Once again, a whacked-out leftist full of deranged hate for Trump and his administration, thanks to the never-ending propaganda and encouragement of Democrats, has attempted to assassinate the president and those in his cabinet. At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, a suspect stormed a checkpoint armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives, planning to kill anyone he could.
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A Psychopath on a Mission
Five to eight shots were fired in the incident. The suspect got off a shot hitting a Secret Service agent, before being taken down. The agent’s bulletproof vest successfully saved his life, and he will be fine. The shooter was not harmed either but was still taken to a hospital for evaluation. No doubt, a mental one.
Fox News reported that authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Allen, of Torrance, CA. A manifesto was found in his hotel room that he checked into the day before, which outlined his plans to take out Trump officials. The teacher and video game developer also spewed anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric all over social media. In one post, Allen called Trump the Antichrist.
The suspect revealed in his manifesto that he was willing to kill everyone in the room. A tall order, since there were approximately 2,500 in attendance.
“I really hope it doesn’t come to that,” Allen wrote in the 1,000-word document, arguing that the potential mass casualty event was justifiable “on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor” — a reference to Trump — and “are thus complicit.”
Charging a Security Checkpoint
The dinner had already begun with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both seated when Allen made his mad dash toward a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton while opening fire, striking a Secret Service officer in his ballistic vest. That was when agents returned fire and tackled Allen to the ground.
This is at least the third attempt at assassinating Trump. There have been two confirmed assassination attempts previously, as well as another armed intruder at Mar-a-Lago. Never has a president been targeted so many times by extremists.
Authorities executed multiple search warrants overnight in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, including at a hotel room where the suspect was staying, according to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Investigators are also reviewing devices and communications recovered during the searches.
The Suspect’s Family Comes Forward
According to the White House, on Sunday, Allen’s brother contacted the New London Police Department in Connecticut prior to the shooting. He reported that his brother had sent family members an alleged manifesto outlining his intent to target administration officials.
Allen’s sister, Avriana Allen, told investigators in Rockville, Maryland, that her brother had previously been making increasingly radical statements and often spoke of doing “something” to fix things. She also told authorities that he had bought a shotgun and two handguns. He stored them at his parents’ home without their knowledge and frequently visited a shooting range.
Radicalized in Leftist California
Allen was affiliated with a group called “The Wide Awakes” and had previously gone to a “No Kings” protest in California.
Trump called Allen “a very troubled guy,” citing the manifesto. He also called him a “lone wolf.”
The suspect took a train from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, with a stop in Chicago. He would not have been searched for weapons traveling that way, evidently.
“It does appear that he purchased those firearms within the past couple of years,” Blanche remarked. “That could be another reason why he traveled by train, because he had the firearms with him, but I’m speculating there.”
Allen previously contributed $25 to Kamala Harris’s campaign in 2024.
A Deep Abiding Hatred of Trump
He also thought that Trump should be tried for high crimes.
From The Washington Free Beacon:
The suspected White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, signal boosted posts on the left-wing social media platform Bluesky arguing that President Donald Trump should be “immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes” and criticizing a “Freedom of the Press” pocket square that many journalists donned at last night’s dinner as “a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat,” a Washington Free Beacon review found, suggesting he thought a stronger message of opposition to the president was called for.
“the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system,” read one of the posts, which Allen shared about a week before the dinner.
Allen shared another post from Gizmodo reporter Matt Novak criticizing a First Amendment pocket square that CNN anchor Jake Tapper promoted ahead of the dinner. Tapper said he would wear the accessory to remind Trump of the “importance of the 1st Amendment.” Novak responded, “Fittingly, a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat.”
Unsurprisingly, Allen’s Bluesky account was subsequently deactivated early Sunday morning. According to the Beacon, his handle was “coldforce.” He used that name on other social media platforms as well. He signed his manifesto “Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen.”
During the ten days prior to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Allen posted messages that called to “Abolish ICE,” referred to an immigration processing facility in South Texas as a “concentration camp,” and referred to Trump ally Elon Musk as “a Nazi.” He also put up a pic of a protest against the war in Iran that took place in the US Capitol Complex.
“I understand that it is deeply inconvenient for everyone with money and power that the richest man in the world is a Nazi, but the richest man in the world is a Nazi,” Allen wrote about Musk. “It just defies comprehension that the world’s richest man is literally a Hitlerian figure.”
Via the Post Millennial:
In his manifesto, Allen makes statements calling the Secret Service “incompetent”, writing: “The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before. Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again. Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit. Actually insane.”
Outside the dinner, radical leftists gathered with signs that declared, “Death to All of Them.” They accosted attendees in what looked like very lax security.
Trump Unhurt and Unfazed
Trump for his part thought that the Secret Service agents did a great job, “[The suspect] was taken down by some very brave members of Secret Service, and they acted very quickly, and have just released, for purposes of transparency, clarity … a tape showing the violence of this thug that attacked our Constitution and also showing how quickly Secret Service and law enforcement acted on our country’s behalf, really did a great job.”
The president questioned the venue’s security, “And I will say, you know, it’s not a particularly secure building. And I didn’t want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we’re planning at the White House. It’s actually a larger room, and it’s much more secure. It’s got, it’s drone-proof, it’s bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. That’s why Secret Service, that’s why the military is demanding it.”
It should be noted that the Washington Hilton was where President Reagan was shot.
President Trump has vowed that the dinner will be rescheduled within 30 days and that he will not be deterred from doing his job.
Allen is expected to be formally charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and with assault of a federal officer during his court appearance on Monday, according to US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.
