{"id":591820,"date":"2026-04-26T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=591820"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:55:00","slug":"will-the-left-make-the-whca-dinner-shooter-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=591820","title":{"rendered":"Will the Left Make The WHCA Dinner Shooter A Hero?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will the Left Make The WHCA Dinner Shooter A Hero?<\/span><\/p>\n

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There was a lot of confusion in the initial hours after the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. <\/strong>But it soon became clear that the suspect, Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California, had rabid anti-Trump views and was there to target Trump administration officials.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While the usual suspects on the left are issuing standard statements condemning violence, there\u2019s a real concern that the left will lionize Allen. And even former Obama official and current CNN pundit Van Jones is concerned about it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I’m starting to worry about something<\/strong>,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWhich is that the shooter survived, which means on Monday he’s going to court, which means there is a danger that people try to make him some sort of hero.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n

He wasn’t being paranoid. He was being prescient. And he didn’t stop there.<\/p>\n

“You watch what happened with Luigi, who shot a CEO to death, and somehow became a hero<\/strong>,” Jones continued. ” So, they said tonight you saw the worst of America. You saw the best of America. Tonight, you definitely saw the best of America. I hope on Monday we don\u2019t see the worst again. I just want to say very clearly \u2014 this kind of despicable behavior has no place in America. It has no place on the right. It has no place on the left.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThis kind of behavior has no place in America. And it is wrong. Violence is not the way to resolve any grievances. And this cheerleader culture for violence, for people who think that the answer to our problems is to go shooting billionaires or going to synagogues or all these different things, has to be called out immediately. The minute it starts, every single person with the platform must denounce it, or we\u2019re going to see this again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN Van Jones actually gets things right regarding the WHCD shooter. pic.twitter.com\/wySCKHz5hv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Scott Adams (@scottadamsshow) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the radical left treated him like a celebrity<\/strong>. Within days of the shooting, social media flooded with memes casting Mangione as a modern-day vigilante, a working-class avenger striking back against the healthcare system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Online stores moved T-shirts. A fundraiser for his legal defense pulled in thousands. Even the Saturday Night Live<\/em> audience cheered when Mangione\u2019s name was mentioned during a Weekend Update segment<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mainstream journalists didn’t exactly pump the brakes either. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, a White House correspondent no less, casually directed her audience to Mangione’s legal defense website<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that “preliminary” findings suggest Trump and members of his administration were the likely targets. Allen had been staying at the hotel as a registered guest. Investigators secured his room and began reviewing what CBS News and others described as his manifesto.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post<\/em>, Allen\u2019s manifesto<\/u><\/a> ran over a thousand words,<\/strong> laying out a delusional justification for the shooting. In it, he described himself as a \u201cFriendly Federal Assassin,\u201d outlined \u201crules of engagement,\u201d and claimed it was his moral duty to target officials tied to the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats moved quickly to condemn the shooting on Saturday. The statements were prompt and broadly worded. But the uncomfortable overlap between the suspect’s stated grievances and the party\u2019s rhetoric about Trump is hard to ignore, making Van Jones\u2019s concerns extremely valid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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