From DC Hilton to Fort HoodA road paved by Barack Hussein Obama.May 5, 2026 by Lloyd Billingsley On April 25 at the Washington Hilton, Cole Thomas Allen broke through a barrier and ran toward the room where President Trump was hosting the Washington correspondents dinner. Minutes before, Allen posted a manifesto about killing administration officials right up to the highest, which would be President Donald Trump.
Allen came armed with a 12-guage Mossberg “Maverick” shotgun, an Armscor .38 caliber pistol, and knives. He shot one Secret Service agent but others tackled him before he could gain access to the ballroom where Trump held forth. Within hours, news reports revealed the shooter’s name as Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California. The next day, former president Obama posted this message:
Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.
The message failed to name Allen or condemn the shooter, whose motive was clear from the start. Allen sought to kill President Trump and as many cabinet officials as possible. POTUS44 failed to cite any information from Allen’s manifesto and no mention of any “crime” or even “gun violence.” And it was “incumbent” on “all” to reject the notion that “violence has any place in our democracy.” That classic performance recalls the response to the assassin whose quest to kill succeeded, with aid from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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