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RE: Shots Fired @ WHCA Dinner
Quote:NEW: "There was a VIP reception right off the main ballroom where Cabinet secretaries were, where the president could have been — and there was no security apparatus leading up to that point."
"We have to agree that the Secret Service and local law enforcement took immediate steps to keep us safe — but was no real buffer, and that was one of the immediate feelings I felt as soon as I walked into the hotel." — Harrison Fields, former Trump admin official
Kari Lake, Ajit Pai, and Other Attendees Expose Shockingly Relaxed Security at White House Correspondents’ Dinner: ‘No Bag Check. No Real Screening. Just Waved Through.’
Quote:I can’t believe how lax the security was at the White House correspondents dinner tonight. Upon entering nobody asked to visibly INSPECT my ticket nor asked for my photo identification. All one had to do was flash what appeared to be a ticket and they were fine with that.
When you consider you are entering a roomful of fake news media —90% of whom hate the President you would think they would have better security. This is what happened when what sounded like gunfire erupted.
On the way out, I called-out a bunch of the disgusting Media who have been pushing hatred toward President Trump for years. They are a big part of the discord in this country.
Quote:my best friend and i went to the WHCD, and we ended up leaving early because something felt off
it started the second we got there. every event we’ve ever been to, especially at this level, there are layers of security. bags checked, IDs checked, actual process
this time, nothing. we were just asked if we had tickets, said yes, and got waved through
no bag check. no real screening. no line. just thousands of people packed together, being pushed through the doors as fast as possible
it felt wrong immediately. like, viscerally wrong. my bestfriend literally turns to me and says “i think something is going to happen”
and then it did
this cannot happen. not here, not at something like this
praying for everyone, but there needs to be accountability because this should never happen again
Quote:All confirmed. I was at the Washington Hilton for WHCD receptions and never was screened or went through any type of security. Just showed door checkers my emailed ticket that I could’ve easily forwarded to others. The dinner was the only point where mags were and tickets were checked.
Quote:“As I walked into the ballroom with a friend this evening, I mentioned how surprised I was at the lax security. I was admitted to the hotel’s circular driveway by showing my WHCD ticket, came into the hotel, showed my ticket again to go down an escalator, did so yet again for a second escalator, and then walked through a bare-bones metal detector where devices, wallets, etc. were placed on a side table—and not scanned. Then straight into the ballroom. Didn’t seem optimal, to say the least.”
This Clip of CNN’s S.E. Cupp Just Hours Before the WHCD Shooting Last Night Has Aged Like Fine Milk (VIDEO)
Quote:“[The @WHCA] made it real easy for him to attend. And I, you know, glad to see everyone’s in great spirits. And this is a party. I’m real bummed. Real bummed about tonight. because here’s what’s happening tonight. Journalism is throwing a party. Journalism is celebrating journalism at this party. Journalism, for some reason, invited Brendan Carr, FCC chair, who is threatening to revoke the licenses of broadcast networks. Pete Hegseth, who removed journalists from the Pentagon, and Donald Trump, who attacks us on the regular.
Now, they’re giving Donald Trump a speaking position to roast us to our faces for an hour. And he doesn’t have to stay for the part where we celebrate journalism and give out awards to journalists and talk about the importance of free speech. And here’s the kicker: we broadcast it on national TV. He could not have planned this scenario better. And guess what? He didn’t. We did. Journalism planned this scenario for Donald Trump. So, if I’m Donald Trump, of course, I come under these conditions.
And you just heard Brian Stelter say that the correspondents association was trying to sort of mend some fences with a guy who wants us dead, figuratively, figuratively. He wants journalism dead. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I don’t think this is a great night for journalism. It’s a night that’s meant to be celebrating it, but I think it’s a real bummer.”
3 days before WHCA attack on Trump, NYT celebrated far-leftist Hasan Piker who called for 'capitalist blood' to be spilled
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