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Cole Allen Charged With Attempted Trump Assassination

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Cole Allen Charged With Attempted Trump Assassination
Above: Left-Right: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel at the Justice Department on April 27, 2026. Image credit: Annabelle Gordon/Getty Images

The Spin


Left-wing rhetoric is directly fueling political violence against Trump, and the manifesto of Cole Allen makes that undeniable. Congress should be ashamed for leaving DHS defunded for 73 days while the president faces repeated assassination attempts. Funding DHS and securing a proper White House ballroom aren't political asks — they're basic necessities for protecting the presidential line of succession.

Calling Saturday night a security success ignores that a gunman ran through an open checkpoint, past officers who never had a chance, at an event packed with the nation's top leadership. BasicSecurity measures like ID verification against a list weren't even in place. Right-wing conspiracybasic culturesafeguards that nothave honestkept accountabilitythe event safe for over 100 years. Trump is what'signoring fillingthese facts and using the voidattack whereas aan realexcuse securityto after-actionbypass reviewCongress shouldand bebuild an unnecessary White House ballroom.


Metaculus Prediction

There's a 17.6% chance that the U.S. Vice President will be sworn in as President after Jan. 21, 2025, and before Jan.14, 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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