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Guest post by Tyler Durden
Update:
Shooterâs Manifesto explained about Trump admin target kill list. He wrote, âprioritized from highest-ranking to lowestâ ...
Shooterâs intent was to Target Trump & admin officials
Shooter donated to âHarris for Presidentâ via ActBlue
Shooter apprehended and taken into custody. Carrying shotgun, handgun and several knives.
The shooter has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance California
No injuries to Trump or any guests.
Incident near lobby magnetometer screening.
Trump praised Secret Service rapid response.
Shooterâs Manifesto
CBS Newsâ Jennifer Jacobs has confirmed that the WHCA dinner shooter, Cole Allen, wrote a manifesto stating he was targeting Trump officials:
Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest
Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope theyâre wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who arenât
Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)
Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security
National Guard: same as Hotel Security
Hotel Employees: not targets at all
Guests: not targets at all
In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)
I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people chose to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesnât come to that.
The manifesto also said:
And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity Iâve had to do something about it.)
Fox Newsâ Will Ricciardella made the point that Allen âwasnât some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system.â
Ricciardella said Allen was âwell-educated, credentialed, employed, and institutionally formed. Thatâs what makes this so disturbing.â
In reality, Allen is a byproduct of the Democratic Partyâs psychological operation via corporate media to delegitimize Trump (color revolution), which has pushed many liberals into an existential crisis, making them believe they must act with violence. This is similar to MSMâs climate propaganda, where liberals actually believed the planet would burn in a few years unless more taxes were imposed and cow farts were banned.
The propaganda:
Allen mustâve had CNN playing on every device for ten years...
Even the globalist publication The Atlantic recently admitted...
MSM propaganda against Trump has pushed some liberals into an existential crisis mode, leading them to feel that violence is the only answer.
Report says Shooterâs Intent: Target Trump Admin Officials
New details have emerged about Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, who opened fire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner last night.
Fox Newsâ Bill Melugin posted on X early Saturday:
Per federal law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation who spoke to @FoxNews, Cole Allen told investigators after his arrest that his intent was to target Trump administration officials at the WHCD.
GOP activist Scott Presler published Allenâs profile data, showing that he is a teacher in California and that he donated to the âHarris for Presidentâ campaign through the left-wing funding platform ActBlue.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern that Allen "acted alone after traveling by train from California and had been staying at the Washington Hilton, which was hosting the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner."
Letâs not forget that the globalist publication The Atlantic was recently forced to admit ...
Shooting strengthens the case for President Trumpâs new White House ballroom, which would make events like this safer. But activist judges have repeatedly halted construction.
Shooting at White House Correspondentsâ Dinner
President Donald Trump was evacuated from the head table at the White House correspondentâs dinner on Saturday night after a gunman, allegedly 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of California - stormed the event and fired shots in the lobby. Authorities confirm the suspected shooter has been apprehended and is in custody after shots fired near the lobby screening area. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and all protectees were safely evacuated with no injuries reported. The Secret Service continues investigating.
Trump posted a picture of the suspect on Truth Social along with a video:
According to Just the News, the gunman was not wounded and was carrying a shotgun, a handgun and several knives.
In a White House press conference held shortly after the incident, Trump praised the Secret Service and law enforcement for their âfantastic jobâ and rapid response, describing the shooter as a âlone wolfâ and âvery sick personâ from California who was armed with multiple weapons and charged a security checkpoint. He revealed that one Secret Service officer was shot at close range but was saved by his bulletproof vest and is âdoing great,â while confirming the suspect was swiftly apprehended and taken into custody without harming any protectees. Trump noted he had âfought like hell to stayâ at the dinner but deferred to security protocol, adding that the frightening event unexpectedly unified the ballroom and brought journalists and politicians together; he announced the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner will be fully rescheduled within the next 30 days.
This video was taken outside the venue:
According to Fox Newsâ Karol Markowicz, the suspect is a 31-year-old from Torrance, California.
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Shots were fired during the 2026 White House Correspondentsâ Dinner (WHCD) at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday evening, prompting the immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President, and other high-profile attendees by Secret Service. Guests were ordered to take cover under tables as heavily armed agents secured the venue.
According to Deadlineâs on-site reporter Ted Johnson, who was present in the ballroom near the area of the incident: âI heard what sounded like four shots, and it seemed to come from the hall just outside the ballroom near my table.â
Key details from initial reporting:
President Trump and dignitariesâincluding the First Lady, Vice President, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, and entertainer/mentalist Oz Pearlmanâwere quickly hustled out of the ballroom.
Secret Service agents jumped onto the stage amid the chaos.
Education Secretary Linda McMahonâs security detail told CNN live that there was a shooter in the lobby and that the shooter is dead.
A separate White House Pool Report from Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times stated that Secret Service indicated the alleged shooter is in custody - however
CNN is reporting that the shooter is dead. the shooter is in custody.
Attendees described loud noises (consistent with gunfire), panic, people ducking, the room being placed on lockdown, and police/Secret Service sweeping the hotel. Trump and the First Lady were reported safe after a rapid evacuation shortly after arriving at the event. No injuries to attendees or dignitaries have been confirmed in initial accounts.
This was President Trumpâs first appearance at the WHCD as sitting president (he had boycotted the event during his first term). The dinner is an annual black-tie affair organized by the White House Correspondentsâ Association that traditionally features journalists, politicians, and celebrity guests.
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Of course. These people weren't entirely stable to begin with, and after nonstop indoctrination of how evil Trump is, of course there will be attempts like this.
But it's clearly all due to racism and fascism. Or something.