{"id":6957,"date":"2026-04-27T01:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:46:16","slug":"ex-president-barack-obama-claims-we-dont-know-whcd-gunmans-motives-despite-raving-anti-trump-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6957","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President Barack Obama claims &#8216;we don&#8217;t know&#8217; WHCD gunman&#8217;s motives &#8212; despite raving anti-Trump manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama claimed Sunday \u201cdetails about the motives\u201d of accused White House Correspondents Dinner shooter Cole Allen were still unknown despite the gunman confessing he was targeting top Trump officials in a raving manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we don\u2019t yet have the details about the motives behind last night\u2019s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it\u2019s incumbent upon\u00a0all\u00a0us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy,\u201d\u00a0Obama\u00a0wrote on X\u00a0Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Former President Barack Obama spoke about the shooting in a tweet on Sunday. <span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Suspected shooter Cole Allen\u2019s manifesto included threats toward the Trump administration. <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I\u2019m grateful to them \u2013 and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politicians and online commentators quickly pounced on the Democrat\u2019s claim of ignorance, pointing to Allen\u2019s\u00a0anti-Trump manifesto.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere is no ambiguity. It was a politically motivated attack driven by anti-Trump and anti-Christian bile. It\u2019s wrong to downplay or obscure the obvious motive,\u201d\u00a0argued\u00a0former spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EPA administrator Lee Zeldin also slammed the 44th president, writing\u00a0on X\u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s not pretend to be this clueless about motive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attempted assassin put out an anti-Trump manifesto about wanting to kill Trump Admin officials, minutes before trying to storm a ballroom filled with the President, VP, Cabinet, and many others from his Admin,\u201d the former Long Island congressman wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was politically motivated,\u201d Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u00a0added.\u00a0\u201cHe made that pretty clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Donald Trump is escorted out as a shooter opens fire during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Attendees hide under tables after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An account belonging to the Republican National Committee also ripped into Obama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement officers confirmed this radicalized Leftist was targeting President Trump and his administration last night,\u201d RNC Research\u00a0wrote.\u00a0\u201cWhy are you lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A rambling manifesto that law enforcement said was written by Cole, a 31-year-old California educator, allegedly details his desire to kill Trump administration officials \u201cfrom highest to lowest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,\u201d Allen wildly wrote, apparently referring to the president.<\/p>\n<p>The missive also dives into controversial actions taken by the White House \u2013 like Trump\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigration \u2013 and referenced his Christian faith numerous times.<\/p>\n<p>Allen opened fire inside the Washington Hilton as he tried to race past authorities and into the ballroom where President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other cabinet officials were hobnobbing with journalists during the annual DC dinner Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers subdued him in a violent showdown, and he\u2019s expected to be arraigned Monday on two counts of wielding a firearm during a crime of 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