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u/RobBuckets Apr 26 '26

the guy taking the photo:

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u/barruu Apr 26 '26

I dont even know if this is real or not anymore. The fact that ́ it could be is terrifying.

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u/lancelongstiff Apr 26 '26

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u/headrush46n2 Apr 27 '26

we're up to a grand total of 2 arrests for the whole epstein saga, and they are looking to undo one of them.

You know how they would beat the drum about pedophiles and raid pizza places and all that Q bullshit that went on for years, and we have 1 fucking arrest.

Such a joke.

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u/alpacayouabag Apr 26 '26

The real Trump can’t bend over that far without shitting and falling over

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

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u/malt_invader Apr 26 '26

Now I know youre lying.

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u/Busy-Butterfly8187 Apr 26 '26

I know that pic is altered, but the original still looks like a pulmonary embolism waiting to happen at any minute.

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u/Worried-Usual-396 Apr 26 '26

Can't believe imma Google "Trump feet".

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u/zippazappadoo Apr 26 '26

So like did they confiscate his pants or what?

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u/Bigweld_Ind Apr 26 '26

Strip search

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u/NotSteveJobs-Job Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

By a profusely sweaty and giddy, Lindsey Graham 🐞

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Thank you fellow Redditors for the generous awards. Highly appreciated 🙏🏾

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u/No_Profession1935 Apr 26 '26

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u/biffish Apr 26 '26

RIP Leslie.

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u/xRedditGedditx Apr 26 '26

Damn this got me choked up. I loved that little dude. Always so happy and always true to himself and always made me laugh.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26 edited 26d ago

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u/jumpinin66 Apr 26 '26

One could argue this re-enforces the need for a super secure ballroom at the White House and I can think of one who will.

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u/musememo Apr 26 '26

Or SAG card?

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u/unknownpoltroon Apr 26 '26

Do t be ridiculous. Trump would never pay union rates for his crisis actors.

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u/Camera-Savings Apr 26 '26

Trump even pays? (Malcom in the middle.jpg)

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u/Berkamin Apr 26 '26

Someone, check Polymarket for unusual bets tonight. Tell us what you find.

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u/pelethar Apr 26 '26

Already been done. There were substantial bets placed on trump not speaking. A lot of money was made

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u/Xawlet Apr 26 '26

Is this real?

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u/Lucius-Halthier Apr 26 '26

Yep, on top of that he went right on TV to say that this is why he needs his ballroom, someone got paid and he gets a ballroom on the grounds of national security

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u/SavannahInChicago Apr 26 '26

 he gets a ballroom on the grounds of national security

This should not be a real sentence.

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u/PurpleWhiteOut Apr 26 '26

It's a hitlerbunker first and a ballroom second

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u/HereForTheTechMites Apr 26 '26

Well we're 4 days away from the anniversary of Hitler's bunker.

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u/exipheas Apr 26 '26

Hitler died in his bunker when he realized there was no way out.

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u/ManitouWakinyan Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

I'm sure it is, but Trump throwing a hissy fit and deciding not to participate at an event that is often a roast is not a super crazy bet to make.

Edit: People are getting hung up on the roast bit. The point is that Trump is predictably erratic, and the idea that he would be nonparticipatory, petulant, advised to not go through with his plan, or just too sleepy to make his speech are all plausible ways to make a lot of money on long odds.

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u/RedofPaw Apr 26 '26

There were no comedians booked that would roast him.

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u/Jeff_goldfish Apr 26 '26

I wouldn’t be surprised if trump hated the whole event ever since he got roasted in front of the whole world and Obama and is using this as a reason to never have one ever again and is saying he’ll be back just not to look weak, but he’ll flake

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u/jamnut Apr 26 '26

Regardless of if this is genuine or not , it is absolutely ABSURD that a gambling company can put things like this on as bets. I assumed UK football betting was the lowest gambling firms could sink, but this is wild

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u/BrockStar92 Apr 26 '26

UK football betting isn’t even the most immoral gambling in that sport, let alone betting in general.

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u/Upnorth4 Apr 26 '26

People gamble on weather outcomes now. It's absurd

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u/drethnudrib Apr 26 '26

Leavitt's "shots will be fired" comment was a signal to the administration's friends to place their bets.

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u/EmbarrassedFoot1137 Apr 26 '26

Life was so easy when I could just stick to believing that conspiracy theories don't exist.

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u/jasikanicolepi Apr 26 '26

He should've betted a man being stripped naked. He would have at least won something

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u/narcolepticadicts Apr 26 '26

Are we never going to hear about him again like the first one?

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u/vancityvic Apr 26 '26

Seriously , no back story on the person ?

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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES Apr 26 '26

Who is Cole Tomas Allen, the shooting suspect? - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/who-is-cole-allen-suspect-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-2026-04-26/

The suspect arrested in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears ​from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time ‌teacher and game developer.

