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Cole Allen Charged With Attempted Trump Assassination

Has left-wing violence made it impossible for Trump to attend public events or was this a basic security failure being used as an excuse to build an unnecessary ballroom?

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Cole Allen Charged With Attempted Trump Assassination

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Above: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro (L), Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (2nd L) and FBI Director Kash Patel (2nd R) at the Justice Department on April 27. Image credit: Annabelle Gordon/Getty Images

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Republican narrative

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.

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Democratic narrative

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. Security measures like ID verification against a list weren't even in place — basic safeguards that have kept the event safe for over 100 years. Trump is ignoring these facts and using the attack as an excuse to bypass Congress and build an unnecessary White House ballroom.

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