{"id":2595854,"date":"2026-04-27T18:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rips-obamas-bafflement-at-trump-dinner-shooting-motive\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:16:54","slug":"gop-rips-obamas-bafflement-at-trump-dinner-shooting-motive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rips-obamas-bafflement-at-trump-dinner-shooting-motive\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP rips Obama&#8217;s bafflement at Trump dinner shooting motive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rips-obamas-bafflement-at-trump-dinner-shooting-motive%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=2595854&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>conservatives are criticizing former President Barack Obama for his reaction to the White House Correspondents\u2019 association dinner shooting. Republican lawmakers argue Obama ignored key alleged details from a manifesto attributed to the suspect,including claims that President Donald Trump was among the top targets. They condemned Obama\u2019s statement that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >authorities lacked information<\/a> about the motives, saying the manifesto was sufficient proof of the shooter\u2019s intent and that Obama bears duty for political division.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested and charged the suspect, Cole Allen, over an attack that began at a security checkpoint, included shooting a secret Service officer, and involved a plan to reach the main event. The article notes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-first-legal-pursuing-lawsuit-against-critical-race-theory-stephen-miller\/\" title=\"America First Legal Pursuing Lawsuit Against Critical Race Theory: Stephen Miller\">high-profile officials<\/a> who attended, including Trump and other senior governance figures, were present when the attack occurred. Trump is pushing to hold the dinner again, and federal officials indicated security measures would be increased and adjusted for any redo.<\/p>\n<p>Obama, in contrast, saeid violence has no place in democracy while still urging rejection of political violence even as motive details remain uncertain.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Conservatives are unloading on former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama\u2019s<\/a> reaction to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2432\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner<\/a> shooting, accusing him of ignoring key facts in the case. <\/p>\n<p>From Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/randy-fine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17705\">Randy Fine<\/a> (R-FL) to Georgia Lt. Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/burt-jones\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21409\">Burt Jones<\/a>, Republicans are attacking Obama for not commenting on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luigi-mangiones-attorney-casts-doubt-on-evidence-as-case-surrounding-unitedhealthcare-ceo-heats-up\/\" title=\"Luigi Mangione&#039;s Attorney Casts Doubt on Evidence as Case Surrounding UnitedHealthcare CEO Heats Up\">manifesto allegedly written<\/a> by the suspect who opened fire at the dinner\u2019s security checkpoint on Saturday evening. In the document, Cole Allen <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543635\/correspondents-dinner-shooter-manifesto-trump\/\">allegedly suggested<\/a> that President Donald Trump, who attended the dinner and was swiftly evacuated during the attack, was one of his top targets. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544993\/white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-donations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House Correspondents\u2019 Association donates uneaten steak and lobster to local shelters<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544615\/whca-dinner-revival-security-logistical-challenges\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WHCA dinner revival faces security, logistical challenges after shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544561\/white-houses-security-protocols-whcd-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Secret Service \u2018changes possible\u2019 after WHCA dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>When Obama said Sunday that \u201cwe don\u2019t yet have the details about the motives behind last night\u2019s shooting,\u201d Republicans fired back. Fine <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VoteRandyFine\/status\/2048517933115007250\">said <\/a>\u201cit speaks to the evil\u201d of Obama that the former president said the country didn\u2019t have details about the motive in the shooting. Jones claimed that it proved that \u201cno living American is more responsible for the political divide in this country\u201d than Obama. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cWe \u2018don\u2019t yet know the motives?\u2019 Was the manifesto not enough? Or his desire to kill Trump Admin officials?\u201d Jones <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/burtjonesforga\/status\/2048564434100990399\">wrote<\/a>, referencing a line in the alleged manifesto that stated administration officials at the dinner \u201care targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director Kash Patel, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin were among the top officials who attended the prestigious dinner over the weekend. Police arrested Allen after he was accused of charging through the Washington Hilton\u2019s security checkpoint, shooting a Secret Service officer, and beginning to run toward the main room where the attendees were gathered. <\/p>\n<p>Allen was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544489\/cole-allen-faces-charges-attempt-to-assassinate-trump\/\">charged on Monday<\/a> with attempting to assassinate Trump, transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and use of a firearm in a crime of violence. Trump is pressing for the dinner to be held a second time after the attack forced organizers to cancel the event. The FBI said security <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544020\/security-protocol-different-whca-dinner-redo-kash-patel\/\">will be amped <\/a>up for any redo. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are going to do it entirely differently,\u201d Patel said on <em>Fox &#038; Friends<\/em>. \u201cYou heard the president say on Saturday night that we\u2019re going to do this again in short order, maybe in 30 days or so, and we\u2019re going to be ready for that. The security posture, I imagine, is going to be completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Obama condemned the political violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we don\u2019t yet have the details about the motives behind last night\u2019s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it\u2019s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy,\u201d the former president said. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543412\/trump-strikes-defiant-tone-after-another-shooting-i-cant-be-concerned\/\"><strong>TRUMP STRIKES DEFIANT TONE AFTER ANOTHER SHOOTING: \u2018I CAN\u2019T BE CONCERNED\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeeMZeldin\/status\/2048529405828301219?s=20\">fired back<\/a> with \u201clet\u2019s not pretend to be this clueless about motive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Former FBI co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dbongino\/status\/2048737784324559180?s=20\">responded<\/a>, \u201cAre you kidding?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservatives attack Obama for not addressing WHCA shooter manifesto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2595855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25305730288400.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6203,5315,3634],"class_list":["post-2595854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop","tag-obama","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25305730288400.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595859,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595854\/revisions\/2595859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}