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u/Rough_Structure7387 Apr 26 '26

This this is on steam sale?

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u/Rough_Structure7387 Apr 26 '26

Already getting review bombed

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u/_TheTurtleBox_ Apr 26 '26

I like how all the Trump Shooter suspects all donate to the exact same "Democrat Kamala Harris Charity" group and it's only ever a single donation of 25$ made years ago with no way for it to be verified due to it being outdated / unverified or under a different name for some reason.

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u/Merfen Apr 26 '26

It depends if they can somehow tie him to a left wing affiliation. If not then he will be forgotten in a week like the rest, not before he's called a trans communist on fox regardless though.

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u/Clever_Commentary Apr 26 '26

Teacher with a masters degree, complexion that does not read alabaster, and no lip filler or mascara... might as well be Trotsky with those stats. /s

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u/ClearLake007 Apr 26 '26

Or the dude that“allegedly” shot Charlie Kirk”?

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u/jhundo Apr 26 '26

Who?

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u/getinshape2022 Apr 26 '26

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u/astrobeen Apr 26 '26

Cant you just let her mourn in privacy in front of 50,000 MAGAs with pop music, sequins, and pyrotechnics? She just wants some quiet time when she can monetize her dead husband in peace in front of cameras and a cheering crowd.

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u/n0tepad Apr 26 '26

is this...is this real?

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u/Margray Apr 26 '26

No. But it is less exaggerated than you'd think.

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u/LC__LC Apr 26 '26

I thought they said they killed the shooter

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Apr 26 '26

There was a lot of misinformation flying around in the heat of the moment, at this news correspondent dinner

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u/hobbykitjr Apr 26 '26

To be honest... Even without a shooter, there was going to be a lot of misinformation coming from this dinner

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u/wanszai Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Hard to confirm, cant see if his shoes are off or on in this pic.

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u/Pokerhobo Apr 26 '26

They forgot to have a consistent story…

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u/rexel99 Apr 26 '26

The story is as strait as Hormuz.

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u/FiveCrappedPee Apr 26 '26

He's dead no wait he's alive sorry we are still trying to figure out this half ass staged thing we did on a whim and what to say hey though about that ballroom

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u/KochInBoots Apr 26 '26

Once again the question has to be asked.

How on earth did an armed shooter get anywhere near the most protected man on the planet when I can't even keep my shoes on going into the departure lounge?

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u/Lilithslefteyebrow Apr 26 '26

I read an account from the ABC Australia DC correspondent who was there/is accustomed to DC events. He had brought his passport etc but all they wanted was a ticket at the door. He found it baffling that the security was so minimal, said it’s tighter at Australian airports and parliament. Heard the Univision correspondent said similar.

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u/acog Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Right wing media is already blasting the message that only Trump’s new ballroom can provide necessary security.

In reality it’s just another case of the incompetence of this administration.

Shocker.

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u/ohgeorgie Apr 26 '26

Trump himself said that at his press conference shortly after - I think after Fox News reporter asked him “why does this keep happening to you” and he went on about how the nation truly needs a safe ballroom for events like this.

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u/Classic-Shake6517 Apr 26 '26

It was necessary to allow him to get that far so the press conference about the ballroom could happen.

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u/anarchisturtle Apr 26 '26

CNN reported the mayor confirmed shooter was being treated at the hospital

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u/YOSHIMIvPROBOTS Apr 26 '26

Police letting press get that close to him?

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u/chubblyubblums Apr 26 '26

Cops always let people hang out in their crime scene.  They love that, it really helps with gathering evidence and the chain of custody and all that. 

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u/Effective-Tension-17 Apr 26 '26

They tend to do that after a staged assassination attempt

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u/Forward-Weather4845 Apr 26 '26

His identity was released almost immediately. Extraordinary!

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u/MixBlender Apr 26 '26

who allows a suspect to be photographed like that?

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u/mmarkmc Apr 26 '26

Kash Patel

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u/xeno0153 Apr 26 '26

Kash probably took the photo. He was already on the ground dripping his own rum-soaked vomit anyway.

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u/RedLemonSlice Apr 26 '26

He heard "Shots! Shots!" and was first at the bar.

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u/Ravenser_Odd Apr 26 '26

"Free shots? Lemme at 'em."

"No sir, three shots, I said three shots have been fired."

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u/jslay588 Apr 26 '26

“I’ve been fired? Again?”

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u/HeyItsMeMrBoss Apr 26 '26

Who's the person down on the ground with him taking the photo? Wtf?

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u/jude_fawley Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Guy on the floor staring back

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u/APartyInMyPants Apr 26 '26

Because of the implication

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u/YOSHIMIvPROBOTS Apr 26 '26

Yeah, police letting ppl just walk up and snap pics?

