I guess the security was effective at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump never left the White House Correspondents’ Dinner venue and remained nearby following the security scare that briefly disrupted the event, Fox News can confirm.
Trump was moved to a secure holding area as a precaution and “wants the show to go on,” according to Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.
Sources familiar with the situation told Fox News an individual attempted to get through security screening with a gun but was stopped by Secret Service before entering the ballroom. The suspect has since been taken offsite.
Apparently shots were fired, but not in the room where the even was being held. Is the would-be assailant alive?
It must have been quite a scene, one we could have done without:
Attendees were eating a spring pea and burrata salad, and waiters began preparing to bring out the next course when a security detail appeared on the ballroom floor and yelled for everyone to get down. Journalists in gowns and tuxedos ducked near tables as wine splattered onto white tablecloths and glasses clinked in the hurry to seek safety.
Armed security burst through the doors of the ballroom and raced toward the dias where Trump sat as attendees ducked or crouched under tables. At one point, someone in the room shouted, “USA!”
Trump said that a “shooter has been apprehended” in a post to Truth Social …
Sounds as though the shooter is alive, but I assume more information will be forthcoming.
The event was held at the Washington Hilton, which may explain how it is that the shooter got that far, if other guests were permitted in other parts of the hotel. Vance was also at the dinner, as was Rubio. This was also Trump’s first time attending the dinner as president.
Someone apparently thought it was a target-rich environment. I’m extremely glad no one was hurt.
Upsetting. The president is safe and posting on truth social.
“ Sources told Fox News the individual never made it inside the ballroom, was taken into custody and removed from the scene.
President Trump was seen being quickly escorted out of the room by security, and White House officials tell Fox News Digital both he, the first lady and Karoline Leavitt are safe at this time.”
Shooter is alive and has been identified, supposedly. I thought better of linking to it, because this has been wrong before; sometimes it’s the right name and people start posting about a wrong guy with the same name.
Just one shooter? CNN supposedly reported that the shooter was shot and killed by the Secret Service, and Fox Business supposedly reported that there were two suspects.
Apparently tickets were checked outside the hotel (there were multiple events going on), but the metal detectors were only near the entrance to the dinner. That seems a bit lax to me.
Fox News unknowingly Did the Meme.
https://a57.foxnews.com/assets.foxnews.com/liveblog/fn/prod/images/2026/04/960/540/6d441436bf0d4364f520a6a3057cc6ec.jpg?tl=1&ve=1
Who had “Assassinating the President in front of the entire Press Establishment” on their Bingo card?
I wonder if someone at Fox suggested that for the one blank square and was voted down.
It’s down near the beginning of the reverser-order timeline.
Just to save time tomorrow: the 72-hour rule for not believing anything the media says or prints will run until sometime Tuesday night.
16 sec security camera video of shooter rushing through check station, with immediate reaction of guys on station. Looks like the SS agent shot is center camera.
https://x.com/i/status/2048228609488310665
I was looking at the Sunday (London) Times post that miguel linked when the News came up on the sidebar.
The Brits, as usual, already had more pictures than the US pundits that Neo referred to.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/correspondents-dinner-shooting-trump-shots-fired-white-house-f2ww280ck