{"id":2595803,"date":"2026-04-27T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-once-again-blame-trump-for-nearly-being-assassinated\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:10:18","slug":"media-once-again-blame-trump-for-nearly-being-assassinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-once-again-blame-trump-for-nearly-being-assassinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Once Again Blame Trump For Nearly Being Assassinated"},"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\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >piece argues<\/a> that after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-of-slovakia-expected-to-survive-after-being-shot-multiple-times-in-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Slovakia&#039;s PM Expected to Survive After Assassination Attempt\">suspected assassination attempt<\/a> on Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, media coverage and public discussion will focus heavily on whether Trump himself is to blame rather than on the details of the attacker\u2019s stated motives.It points to the shooter\u2019s alleged manifesto, saying the would-be attacker indicated he was targeting \u201cmanagement officials\u201d or U.S.political representatives associated with the Trump administration, and contends that when Trump or his supporters are the target, stories challenging the \u201cTrump caused it\u201d narrative don\u2019t receive prolonged attention.<\/p>\n<p>The article then criticizes major television interview and commentary segments, describing how journalists questioned Trump\u2019s reaction to language in the manifesto (including calling him a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor\u201d), and later framed Trump as responsible for political \u201ctone\u201d and \u201crhetoric.\u201d It highlights reactions from hosts and outlets to Trump\u2019s anger at Norah O\u2019Donnell and claims CNN contributors used statements like presidents \u201cset the tone\/thermostat\u201d to argue that Trump must reduce inflammatory rhetoric-contrasting, in the author\u2019s view, with a lack of comparable accountability elsewhere.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure 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class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s an important mental exercise: If the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/27\/four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shooter<\/a> at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner on Saturday had intended to kill journalists instead of the president, what would the media be talking about nonstop for the next 100 years?<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows the answer. But 31-year-old Cole Allen, the suspected would-be assassin, explicitly wrote in his 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\">\u201cmanifesto\u201d<\/a> that he wasn\u2019t targeting guests at the annual event, but instead U.S. \u201crepresentatives,\u201d specifically \u201cadministration officials \u2026 prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.\u201d And when it\u2019s Donald Trump or his supporters being targeted, well, those stories don\u2019t tend to stick around for long.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1825035862\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That will certainly be the case once again. We\u2019re sure to get reports on Allen\u2019s motives, what exactly he did in the lead-up to the shooting, and what his friends and family have to say about it. But there won\u2019t be nonstop, end-to-end coverage of what we all know this almost certainly is: A left-winger inspired by Democrat leadership and the corporate press to take out political opposition.<\/p>\n<p>That minor detail will surely get to take a backseat to speculation on whether Trump is in fact to blame for a third close attempt on his life in the course of just two years.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the shooting, in which thankfully nobody died and only one Secret Service agent was mildly injured, CBS\u2019s Norah O\u2019Donnell sat with the main target to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/read-the-full-transcript-of-norah-odonnells-interview-with-president-trump-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ask<\/a> why he thought the alleged gunman had referred to the president as a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. President, why would you make someone think such horrible things about you?<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"O2LrET3xNBFU501IHbiGWYDmoCZeJvcSqQXgR7lP4z\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Norah O&#39;Donnell plays dumb as Trump tears into her after she brought up how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-should-be-ashamed-trump-unleashes-on-cbs-norah-odonnell-over-question-about-whcd-gunman\/\" title=\"&#039;You Should Be Ashamed&#039;: ... Unleashes on CBS&#039; Norah O&#039;Donnell Over Question About WHCD Gunman\">shooting suspect called<\/a> him a \u201cr*pist\u201d in his manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>O&#39;Donnell: \u201cHe also wrote this: \u2018I&#39;m no longer willing to permit a ped*phile, rap*st, and traitor\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump: \u201cI was waiting for you to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t9tnqqrCGF\">pic.twitter.com\/t9tnqqrCGF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2048543595901436252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump reasonably took offense, what with having been shot in the side of his face less than two years ago, and called O\u2019Donnell a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d He said that \u201cthe hate speech of the Democrats \u2026 is very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next day on CNN, content creator Manu Raju, whose formal title is \u201cchief congressional correspondent,\u201d tisk-tisked Trump for having \u201cerupted\u201d at O\u2019Donnell. His Politico peer Eli Stokols said it was \u201cincredibly selective\u201d for Trump to \u201csingle out\u201d Democrats for their extensive record of violent, inciteful rhetoric. For having suggested immediately after the shooting that the planned White House ballroom would have better security than the traditional Hilton Hotel venue for the dinner, CNN\u2019s Jeff Zeleny claimed the president was \u201cspurring wild conspiracy theories\u201d about the shooting being staged.<\/p>\n<p>But it was just a little later that CNN unleashed the mother load by bringing on the chinless wonder Chuck Todd, who in rapid succession said:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201dPresidents set the thermostat for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201dOnly a president can dial down on the rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201dOnly a president can set the tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201dIt is on the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201d[T]he president has to change his tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201dI did not see any self reflection [from Trump]\u2026 and you\u2019re not gonna see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if the shooter had written down that he was coming after Chuck Todd, and the president reacted by suggesting that Todd \u201cchange his tone\u201d and bemoaned the lack of \u201cself-reflection.\u201d We\u2019d see rioting from Washington news bureaus on the level of summer 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prager-the-latest-left-wing-anti-american-lie-anti-asian-racism\/\" title=\"PRAGER: The Latest Left...Wing Anti...American Lie: \u2018Anti...Asian Racism\u2019\">violence continues<\/a>. These people keep it going.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party\u2019s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" 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