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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner came to an abrupt and violent conclusion on Saturday night.
A gunman identified as Cole Tomas Allen rushed into the Washington Hilton Hotel armed with two guns and multiple knives.
After exchanging fire with authorities and wounding a Secret Service agent, Allen was apprehended and taken into custody.
Now, excerpts from a manifesto that the suspect allegedly sent to his friends and family has revealed new information about his motives and beliefs.
“Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up, or a child starved, or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration,” Allen allegedly wrote (per The New Yo‘rk Post), adding:
“Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behaviour; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
“I am no longer willing to permit a paedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
He went on to explain that he would be taking precautions in order to minimize bystander casualties:
“In order to minimize casualties, I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls),” he wrote before disturbingly admitting he was willing to kill everyone in the room if it meant getting to his targets,” Allen allegedly wrote.
“I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people chose to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.”
In comments to Fox News, Trump described Allen as “a very troubled guy” (via TMZ). He also cited the incident as further proof that the White House needs its own ballroom.
“We need the ballroom,” he said, listing some of its features, including bulletproof glass and “drone-proof” security.
Several Trump supporters echoed the president’s claims:
“Unfortunately, the First Lady and I had to be evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner alongside the President and the entire cabinet,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry posted on X, referring to his wife, Sharon. “This event is yet another reason that President Trump’s ballroom should be built!”
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) wrote: “We’d better never again hear a peep from anyone complaining about a White House ballroom.”
Having allegedly received marching orders from the White House, the usual gang of conservative influencers echoed the demand for Trump’s ballroom to be completed.
“THIS IS WHY WE NEED TRUMP’S BALLROOM,” wrote the Libs of TikTok account.
Trump’s ballroom, which will feature a secure bunker beneath it, has been a subject of widespread controversy ever since the president tore down the White House’s East Wing in October.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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As you’ve likely heard by now, a man rushed a security checkpoint and exchanged gunfire with police at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
That man has now been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California native.
According to a statement from acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Allen traveled across the country by train with the goal of targeting Trump administration officials.
When he entered the lobby of the Washington Hilton Hotel, Allen was allegedly armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives.
One Secret Service agent was struck by a bullet, but he was wearing a bulletproof vest and is expected to make a full recovery.
According to CBS News and other outlets, Allen purchased the guns legally. Officials said he has no criminal record and was not on the radar of any law enforcement agencies.
Authorities tell the outlet that “at least five to eight gunshots” were fired before the suspect was subdued and apprehended.
Allen has been identified as an educator from Torrance, California, with an engineering degree from Cal Tech.
Investigators say they found anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on his social media pages.
He was “tackled to the ground” and handcuffed before he was able to present any threat to President Trump, who was immediately evacuated from the premises.
Allen is believed to have been acting alone.
There’s been widespread speculation about his beliefs and possible motives, but those rumors remain unconfirmed at this time.
Asked how he knew that Allen was targeting administration officials, Blanche said he wished to keep his remarks “general.”
“We’re still looking into that. We know there were some writings, and we’ve already spoken with several witnesses who knew him,” he told Kristen Welker of Meet the Press.
“As far as threats that may have been communicated before, we’re still actively investigating that evidence.”
Blanche added that he believes Allen was “targeting members of the administration, likely including the president.”
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
Cole Tomas Allen: Everything We Know About the Suspected White House … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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