{"id":6971,"date":"2026-04-27T03:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6971"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:48:01","slug":"who-are-the-wide-awakes-leftist-group-whcd-gunman-cole-allen-was-supposedly-a-part-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6971","title":{"rendered":"Who are &#8216;The Wide Awakes,&#8217; leftist group WHCD gunman Cole Allen was supposedly a part of?"},"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>Accused White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen professed to be a part of a progressive collective known as \u201cThe Wide Awakes\u201d \u2014 a loosely-organized group which traces its roots to Civil War abolitionists and espouses nonviolence. <\/p>\n<p>The group calls itself a modern \u201cremix\u201d of the organization that formed during the 1860 presidential election, and consisted of anti-slavery supporters of President Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Original members were known for donning costumes and putting on rowdy shows of support for the Republican president, which included flashy scenes throughout New York and other northern cities during the lead-up to the momentous election preceding the Civil War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Wide Awakes, a progressive group, espouses nonviolence and traces roots to abolitionists. <span class=\"credit\">mpi43\/MediaPunch\/MediaPunch\/IPx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Accused White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen claimed membership in \u201cThe Wide Awakes\u201d. <span class=\"credit\">truthsocial\/realDonaldTrump<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today\u2019s Wide Awakes have no real connection to their namesake, but were founded in 2020 by a group of artists who wanted to use similar tactics to promote their beliefs. The said tactics include making colorful costumes, which members would wear at marches and activism events in the city.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>But the group has since grown, and is now a loosely organized collection of like-minded people who continue bringing style and a sense of fun to political events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are infinite, disruptive, enlightened, visionary, accountable,\u201d a Wide Awakes website reads. \u201cWe want the radical complexity of diversity. We believe creative liberation is a game and all of us can play now and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can emancipate ourselves without violence,\u201d the website adds. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to be told what to believe or how to engage, we just need to be inspired to question what\u2019s there. Broadening perspective yields a safer world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it seems anybody can join \u2014 the group invites anyone to put on their own events or create art in their name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall on local DJs, Musicians, Speakers, Organizers, and Artists to plan a joyous community gathering,\u201d are some of the suggested ways to participate listed on the group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Allen sent an anti-Trump manifesto to family before trying to storm the dinner in DC. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A Wide Awakes parade in Lower Manhattan, one of a series of political rallies held in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston during the first week of October, 1860. <span class=\"credit\">Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the group has any centralized organization anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly how Allen was affiliated with the group also remains unclear. Officials only revealed that he considered himself to be a member.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting suspect participated in the nationwide anti-Trump \u201cNo Kings\u201d marches in March, though it\u2019s unknown if he did so with any affiliation to The Wide Awakes.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s sister also told investigators that he frequently espoused radical political ideas and talked about wanting to do \u201csomething\u201d to fix the world.<\/p>\n<p>He was also an avid user of Blue Sky \u2014 a liberal iteration of X \u2014 where he\u2019d made more than 1,000 posts, many of which railed on President Trump and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Allen also allegedly sent a rambling anti-Trump manifesto to his family about 10 minutes before he tried to storm into the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner with a gun in Washington DC on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>He was tackled to the ground before he could get into the ballroom, where Trump and numerous top White House officials were eating. 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