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Suspected gunman at White House press dinner named
‘We went under the table screaming’: reactions from the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
Donald Trump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary.
“What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,” Trump wrote.
It does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration … We don’t have specifics yet about particular members of the administration, except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.
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Author : Marina Dunbar (now); Vivian Ho and Lucy Campbell (earlier)
Publish date : 2026-04-26 15:24:00
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