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Conspiracy theories thrive amid chaos of correspondents’ dinner shooting (MS-LSD barf alert)
MS NOW ^ | April 26, 2026 | Andy Campbell

Posted on 04/26/2026 5:16:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob

… By Sunday afternoon, investigators and White House officials — including the president himself — had already released a trove of information, including the suspect’s name and photos. They also divulged clues to his alleged motive and targets — which may have included Trump and administration officials. But in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, when no tangible evidence was available, the conspiracists of the internet turned their attention to the Leavitt quote.

“False flag confirmed,” wrote user @ProudSocialist on X, an account with nearly half a million followers.

The baseless false flag claim — that the shooting was orchestrated to somehow benefit the Trump administration — spread quickly across social media, fueled in part by a number of legitimate news outlets raising questions about Leavitt’s quote in headlines. Trump himself propelled the claim by offering the shooting as a reason to fund his expensive and tumultuous White House ballroom project, parts of which are paused because of a legal ruling.

Saturday’s event in particular was fertile ground for conspiracy theories to thrive; content creators and armchair detectives had already spun fantastical narratives about the other times Trump was targeted by shooters — this attack has already served to crystalize those beliefs, even though the target is not yet clear.

Adding fuel to the conspiracy fire, dozens of prominent right-wing X accounts — including current and former Trump administration officials — posted what appeared to be a coordinated campaign of support for Trump’s ballroom in the moments after the incident.

Since then, lawmakers and administration officials echoed the right-wing accounts on X, also calling for the ballroom to be built as a safer alternative for mass gatherings including the president, given arguments about security lapses surrounding the dinner.

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This was confirmation enough for a section of the internet that’s desperate to identify a shadowy cabal behind every big news event. On Bluesky, a liberal-leaning alternative to X, dozens of accounts posted the word ‘STAGED’ repeatedly through Saturday night and Sunday.

“Wait … it looks like a false flag to justify a ballroom,” wrote one X account with 300,000 followers. “He’s used to getting what he wants at ANY and all costs!!”


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This is the current lead story on that laughable excuse of a news site.

The President of the United States was targeted for assassination. The left takes it as an opportunity to slime their opposition and pump up Bluesky. That speaks volumes about their character, as if we needed any more reminders on that point. Indeed, even CNN is being respectable.

It takes a real bottom-feeding scum sucker to hit this kind of low. And I apologize to the run-of-the-mill bottom-feeding scum suckers.

At least I can smile knowing only like 3 people frequent that website.

1 posted on 04/26/2026 5:16:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

There were a lot of anomalies, which happen at any big event. I’m waiting at least 48 hours to get more facts.


2 posted on 04/26/2026 5:20:28 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: DoodleBob

Regurgitating Obama’s talking points……blah,blah,blah….Obama:”We don’t know the motive….”
Give me a f’ ing break.
Democrats genuinely believe that US citizens are STUPID.
Maybe their brainwashed army of demon pawns is stupid, but the general public is NOT.


3 posted on 04/26/2026 5:22:24 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: DoodleBob

Commies are dumb as dirt, first they say this was fake, then they in the same breath say “Darn he missed” yeah so Im supposed to believe that Trump hired some schmuck in Torrance to take a train to DC with multiple weapons and knives, write a manifesto detailing his disgusting reasons for wanting to off everyone in the Trump Administration, so he just picked at random a leftist schmuck in Torrance..Im telling you half this country is sick as hell, they belong in insane asylums that simple


4 posted on 04/26/2026 5:24:10 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DoodleBob

CNN needs to prove that they were not behind the attack.


5 posted on 04/26/2026 5:28:28 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Paladin2

Ok, that’s funny.


6 posted on 04/26/2026 5:31:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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To: DoodleBob
“Trump himself propelled the claim by offering the shooting as a reason to fund his expensive and tumultuous White House ballroom project, parts of which are paused because of a legal ruling.”

This sentence is so wrong. Do today's journalists ever check facts?

The expense is being donated—no burden on the taxpayer. And the project has surmounted all lawfare attempts to stop it and has been cleared to go ahead.

