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31-Year-Old Arrested for Attempting to Breach White House Correspondents’ Dinner Security
A 31-year-old man was arrested after trying to breach security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attended by President Trump. The suspect sent an anti-Trump manifesto to his family beforehand. Media outlets described the incident as traumatic and an attack on democratic rituals.
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Law enforcement arrested a 31-year-old suspect after he attempted to rush security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, @DailyCaller reported. The incident occurred at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, where President Trump was attending the event. Agents drew their guns after loud bangs were heard during the dinner.
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Before the attempt, the suspect sent his family an anti-Trump manifesto that called President Trump a 'rapist' and 'pedophile,' according to @DailyCaller. The arrest prevented any further escalation at the annual gala. President Trump attended the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
During a CNN broadcast, Brian Stelter lamented that some of the WHCD attendees will be experiencing “traumatic stress.”
Over on the CNN website, reporter Stephen Collinson framed the assassination attempt as an attack on the “rituals that define US democracy.”
In a breathless editorial headline, “The American Way Of Life Is Under Fire,” The Free Press wrote that not only was this attempt a threat to President Trump life’s and his administration but that it was also an attack on “our country’s free press” — “the latest assault on the foundations of our way of life.”
