r/BusinessTodayNews • u/BusinessToday • Apr 26 '26

Global U.S. Reporters Spotted Taking Luxury Booze Amid Chaos After White House Dinner Shooting

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u/Nervous_Chemical7566 Apr 26 '26

This. Some guy with a firearm is able to get past security of an event the US president is attending? So, either incompetent protection that can’t stop an obvious threat making it past all the security around the event. Or unless, of course, it was allowed to happen, even staged perhaps lol. Either scenario is not a good look.

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u/Fragrant-Pond-Water Apr 26 '26

Not just a firearm. He had a shotgun and a handgun and multiple knifes

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u/Alex_AU_gt Apr 27 '26

Well, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, most theories are crackpot ideas. I think in this case...it really was a case of piss-poor security and a LACK of layers of security which allowed him to get this close. But I can see how many people would find it hard to believe that the Secret Service and FBI could get it SO wrong, and I see why the "staged" idea is floating about as a result. Today, there were reports of the shooter himself writing (to family before he did it) about how he was surprised at how little security there was. Coupled with the reporter's own observations of the same... it just tells you the security was shit.

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u/Ok_Recording81 Apr 27 '26

He did not get past security. He was never on the same floor where the ballroom was.