I'm sorry, but none of this seems real, I'm sorry, but none of this seems real, like at all. You've probably heard by like at all. You've probably heard by now a suspect armed with knives and guns now a suspect armed with knives and guns tried to storm the White House tried to storm the White House correspondents dinner tonight. The guy's correspondents dinner tonight. The guy's name was Cole Allen, and he was very name was Cole Allen, and he was very quickly neutralized by security. But quickly neutralized by security. But then people online started to do a then people online started to do a little bit of noticing. Pause to read.
0:22little bit of noticing. Pause to read.
0:22Yeah, I don't know about you, but it's Yeah, I don't know about you, but it's starting to look like one big show.
0:26starting to look like one big show.
0:26Beginning with what Caroline Levit said Beginning with what Caroline Levit said right before the start of the event.
0:30right before the start of the event.
0:30>> It'll be funny. It'll be entertaining.
0:32>> It'll be funny. It'll be entertaining.
0:32There will be some shots fired tonight There will be some shots fired tonight in the room.
0:35in the room.
0:35>> This, by the way, is Trump's first time >> This, by the way, is Trump's first time attending the White House correspondents attending the White House correspondents dinner as president and CNN ran this dinner as president and CNN ran this article a few hours before saying to article a few hours before saying to expect the unexpected. Within an hour of expect the unexpected. Within an hour of the incident, Trump tweets out a video the incident, Trump tweets out a video of the shooter running through the of the shooter running through the event. Even though still for some reason event. Even though still for some reason
0:55we can't get any moving pictures of we can't get any moving pictures of Tyler Robinson. Then it turns out the Tyler Robinson. Then it turns out the shooter Cole Allen worked at NASA's Jet shooter Cole Allen worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Very interesting Propulsion Laboratory. Very interesting timing given all the UFO stories. So cue timing given all the UFO stories. So cue the conspiracy theorists on this one.
1:09the conspiracy theorists on this one.
1:09And then there were the reactions And then there were the reactions starting with Erica Kirk being Erica starting with Erica Kirk being Erica Kirk.
1:16Kirk.
1:16>> I just want to go find some things.
1:18>> I just want to go find some things.
1:18>> I have to say she looks very upset here.
1:21>> I have to say she looks very upset here.
1:21like way more upset than when her like way more upset than when her husband.
1:25husband.
1:25Then we got Dana White just loving this Then we got Dana White just loving this whole thing.
1:28whole thing.
1:28>> Just started getting noisy. Tables >> Just started getting noisy. Tables getting flipped over, guys running in getting flipped over, guys running in with guns, and uh they were screaming, with guns, and uh they were screaming, "Get down." I didn't get down. It was "Get down." I didn't get down. It was awesome. I literally took every awesome. I literally took every minute of it in and uh it it was pretty minute of it in and uh it it was pretty pretty crazy unique experience.
1:44pretty crazy unique experience.
1:44>> Totally normal reaction to what is >> Totally normal reaction to what is supposedly a presidential assassination supposedly a presidential assassination attempt. But the most ridiculous thing attempt. But the most ridiculous thing has to be maybe this coordinated has to be maybe this coordinated influencer campaign saying this is why influencer campaign saying this is why Trump needs a new ballroom.
2:00Trump needs a new ballroom.
2:00>> I didn't want to say this, but this is >> I didn't want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the why we have to have all of the attributes of what we're planning at the attributes of what we're planning at the White House. It's actually a larger room White House. It's actually a larger room and it's a much more secure. It's got and it's a much more secure. It's got it's drone proof. It's bulletproof it's drone proof. It's bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. That's why glass. We need the ballroom. That's why secret service that's why the military secret service that's why the military
2:17are demanding it. We officially live in are demanding it. We officially live in the dumbest timeline
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