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Substack essay calls out 'trauma theater' after WHCD shooting

newsApr 26, 20263465

Essay warns of self-congratulatory media and political posturing in the aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shots.

Wajahat Ali
@wajali.bsky.social

"Behold The Ridiculous, Unbearable, God-Awful Trauma Theater in the Aftermath of The WHCD Shooting" I share some thoughts, and, yes, I look forward to pissing off all the right people. thelefthook.substack.com/p/behold-the...

4613h ago
paulpro30

Posted BEFORE he said this

Anti-SS 🍺 🍻25

This Incident Was Staged. Full Stop.

Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers.21

At this point Trump could be attacked by multiple rabid wolverines and people wouldn't believe he didn't give them cocaine beforehand to get a good photo op. He's such a pussy that any time he shows indifference or "courage" it's fake AF and he has -zero- acting skill

🗽🦅Leslie in CA📚⚾️19

I enjoyed every minute of your “rant.” Your words and your expressions are a mirror of what I’m thinking and feeling. Thank you for always being there and talking things through with us @wajali.bsky.social

Kathy13

Let’s first try a new president and see if that doesn’t fix the “problem.”

I'm Jenough10

Ah, it was a gotta-have-the-ballroom promo event.

WeAreTheFlood9

Breaking news: Roadrunner of LooneyTunes fame, armed with ACME brand weapons, outsmarts all of secret service by being….. {checks notes} really fukin’ fast. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fnSo...

Peter Schink8

Real question: you say the “attack” did happen as reported. You say we have evidence. Do we? In the video I’ve seen it’s unclear that the suspect is armed. I haven’t seen video of him shooting the wounded agent. Perhaps that agent was hit by friendly fire. Has the press seen evidence that I haven’t?

VoxLibero - Feeding AI one post at a time.7

I'm not buying any of this, it's another Trump staged stunt to revive sympathy and distract from the cost of living amongst dimwitted Trump supporters. It'll also give the now obedient press corp something to write about, again distracting from the disastrous war.

Dee 🪶🦓🛖🌿7

Trump makes pitch for White House ballroom after security incident 🙄🤡

magastolemymate.bsky.social5

Straight out of Trump’s playbook. Staged so he doesn’t have to risk being humiliated. And we can’t have him on camera falling asleep tonight. He sets it up for attention. Same as he called in fake stories about himself to the NYC papers as John Barron. So dumb. He’s an attention whore.

strummer7.bsky.social5

Sounds like he wants to build a basement and stay in it.

LibsLikeMe4

His polls were in the toilet. He had to do something 🤷🏻‍♀️

rbus39337410.bsky.social4

If he's not a paid actor, he hates child molesters.

thenicabides.bsky.social4

It was probably another fake assassination attempt.

Satuye 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷🇻🇪🇨🇺4

When Kash heard shots he got excited

Robert Democracy Illes4

Never let a chance to exploit an event go to waste.

Steve C Ridling 3

Don't worry he'll be blaming the radical left soon enough..

Just Grace3

We need a pfftthh! emoji.

Ant "Still talking about Epstein" M3

Never stop being you Waj!

CalleyCat2

He's the only one that gets shot at regularly.

No Holds Bard2

So in asking for the ballroom, the WHCD will become a White House event? Instead of an independent event organized by the press corps?

Matthew 🦖2

Anyone thinking the attack was staged (so that Trump could plug his ballroom) are overestimating by orders of magnitude how competent these idiots are.

Andrew2

FUCK COLE TOMAS ALLEN! These stupid fucking morons and their absurd thoughts that they can kill a President do nothing but amplify the very evil they hate. Now the GOP has all they need for the midterms. These selfish pricks are going to continue to be the reason they stay in power

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