A female reporter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner openly hoped the gunman would assassinate President Trump, saying “I hope they kill the orange MF” as shots rang out and attendees dove for cover, according to a Congressman who was also present.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) revealed the shocking moment from inside the room during the latest attempt on Trump’s life.
“There was a reporter in the room who was under a table, and when the shots went off, and everybody’s hiding, she said, ‘I hope they kill the orange MF,’” Ogles recounted. “That was a journalist in the room, who was hoping that when she stood up, the President of the United States would be dead,” he urged.
WATCH: Rep @AndyOgles told me he heard a reporter at the WHCD Saturday night say "I hope they kill the orange MF" (talking about President Trump) while she was hiding from the shooter. pic.twitter.com/GuRwowtNAf
— Lynden Blake (@LyndenBlake) April 27, 2026
The revelation comes as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen faces charges for storming the event armed with multiple weapons. One officer was shot but saved by his vest. Trump and officials were safely evacuated.
This incident fits a clear pattern of radicalization. As we detailed, leftists openly expressed disappointment that Trump survived the attempt on his life, while the shooter’s own tweets mirrored Democratic rhetoric.
Ogles also described how Students at a town hall event he participated in after the assassination attempt were still hostile toward him.
While I was in the room, a gunman tried to kill President Trump, cabinet members, and other elected officials in DC Saturday night.
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) April 27, 2026
Despite this, I went to a public venue to have an honest dialogue with students who vehemently disagreed with me. My good-faith effort for civil… https://t.co/wIZ349fUKp
“My good-faith effort for civil discourse was met with shouts and name-calling. My side uses dialogue, the other side uses intimidation,” he wrote.
Ogles captured the bigger picture on X: “To the Left, it’s no longer a battlefield of ideas; it’s open warfare.”
To the Left, it’s no longer a battlefield of ideas; it’s open warfare. https://t.co/LtOtOlLofp
— Congressman Andy Ogles (@AndyOgles) April 27, 2026
Many responses to Ogles post have called for him to reveal who the reporter was, with calls for her to be reported to the Secret Service and barred from the White House Correspondents Dinner and the press corps for life.
Working to find out more on who said this. https://t.co/ujPPgo5oUj
— Lynden Blake (@LyndenBlake) April 27, 2026
Rather than condemn the violence, many on the left pivoted straight to conspiracy theories. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s campaign posted: “Has there ever been a president have this many close ‘attempts’ on their life? Maybe it’s lax g*n laws, maybe it’s lack of mental health funding, or maybe it’s fake… who knows.”
UNBELIEVABLE: Deranged NUTJOB Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-TX) campaign is pushing the WILD White House Correspondents Dinner shooting conspiracy theory that it was staged.
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 28, 2026
Jasmine For US campaign wrote on Threads: “Has there ever been a president have this many close 'attempts'… pic.twitter.com/kKQQCSLsrJ
Race grifter lunatic Joy Reid got in on the act too:
Joy Reid says the attack at Butler and at the WHCD might've been staged, with Russia's assistance pic.twitter.com/qawZtxjXWk
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 27, 2026
A journalist wishing death on the president during an active shooting isn’t an outlier — it’s the logical endpoint of years of inflammatory rhetoric.
The same media and political class that fueled the shooter’s mindset now has members openly cheering the violence in real time.
This toxicity threatens the republic. Accountability for radical voices in media and politics is overdue. Secure leadership and rejection of this poisonous culture remain the only path forward.
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