{"id":2595695,"date":"2026-04-27T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:53:02","slug":"four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Days After NYT Excused Murder, Would-Be Assassin Went For Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffour-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A would-be assassin allegedly trying to target Trump administration officials was caught on video rushing a Secret Service checkpoint during an event attended by President Trump and members of his cabinet, with reports that he carried a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. The article argues this attempt reflects a broader pattern rather than isolated events: it points to earlier media and political commentary that, in its view, rationalized or normalized violence.<\/p>\n<p>It claims that days before, marxist streamer Hasan Piker defended the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, using the idea of \u201csocial murder\u201d to suggest the victim was guilty through the healthcare system, and that the New York Times treated the confrontation as \u201clively\u201d without meaningful pushback. The author than connects this to the alleged timing and contents of the later suspect\u2019s manifesto-described as invoking conspiracy-like claims and suggesting elected officials don\u2019t deserve compliance-arguing such justifications can lower the threshold for real-world violence.<\/p>\n<p>From there, the piece argues that for years parts of the media and political figures have legitimized or softened portrayals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadales-i-used-to-be-antifa\/\" title=\"Nadales: I Used To Be Antifa\">left-wing political violence<\/a>, citing examples such as fundraising tied to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, certain comparisons and coverage of riots, and sympathetic framing of violent activists or anti-ICE agitators. It concludes that when major outlets elevate arguments that excuse violence, they implicitly make future attacks seem more acceptable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A would-be assassin with reported intent to target the Trump administration was caught on video charging through a security checkpoint during an event attended by the president and members of his cabinet. This marks yet another assassination attempt against Donald Trump, and like the others, Saturday\u2019s attempt did not happen in a vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before the attempted assassination, Marxist streamer Hasan Piker defended Luigi Mangione\u2019s December 2024 alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during an interview with the New York Times (NYT). He invoked Friedrich Engels\u2019 concept of \u201csocial murder\u201d to suggest that Thompson was guilty of \u201csystematized forms of violence\u201d through the health care system.<\/p>\n<p>According to Piker, Thompson was \u201cengaging in a tremendous amount of social murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was stunning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/22\/opinion\/shoplifting-political-protest-microlooting-whole-foods.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commentary<\/a> to say the least. But what was more shocking was that the Times\u2019 Nadja Spiegelman described the interview as a \u201clively\u201d exchange. There was no pushback against Piker\u2019s defense and justification of murder, just the Times lending its name-brand \u201ccredibility\u201d to the idea that some killings are justifiable.<\/p>\n<p>That was April 22. <\/p>\n<p>Four days later, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen was allegedly seen on surveillance footage rushing a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents Dinner while reportedly armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives. Gunfire hit one agent who was wearing a bulletproof vest and has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/secret-service-officer-released-shot-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooter-cole-thomas-allen-agent-shot-in-vest-president-trump-evacuted-rushed-out-jd-vance-marco-rubio-melania-fbi-charges-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released from the hospital<\/a>. Allen\u2019s now widely-reported <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/us-news\/read-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-full-anti-trump-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manifesto<\/a> describes his intent to target Trump administration officials \u2014 many of whom were present at the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>It marks one of several assassination attempts against Trump in less than two years that <em>did not<\/em> happen in a vacuum. When people like Piker openly rationalize and justify murder, and then one of the most influential newspapers in the country treats it as some kind of thoughtful exchange rather than an abhorrent act, it sends a message that <em>some<\/em> violence can be excused.<\/p>\n<p>And so when a would-be assassin comes along, he doesn\u2019t need to be directly encouraged to commit violence, he just needs to believe that his actions are acceptable under a media-pushed framework that murder can sometimes be OK if \u201cproper\u201d justification is found. In fact, the manifesto making headlines after Saturday admits as much. Although it does not refer to Trump by name, it clearly accuses the president of being a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor\u201d \u2014 unsubstantiated narratives often pushed by corporate media. Allen also reportedly wrote that he is not required to \u201cyield [elected officials] anything so unlawfully ordered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered,\u201d the manifesto reads.<\/p>\n<p>This would-be assassin\u2019s apparent belief that he was justified in violently targeting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">duly elected president<\/a> did not come from nowhere.<strong> <\/strong>Instead, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/07\/28-times-media-and-democrats-excused-or-endorsed-violence-committed-by-left-wing-activists\/\">media has for years legitimized or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >excused left-wing political violence<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then-candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged her supporters to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, \u201cwhich provided bail money to the militant anarchists facing charges for setting fire to Minneapolis\u201d during the deadly George Floyd riots, as The Federalist previously reported.<strong> <\/strong>Don Lemon (who had not yet been fired from CNN at the time) compared George Floyd riots to the Boston Tea Party. The Huffington Post published a mini-documentary claiming \u201cRiots Built America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moments after news broke that Charlie Kirk was shot, MSNBC Analyst Matthew Dowd <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1965858505518363021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Kirk \u201cone of the most divisive\u201d figures and added: \u201cHateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions \u2026You can\u2019t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place.\u201d Dowd was later fired.<\/p>\n<p>And more recently, the propaganda press and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneylands-snow-white-ride-sparks-leftist-outrage-over-lack-of-consent-in-cartoon-kiss\/\" title=\"Disneyland\u2019s \u2018Snow White\u2019 Ride Sparks Leftist Outrage Over \u2018Lack Of Consent\u2019 In Cartoon Kiss\">left-wing outlets<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/19\/the-propaganda-press-keeps-trying-to-turn-radical-anti-ice-agitators-into-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">run cover<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-extends-tenure-of-la-prosecutor-who-has-taken-on-newsom\/\" title=\"Trump extends tenure of LA prosecutor who has taken on Newsom\">anti-immigration enforcement rioters<\/a> and other agitators like Renee Nicole Good. Video footage appeared to show Good charge and hit an ICE agent with her car before the agent shot her. <\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Good\u2019s death, The Atlantic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/01\/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice\/685769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> a piece saying, \u201cNo matter how many more armed men Trump sends to impose his will on the people of Minnesota, all he can do is accentuate their valor. No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When The Times and other outlets elevate arguments that justify, excuse, and implicitly encourage violence, they are actively lowering the bar for what is acceptable, and in doing so, they are implicitly giving a pass to more violence.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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