The Daily Show dissects the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, Apr 27 episode
On the April 27 episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and correspondents examined the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and identified Cole Allen as the 31-year-old suspect now charged with attempted assassination of the president. Stewart singled out MAGA-aligned commentator Renee Good for hypocrisy and the writers highlighted Republican efforts to link the incident to a $400 million White House ballroom funding pitch. The show traced and mocked circulating conspiracy theories and pointed to court filings and independent fact checks that corrected false timelines and attributions. The episode also noted Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's request to a federal judge to let ballroom construction resume and argued the political framing of the attack will influence security, funding, and public-trust debates.
Despite right-wingers coming out in unison claiming Trump’s over the top ballroom is imperative for security, the Correspondents’ Dinner was not designated as a National Special Security Event. 📌 They didn’t bring the highest level of security the other night. Setting the record straight…
Uniongrl ☮️ 🌍🎵🌻🦋28Which cabinet member was in charge of the security? Patel, Mullin, Gabbard? Stop blaming others for your failure in security. This is on the Trump administration, not the media, not the hotel, not Democrats and whoever else the GOP wants to blame.
Ernest17I saw mention of #Trump's "privately funded ballroom", so I just want to point out again: If you cut government services to give tax cuts to billionaires in exchange for them donating to your ballroom THAT IS A #TAXPAYER FUNDED BALLROOM.
radiobill7BDS - Ballroom Derangement Syndrome
tokamak6The level of ass kissing in this admin is astounding.
Gibsonia5A good point she makes is the WHCD is a private event, not a government sponsored one, that the President is invited to. This event has been held in the same location for 50 years. If the President chooses to attend then their Secret Service is responsible for security.
HANSSOLO3They want to talk ballroom, we want to talk Epstein files.
Jan🇵🇦🇨🇦🇺🇲(Don't add me to Packs!)2I will NOT pay for Trump's ballroom!! 😡💩🤡
Mary (geographile)2And for some reason they sent the VP and the sec of state too, knowing the security.
Vamos Heavenly Creature🇺🇦2He’s not getting his ballroom. No way.
Trump Spins Dinner Shooting for Ballroom Agenda & Blitzer Is CNN's One-Shoed Hero youtu.be/X_JEZMEw_-Q
Darbz3Ballroom was going to be funded by donors. Last week a judge ruled it couldn't be done except for security reasons. So now there are security reasons and congress is passing a bill that we pay for it. - Art of the Grift
Bigb722To be fair, the video I saw, mitler was using his pregnant wife as a human shield 🤷♂️
aarch0x40.bsky.social2DOGE the Secret Service! They clearly aren’t doing their job.
Erika Nelson2Always brilliant! That was the best comedy (not comedy) response!🙌
Trump team tries to parlay the Saturday incident at White House correspondents dinner to make a push for taxpayer-funded regal ballroom Just filed ===> youtu.be/3UhChYWr7v4?...
Yvette 🪷9If it’s so unsafe for him he needs a ballroom then I guess there’s no reason for him to go out on an unsecured golf course almost every weekend, right?
kenblack.bsky.social9So Trump already stole all the private donations?
safranks.bsky.social6Whenever someone in the trump admin mentions the need for the ballroom, journalists need to ask 2 questions: 1) Is mar-a-lago more or less secure than this ballroom and the White House? 2) Why is Trump jetting around the country and not bunkered down somewhere if it’s so dangerous?
Steve Ryan4Did he ask Mexico yet?
cjdonnelly.bsky.social3If the argument is a fortified “ballroom” is necessary for his safety, then no more golfing, rallies or UFC events.
Kimberly ☀️3Balls and ballrooms and gold and fabric samples are exactly what all of us want. We can hike to the new ballroom from TN because we can’t afford gas.
Enemy_Within_0972I wouldn't pay for their ballroom.
WutTheWut😵💫 RBroeck🗳️💙2Trump’s statement after the WHCD was nothing but an infomercial for a National Ballroom for the elite. What happened to National Healthcare for all?
@jimmykimmel.com nails it again. Melania I really don’t care whether you were insulted or not, but if you’re concerned about political, dangerous rhetoric, look to your husband and not to a comedian. It’s worth watching until the end and listening to the man give his opinion on King Charles visit.
Jayne14They keep trying to come for Kimmel and it only makes him stronger.
Alice Taylor8Wait until she learns what her husband said about Michelle Obama.
anotherday24.bsky.social5I’m digging the King of Hollywood😂
Hail Mary2So Melania, get pissed off just as pissed off as you were at your hubby in his first term. He's still the same old bs liar he's always been. Remember this?
I've called for cancellation of the correspondents' dinner, but Margaret Sullivan prefers a "radical reimagining" to boost the free press, not its enemies. I'm thrilled that Margaret recommends reading my newsletter, in which I object to seeking "unity" with politicians. 1/2🧵 @sulliview.bsky.social
Mark Jacob68The first link was Margaret Sullivan's newsletter, which is excellent as always. This is mine, which Margaert recommends reading. I note what I think is obvious – that you have more credibility "when you’re not clinking champagne glasses with the people you’re reporting on."
mcognito.bsky.social4That picture just nails it
Rebecca Rauber2“[I]f this is really about celebrating the 1st Amendment, free expression & press rights, don’t invite people who stand in clear opposition to that…do not invite Trump, Pete Hegseth, Brendan Carr or Stephen Miller. Their anti-press behavior is disqualifying & there’s no need for “unity” w/them.”
OPINION by Georgetown University student Leo Auerbach: "Saturday night, many of the most powerful individuals, nationally and globally, grasped the same sense of fear that too many young Americans experience daily while simply going about their lives." READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/whit...
thecat854.bsky.social3And they still don’t care. Because their power has replaced their empathy. And the press is acting unjustifiably helplessless.
boiler79.bsky.social2And their answer is a ballroom. They don’t care. The journalists loved the live reporting they could do and the politicians towed the Trump line of ballroom. Not one word of mental illness awareness or gun control. So spare me the “elite” moniker.
coconutlizard.bsky.social2Blame R. They love their gun money and sacrifice us.
ShenLoop2Difference is, young Americans are not inviting danger into their lives… WHCD invited an unhinged belligerent convicted felon to their party…. WHCD might have considered the chaos he is spreading throughout the world would follow him into their event.
Steve Cobb a.k.a. Kunga Tsöndru2I got held up at gunpoint at 1913 13th St., NW 5 weeks after moving to Plantation Town DC in '95 & the gun laws there existed for a reason, but beady eyed 👀 little Alito wanted to turn in into a killing field again, & guns, fetuses, & private white corporationpeople have more Natural Rights than
Cole Allen, the man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. And, King Charles III is set to address Congress today. n.pr/4vV9sbb
Jann Alexander8Why would our Congress need to hear from a King? Oh wait, they are already accustomed to bowing to one
youcameover.bsky.social4No one on the right takes any of this seriously. If they did, they would question why this administration refuses to secure events attended by Trump. There’s a pattern of massive security failures always encircling him. Anyone attending an event he’s at must realize that safety is not a priority.
starant.bsky.social3On CBS. The shooter wasn’t stopped by anyone, he fell. He fell in from of a AF veteran & she ran down the stairs to find the doors open to the Correspondence Dinner & then shut them. The poor security is noted all over the place in this event. And the press makes fun of us “conspiracy theorists”?
