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Officials Say White House Gunman Wrote Anti-Trump ‘Manifesto’

Was the WHCD shooting fueled by government distrust and Trump's shattered credibility or by radical left-wing rhetoric amplified by mainstream media?

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Officials Say White House Gunman Wrote Anti-Trump ‘Manifesto’

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Above: FBI agents at the residence of Cole Thomas Allen following a federal raid in Torrance, California, on April 26. Image credit: Jon Putman/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

The WHCD shooting is already being spun into a conspiracy, and that's no accident. Trust in government is at an all-time low because officials have eroded relations with the public through years of lies. Trump's own credibility is so shattered that even former MAGA allies are questioning whether Butler was staged. This is what happens a president's support collapses and two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his performance.

Los Angeles Times

Cenk Uygur on X

Pro-Trump narrative

Cole Allen's manifesto wasn't some fringe document — it read like standard anti-Trump content straight off left-wing social media, built on provably false claims about the President. Since the incident, 60 Minutes has handed that manifesto a national platform by reading it directly to the president on air, effectively amplifying a would-be assassin's message. Radical political rhetoric from media and politicians created the environment that radicalized this shooter.

James Hutton on X The Washington Examiner