Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Shooting at the White House Correspondent's Dinner

An armed gunman attempted to gain access to the WHCD. His exact objective is unclear but the assumption is that he was either after Trump or some other administration official. Luckily he was captured by the Secret Service before he could cause any harm.

As if that's not crazy enough, an online conspiracy theory almost immediately sprung up that this was all staged by Trump or one of his cronies. That rapidly spread to people claiming that all three failed assassination attempts were staged.

I see no evidence to support that nonsense and a lot of evidence against it. For instance, how do you convince someone to be the fall guy and take the blame for the assassination attempt? If he's not in on i, then how do you find someone stupid enough to be convinced to give it a try?

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