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Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Turns a Shooting Into a Propaganda Parade
Lets start with the facts, because the facts matter and they are not what the Trump regime has been selling you all morning.
Cole Allen, a 31-year-old from Torrance, California, allegedly approached a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night. He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. He did not get through. He was stopped at the perimeter.
Here is the critical detail that is getting lost in all the noise: the incident happened on a floor above where the dinner was actually taking place. Not in the room. Not near the room. Up a flight of stairs, past multiple security layers, in a part of the hotel that was open to the general public because the Secret Service only secured the specific areas of the WHCA event not the entire building. Law enforcement officials confirmed this. The suspect never breached the secured zone. The president, vice president, cabinet officials, and guests were nowhere close to this.
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And yet, within thirty minutes of the incident, Donald Trump was at a podium holding a press conference, not to reassure the public, not to thank law enforcement, but to demand his golden ballroom. He and his officials were all smiles. Karoline Leavitt had a grin on her face. Pete Hegseth was photographed beaming. Alina Habba posted on Instagram that she slayed on the look with a photo of herself from the event, captioned 10/10. These are the people who want you to believe this was a harrowing, historic moment of danger.
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/sunday-afternoon-updates-trump-turns
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Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Turns a Shooting Into a Propaganda Parade (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
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FakeNoose
(42,093 posts)1. Chump had his talking points ready before the "incident" even happened
We've seen this scam already, try something new for a change.
vapor2
(4,780 posts)2. Did anyone catch Leavitt saying that there were going to be some shots at the WHCD?
(prior to)