Posted on 04/26/2026 9:12:16 AM PDT by Morgana
The gunman who opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner called himself the 'Friendly Federal Assassin' in a chilling manifesto he wrote before the attack.
Cole Allen, 31, sent the eerie anti-Trump writing to his family members just 10 minutes before he fired shots at the hotel in Washington, where the ritzy press gala was taking place on Saturday night.
The harrowing writing was given to police by a relative, a US official said.
According to the New York Post, Allen's manifesto read: 'Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I'm not the person raped in a detention camp. I'm not the fisherman executed without trial.
'I'm not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor's crimes.
'In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls).
'I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn't come to that.'
His targets included 'Administration officials (not including [FBI Director Kash] Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.'
Allen wrote, allegedly referencing the president: 'I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.'
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Good. Much too soon.
Yes. But interesting that it has only gone left against right. Not surprising given the world of multiple ideologies they live in.
I’m starting to think all these shooters were sired by Wiley Coyote....
Sooner or later, Wiley gets lucky.
Interesting that he comes from the postmodern education establishment: He's baseline dull witted, THEN, has virtually no education over a 12-year period K-12, (with a DEI Cal Tech background, very impressive) with constant positive reinforcement about how naturally smart and accomplished he is, in spite of being neither.
Were he just an entitled lazy moron it would be bad enough. But he's had enough immersion in Marxist- and race-resentment that he's kind of an automaton who eventually acts out in this manner.
Trouble is, there are a couple million with exactly his pedigree, waiting for their marching orders from some talking head or creepy Senator.
All those guns are absolutely worthless if you aren’t willing to use them, I don’t know too many conservatives who would shoot another American. The communist left, o/t/h will take them from you and kill you with them, if you don’t believe that, then read up on the news. Until we recognize the fact that we have a mortal enemy, weapons are not an asset.
exactly. If you kill one moron leftist another moron leftist with exactly the same agenda will be elected by the crazed Democrat electorate to take his place. Not worth going to prison to squash one communist cockroach when there are hundreds more to take their place. Example: Mamdani. A thoroughly despicable POS, but NYC voters wanted him and got him and fully deserve to get what they voted for. And if a manhole cover were to fall on his head, some other arrogant communist ignoranus would take his place and be voted in by the Democrat voters there.
Reports are that he’s not cooperating with authorities. Good, he can stew in silence in a federal prison cell for the rest of his miserable days.
What he wrote sounds like the garbage you hear daily on CNN and MSNBC. I told my Mom if you were to watch MSNBC all day long you would think Trump is the devil incarnate
I just read this NBC report on Cole and it has clear details on his background.
Along with the “34 felony convictions” BS, conjured up in a kangaroo court.
Those demented or stupid enough to buy into it would seemingly see an assassination as an heroic act.
Raskin just wont say it will he, that this is coming from the left, it just hurts him too damn much to just say it “Yeah we have whack jobs on our side” he just wont say it. When Obama was President, when Biden was President(yeah I know he wasn’t actually President) yeah they both got their fair share of death threats but NO ONE acted on it..here you have Trump what is this now, 3rd time, and the left just wont admit that their side has a problem, because in their minds its NOT a problem, they just want Trump dead, they really do believe that if he were gone, they could enact their agenda and everything would be right in the world
I’ve made Samuel Whittemore, Menotomy, Massachusetts 19 April 1775, during the Revolutionary War my new personal hero for the 250 Anniversary Celebration.
I suppose there’s something to be said for thinking highly of yourself. Friendly Federal Assassin with no training takes a lot self confidence.
Bubba is going to give him a friendly hug and chat. :-)
“[whistles] Nice butt. That’s what they’ll say... With a cute little rear end like that, you’ll be the belle of the ball. Your dance card’ll be filled every day... Big, ugly, hairy friends! Not that you’ll ever see what they look like, ‘cause you’ll be facing the other way.”
“You’re really good at this, you should write children’s books.”
-Ruthless People
Thanks for the informative link. Updates will be posted there, too.
The Kash Patel bit is odd.
BTW, is it possible that we have heard from the would-be assassin before statement from Biden, Obama, and the pope? If I’m wrong about not seeing a remark, let me know.
If that's not enough to get him on somebody's monitoring list, how bad does the rhetoric have to get in order to be watched? That should be taken seriously.
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