As everyone will know, there was a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. This is a loathsome affair where reporters schmooze with the very people they are supposed to be aggressively covering. Self-respecting reporters boycott the event, seeing it as compromising their ability to objectively cover politicians. But most reporters are not like that. They love to have the opportunity to hang out with politicians and celebrities.
Fortunately no one was hurt but I hope that it kills this event for good.
I was not at all surprised to hear about this since shootings are so common in the US. What surprises me is that the media are expressing such shock. Trump especially uses violent rhetoric all the time and gloats when people he dislikes dies. He dismisses the deaths of thousands of innocent people in his and Israel’s wars with Iran and Lebanon and Gaze. People are going to think that this is how one solves problems.
Thus was at the Washington Hilton with less in-built security than the White House or the Capitol building. Even so, the moron did not make it to the floor where the dinner was.
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“We were in the same house as a loon that got arrested!” Yeah, bring in the PTSD experts for the traumatised guests (sarcasm).
I am adding this to cheer you up during an otherwise bleak era.
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Deja Vu
“Jimmy Kimmel on Melania & Donald Trump Demanding His Firing & The White House Correspondent’s Dinner ”
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=zust6eID9mk
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-Jon Stewart adds his perspective:
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“Trump Spins Dinner Shooting for Ballroom Agenda & Blitzer Is CNN’s One-Shoed Hero.” The Daily Show
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=X_JEZMEw_-Q
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So, are we going to build a bulletproof ballroom in every school to protect the kids from school shootings?