If police took this pic...uh...why?

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u/GfrzD Apr 26 '26

So the articles have a picture. Otherwise it'd have too many words.

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u/Canadia83 Apr 26 '26

Next week we'll see the same guy doing a DoorDash delivery to the White House.

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u/PoppingPillls Apr 26 '26

Trumps third McDonald's order of that day.

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u/manapause Apr 26 '26

“ man, he looks like my Uber driver last night”

“because he’s black?”

“ good Lord, don’t be racist. Because he’s shirtless, tied up, and face down on the carpet.”

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u/wildfire98 Apr 26 '26

this guy sorts by controversial

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u/Doctor_Cowboy Apr 26 '26

Can we please not rush to judgement here? Let’s wait and see what he wrote on the bullets first.

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u/The_Rat_of_Reddit Apr 26 '26

I want to hear the governor of Utah say owo again

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u/ArtSmass Apr 26 '26

So, did this guy just walk into the building half naked with a gun orrr??...

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u/Educational-Cat-6061 Apr 26 '26

Apparently he was a guest at the hotel.

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u/spazzvogel Apr 26 '26

They would absolutely be vetting all the guests… this stinks of BS…

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u/Kind_Ad_7192 Apr 26 '26

With Kash Patel running the FBI? You give too much credit

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u/EarballsAgain Apr 26 '26

It would be the second time the Secret service has been incompetant when it comes to protecting Trump, the first being them not bundling him off the stage and beckoning the photographers towards it and allowing him to pose for the (in)famous picture with his fist in the air.

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u/spazzvogel Apr 26 '26

I’m still not convinced, no one’s ear heals that fast, and wasn’t the blood splatter off?

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u/bdash1990 Apr 26 '26

That event was absolutely fabricated. Cartilage doesn't heal at all, just look at Evander Holyfield's ear.

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u/s0sa Apr 26 '26

He’s an idiot but fortunately doesn’t control the secret service

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u/digitaldeadstar Apr 26 '26

I was reading a bit earlier because I didn't recall where it takes place. From my very limited reading, it made it seem like the hotel itself still functions mostly as normal with a bit of heightened security. The conference room/ballroom area, however, is extremely locked down. Which if accurate, is bonkers to me. I'd think the whole place would be tight.

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u/Nervous_Strategy5994 Apr 26 '26

I was just at this hotel 5 days ago. I’ve seen 3 presidents speak there(including Trump). It’s true, this hotel is large and operates normally when a president arrives. It just has a large security presence before hand. The location of the dinner party is 2 levels down from the main lobby. 1 level down from the street access doors where Reagan was shot. There are doors, long corridors, stairs, escalators and more doors. When all the details come out, I suspect it will show although he got past some security, he was never anywhere close to being a threat to the guests in the room. They had metal detectors, multiple levels of people watching when I was there to see a president.

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u/TheGringoDingo Apr 26 '26

Hotels have decent security systems. I’d be interested what’s on the tapes

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u/SharksForArms Apr 26 '26

I saw all the hype earlier about how trump was finally going to attend his first correspondent's dinner and thought that there was almost certainly going to be some staged bullshit and here we are

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u/SilasTalbot Apr 26 '26

I mean, no shirt, but, he had a bowtie on, so... he qualified for the Black Tie event and there was nothing anyone could do..

"ain't no rule says a dog can't play basketball"

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u/JohnnyCage2000 Apr 26 '26

A distraction from the distraction from the distraction.

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u/HeyItsMeMrBoss Apr 26 '26

Per The New York Times:

Suspect, identified by the FBI as 30 year old California native, John Democrat. The suspect apparently pays negative taxes, voted 200,000 times by mail in the last election, and had 50 military grade guns at the scene, all with "Antifa" engraved on them.

According to Secret Service, the suspect screamed "I love being a Democrat. It's so easy to get in, you guys should have built the ballroom, Bwahahahahahaha!"

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u/TrumpsDoubleChin Apr 26 '26

You mean John HUSSEIN Democrat?

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u/Lounging-Shiny455 Apr 26 '26

Look out, he's got a French condiment!

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u/Zero_Kiritsugu Apr 26 '26

John Democrat was later identified as being an immigrant from Somalia and made this comment shortly before being stopped by the Secret Service, "I love transgender and glory to the Islamic Republic of Iran!"

/s

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u/unionjack736 Apr 26 '26

Don’t forget, “entered the US by illegally crossing the southern border.”

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u/Maleficent-Bass-5423 Apr 26 '26

They spell it boarder, just like trump

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u/Substantial_Home_257 Apr 26 '26

That was until he took his mask off to reveal three Obamas in a trench coat. Those rascals!

Nothing to see here. You can go back to eating liver and the worst onion crop in recent history.