7 posted on 04/26/2026 5:33:04 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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In fact when the shooting happened EVERYONE I follow on X was saying how this proves we need the ballroom even BEFORE Trump ever mentioned it himself..heck the second shots were fired idiots online were calling it fake so you cant deal with these commie morons, they believe what they believe because they dont want to admit the idiocy they spew daily is what caused this..heck they still believe that Charlie Kirk faked his death


8 posted on 04/26/2026 5:35:44 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DoodleBob

But really not too far off the Mark....

CNN Always should be called to task.


9 posted on 04/26/2026 5:37:18 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Albion Wilde

Well..

Andy Campbell is the Senior Enterprise Editor for MS NOW Digital. He is the author of “We Are Proud Boys: How a right-wing street gang ushered in a new era of American extremism.”

Andy is as much a journalist as Joe Biden has his marbles.


10 posted on 04/26/2026 5:42:37 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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To: DoodleBob

THIS is what they’re trying to make a conspiracy out of:

In a Fox News interview before the dinner, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt joked that Trump’s speech would be “funny, entertaining, and there will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” referring to political roasts. That remark quickly drew attention and speculation online, though she later framed it as a lighthearted reference to Trump’s style rather than a prediction of violence.”

That’s it. She said some shots will be fired. She DID NOT mean literally, for goodness sakes, you dum basses!


11 posted on 04/26/2026 5:43:13 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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Yeah its a figure of speech but bottom line is this, leftists dont want to admit they are culpable in what happened, they wish Trump and his Administration had been killed, heck they still think Butler PA was fake, that Trump hired Crooks to try to kill him to win the election..that is how sick these freaks are they have NO soul


12 posted on 04/26/2026 5:45:45 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DoodleBob
Trump himself propelled the claim by offering the shooting as a reason to fund his expensive and tumultuous White House ballroom project...

I'm guessing a lot of 'journalists' now understand the value of a safe site for events. These people are NOT known for empathy for others - but they are sensitive to themselves. They'll start backing Trump's ballroom now.

13 posted on 04/26/2026 6:04:37 PM PDT by GOPJ (The SPLC was behind Hillary's freak out about The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. SPLC created the lie.)
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To: DoodleBob

The deranged DUmp says it’s fake news. And if it isn’t, it’s all your fault. They’re off the hook.


14 posted on 04/26/2026 6:07:47 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Paladin2

“CNN needs to prove that they were not behind the attack.”
They’ve been behind all of the attacks. So has the democrat party with their brainwashing.
1 John 2:18
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;
There are many antichrists among us.


15 posted on 04/26/2026 6:08:34 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The Manifesto reflected the cartoon the Democrats have skillfully drawn and being touted at the “No King” protests. Someone needs to take down this lie. That is: 1. Trump is a pedophile (based on his links to Epstine and a silly comment he made about Ivanka when she was a little girl). 2. He is a racist. linked to a single misquote after Charlottesville riot. We now know was a lie. Heck, he dated back women! and 3. He is a traitor, based on the Hillary created file that he was an agent of Russia—no evidence exists of this or any help he gave to Putin. If he had helped Putin, he would be sitting in Kiev right now. He never mentioned other comments that the left is touting—Like he works for Israel (Tucker Carlson claims) is Mentally unstable, or a puppet of Wall Street.


16 posted on 04/26/2026 6:09:12 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

In fact, America would be better off if we went full Pinochet.


17 posted on 04/26/2026 6:22:01 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: DoodleBob
Our local news desk bimbo actually asked the Washington yahoo if they knew who the man intended to attack.

As if he brought a shotgun and pistol for the chef on account of an overly done steak.

I was flabergasted. That's stupid, right there.

18 posted on 04/26/2026 6:24:34 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: GOPJ
Lemme see…one of these is not like the others….


19 posted on 04/26/2026 6:28:10 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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To: DoodleBob

There hatred of DJT is so deep and vile that even had the perp killed Trump, they would have claimed it was a set up by Trump. There is no rational explanation for their level of hatred other than he is a threat to their power and money.


20 posted on 04/26/2026 6:29:33 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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