Man Fires Shots at Trump at White House Correspondents' Dinner

An assassination attempt occurred against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last weekend, where a would-be assassin attempted to storm the event. 38 semi-automatic pistol, obtained from two different gun stores in California.

The alleged assassin, believed to be a left-wing activist, was handcuffed at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner two days before the Wall Street Journal created a graph visualizing findings from a Center for Strategic and International Studies study.

Social media was flooded with conspiracy theories claiming the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was staged. FRANCE 24's media show Scoop featured guest David Gilbert, a reporter at Wired who covers disinformation and online extremism, discussing mainstream coverage and conspiracy theories. JD Vance said the Left is responsible for political violence after the WHCD shooting.

Rep. Jamie Raskin appeared on CNN’s State of the Union the morning after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner assassination attempt and suggested the shooting could become a moment of unity to advance universal violent criminal background checks for gun ownership.

Malcolm Kenyatta called for a ban on military-grade weapons and closing of lethal loopholes in response to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner event.

Hosts on ABC’s The View, in a discussion led by Ana Navarro on Monday, expressed hope that Trump and his cabinet had felt the fear of being shot and that the moment would make them advocate for additional gun control restrictions. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated on Sunday that policymakers should not use the attack to justify imposing new restrictions on law-abiding gun owners.

Everytown for Gun Safety argued that Trump and his supporters are using the shooting to promote his new ballroom while ignoring easy access to guns.