspondent's Dinner last night.

Next in line would be Chuck Grassley, who was not attending the dinner. He is 92, a dozen years older than Trump!

The order of presidential succession is Vice President, then Speaker of the House, then President Pro Tempore of the Senate (Grassley), then members of the Cabinet in the order shown here.

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[–] vincentpants@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“If it wasn’t a false flag*, Chuck would be president”. Fixed your typo

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why the fuck would it be a false flag.

The shooter manifesto literally mentions how he wants to put an end to the pedophiles at the dinner. How the fuck would trump benefit from more media attention on the epstein files?

Stupid conspiracy bullshit. This is just the obvious consequence of the Trump regime. More and more people are fed up.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Lemmy gets very stupid with these conspiracy theories, some incredibly complex for a frail 79 yr old with dementia to follow.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

He brought a shotgun to kill dozens of people? Really?

If you're that gullible, let's talk London Bridge prices.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought he never got past security?

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

That's why I said he tried to get past security and into the dinner.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 4 points 1 week ago

[wistful sigh]