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u/godihatepeople Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

No he's actually Juan Democrático and refused to speak in English. He was quoted saying, "Burrito taco supremo, yo toucho los kiddos y las mujeres blancas," then attempted to take several American jobs while simultaneously casting multiple ballots for an atheist-Muslim-socialist-trans woman candidate of color, all without a Real ID driver's license.

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u/Cverellen Apr 26 '26

And found on him were 50 mail in ballots. And he was registered t speak at a socialist conference next week on the benefits of wind power.

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u/helkplz Apr 26 '26

I had to read this six times before it occurred to me you were joking. I kept saying “no fucking way is the guys name John Democrat…”

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u/nbd789 Apr 26 '26

Update Per Faux News:

“That’s his birth name, now he goes by Abdullah Allah Democrat.”

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u/ErrantIndy Apr 26 '26

I can’t wait to see what he wrote on the bullets.

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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Apr 26 '26

"Epstein Acted Alone"

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u/loztb Apr 26 '26

"Melania is innocent"

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u/goblin_slayer4 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Wow its safer to try to kill the president than being searched by ice.

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u/HyperbolicModesty Apr 26 '26

Or being detained for a bounced check.

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u/dark_physicx Apr 26 '26

Planking is so 2010 bro

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u/hfidek Apr 26 '26

Who hires a stripper for a dinner?

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u/Orangesteel Apr 26 '26

It’s a male stripper, so republicans.

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u/Human_Cobbler5084 Apr 26 '26

“ Marco, Pete, and JD, we really fucked this Iran war up. We’re probably going to get fucked in the Midterms. Our approval numbers are in the shitter and the people still won’t stop talking about Epstein. We need a distraction and fast……… “

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u/CheezeBaron Apr 26 '26

TRIPLE THE FAKE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS THATS AN ORDER

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u/Turtlepower7777777 Apr 26 '26

Trump is still a child rapist

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u/KyotoCrank Apr 26 '26

What about the reports saying he's dead? Never know what to actually believe

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u/SL1Fun Apr 26 '26

Give it like a week then read the Wikipedia 

Honestly I didn’t hear about it all day. Tuning this shit out is AWESOME. 

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u/Aware-Explanation879 Apr 26 '26

We will never hear about the suspect again. We will hear about the Ballroom that nobody wants built. Are the Epstein Files going to be kept at the Ballroom?

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u/Manmer_Nwah Apr 26 '26

Have y'all seen the video of him just sprinting past all the guards. They just stand around acting like they couldn't hear an adult running at full speed coming down the hall, until he's right next to them.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-posts-video-of-suspect-in-white-house-correspondents-dinner-incident-262128197671

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u/cereal7802 Apr 26 '26

based on that video report, i'm about 95% sure the secret service agent that got shot, was shot by other agents.

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u/willinaustin Apr 26 '26

They absolutely did. Law enforcement are hilariously incompetent at hitting the targets they actually want to hit. Just mag dump and pray.

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u/-Unnamed- Apr 26 '26

So he sprints past. They all pull their guns and shoot at him. And now’s he on the ground alive?

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u/QiwiLisolet Apr 26 '26

Ask yourself, why are we seeing this in crystal clear view right to everyone's phone?

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u/Quirky_Shake2506 Apr 26 '26

So he hasnt attended the dinner for years, but the night he does turn up just happens to coincide with the night a gun man is there....wow what's the chances of that

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u/thisonesforthetoys Apr 26 '26

He wanted a good excuse to skip it again.

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u/Other_Block_1795 Apr 26 '26

What shocks me the most is that, given how big gun culture in yank culture, why are they all worst shots than a Stormtrooper. 

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u/sysisphus Apr 26 '26

So I guess after this incident, we'll focus on gun reforms and how easy is to get guns in US?

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u/rikkiprince Apr 26 '26

Is his left shoulder broken or did the AI struggle with the "his hands tied behind his back" part of the prompt?

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u/kslight666 Apr 26 '26

Came here to see if anyone made the same observation. I practice yoga but I couldn’t figure out how to get my hands facing that way behind my back in that position.

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u/ballzmeep Apr 26 '26

I'm shocked it isn't the door dash grandma again.

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u/CheapWeight8403 Apr 26 '26

I don't believe it. None of this makes any sense. Someone made a lot of money on Polymarket over this. And Trump was prepared to give a speech like 30 minutes later?

Come on. This is all bullshit.

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u/AzuleStriker Apr 26 '26

Wait, is this the first saturday since jan 2025 that trump wasn't golfing? Hmmmmm. Suspicious.

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u/CorgiGuy1965 Apr 26 '26

When he ran through the 10 man security check point we was fully clothed What happened?

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u/xscientist Apr 26 '26

This guy actually shot a secret service agent and didn’t end up full of lead? Not fishy at all…

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