President Donald Trump was the apparent target of another assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night.
The event was safely evacuated after shots were fired in the lobby as a man attempted to breach the Secret Service protection.
The suspect has since been identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, a school teacher from Torrance, California.
A Secret Service Agent was shot and injured during the incident.
However, the miserable leftists over on Bluesky are absolutely convinced that the event was a “staged theatrical event.”
Among their wild theories was the idea that the attack would somehow increase Republican success in the midterms and distract from Trump’s alleged dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged. Staged.
— Kimberley Johnson (@kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 02:22
The Epstein Files were not harmed in tonight’s staged theatrical event.
— Larry Mitchell (@drlarrymitchell.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 06:24
staged assassination attempts and all other forms of distraction from the Epstein files will continue until morale improves
— born miserable (@bornmiserable.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 03:43
Trump is still going to give his speech. You’re going to tell me this wasn’t staged?
— Harry👊🇺🇸🔥 (@scondrasht.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 02:17
Trump claims the shooting at the WHCA is WHY WE NEED THE BALLROOM AT THE WHITE HOUSE??????? Yeah definitely staged.
— Kaitlin Kal Lee🧡 (@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 04:01
Does anyone really care that Trump ‘staged’ another false flag attack on his pathetic life…
Ummm…anyone?!
Didn’t think so. 😎✨
— California Dreamin’… 😎 (@jerasikehorn.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 05:15
Looked staged to me, propagandist grifter Erika Kirk’s fake crying was the first clue alongside creepy racist scumbag JD Vance being evacuated first.
— Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) 26 April 2026 at 06:54
According to police in Washington, D.C., the suspect had checked into the hotel before his attempted rampage.
They added that it was an “isolated incident” and there is “no reason to believe at this time that anyone else was involved” and there was no risk of “any sort of danger to the public.”
🚨 WASHINGTON, DC POLICE PRESS CONFERENCE
Jeffery W. Carroll says an armed suspect (shotgun, handgun, multiple knives) charged a Secret Service checkpoint in Washington, DC.
• Suspect was not shot, taken to hospital for evaluation
• Early info suggests he wanted to “hit as… pic.twitter.com/hFdFZsf95t
— ✦ Margot Haddad ✦ (@margothaddad) April 26, 2026
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