Trump and his officials 'likely' targets of suspected gunman, acting attorney general says
www.bbc.com
Todd Blanche says "preliminary" findings suggest the suspected gunman was specifically targeting members of the Trump administration.

  • Donald Trump is rushed from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after suspected gunshots heard

  • Attendees of the dinner ducked under tables amid scenes of widespread confusion during the incident, our Washington correspondent reports from the event

  • A shooter has been taken into custody, Trump writes on Truth Social

Story is developing in real time, check the actual link for more details, images and videos.

EDIT:

I flipped to CSPAN; apparently Trump is going to be doing a press conference at the White House in ~30 minutes, all cabinet members are uninjured, as well as seemingly all other guests, and the Correspondents’ Dinner is going to be rescheduled within 30 days.

EDIT 2, from the ‘article’:

Still not clear what happened

published at 20:48

Bernd Debusmann Jr

White House reporter, reporting from dinner

We still have no official confirmation of what took place.

But Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich, a member of the White House Correspondent’s Association’s board, posted on X that they’ve been told that an individual attempted to pass through metal detectors with a gun.

President Trump, according to Heinrich, was held in a nearby room and wanted the dinner to continue, though he just posted on social media that law enforcement have asked him to leave.

EDIT 3:

Trump has posted a video and two pictures of the assailant to his Truth Social.

Video (Seems like a smartphone aimed at security camera monitor):

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468650367386223

Pic 1:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468652052256305

Pic 2:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116468652963767750

The man appears to have bum rushed through the metal detector area at a full sprint, but was stopped by a volley of shots from different security personnel.

… and apparently, according to Trump just now at the press conference, the guy shot one Secret Service agent, but he was wearing body armor, and is apparently not badly injured.

This can be seen in the video, the srcurity guy center frame appears to be shot in the lower abdomen, then quickly draws his weapon and begins firing at the now out of frame assailant, who sprinted past.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 day ago

    Get ready for a week of all the most insufferable liberals you know wringing their hands about how it’s SO UNCOUTH to be disappointed he didn’t bite it

    Where do you see that?

    CNN maybe, but they’re owned by a far right oligarch, just like every other media corporation.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        1 day ago

        what social media

        The place full of boys, paid shills, and bad faith “as a liberal” accounts?

        Why would anyone care what they say?

        Or divide the democratic party by calling them “liberals”?

        Like, at best even if they’re authentic, they’re lying…

        Don’t let them call themselves that if they’re not

        Quick edit:

        Hell, for the ones on TV and in office, we can keep calling them neoliberals even if they don’t like it anymore

        • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
          53·
          1 day ago

          I’m old enough to remember libs complaining that a fascist got punched, and all the crying about not protesting correctly in 2020. In the Westwing-poisoned liberal mind, the best ideas always win in the market place of ideas, and any violence or even incivility is worse than being a literal nazi.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            23·
            1 day ago

            Those are neoliberals…

            They keep changing the name they call themselves to make it look like it’s not the same group of fucks and their proteges…

            • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
              32·
              1 day ago

              No, this is inherent to liberalism; a core part of liberal philosophy is idealism; that history is a struggle of ideas as opposed to materialism.

                  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    22·
                    1 day ago

                    I’m going off what liberalism has meant for centuries and what it means if you read any serious political work.

                    Then there’s zero logical reason to use those labels when discussing American politics unless:

                    1. You have no idea what you’re talking about and want to be smart

                    2. You’re trying to confuse people by muddling the waters

                    3. ?

                    I got a guess, but out of courtesy, is there any other reason to use centuries outdated terms whose meaning changed before this country was formed or modern democracies even existed?

                    Because man…

                    I’m coming up blank for any feasible #3, but I underestimate people, and genuinely want to understand how you got to that opinion you have.

                    Going off the time actually, are you even American or aware this discussion is about American politics?

                    Edit:

                    To be clear, you still don’t understand that definition of liberalism either, just trying to steer you back to the topic. And admittedly about to give up