#new Barack Obama claims no-one knows the motive of Cole Allen, the man who tried to ass*ssinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
He’s also getting backlash for claiming to reject political violence,
“Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.”
People immediately called him out for being a hypocrite.
Allen left a detailed manifesto about his motive. He wrote that he was “no longer willing to permit a p*dophile, r*pist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes” and planned to target Trump and administration officials.
Investigators confirmed the manifesto and his social media were full of anti-Trump and anti-Christian rants.
He followed accounts like Rep. AOC, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. His sister told police he talked about doing “something” to fix the world and that he had ties to radical groups like “The Wide Awakes” and the “No Kings” protest in California.
But Obama still claimed nobody knows the motive even though the manifesto was already public and Attorney General Todd Blanche and D.C. police said the motive was clear – anti-Trump bias.
Meanwhile, Obama has repeatedly warned that Trump is a threat to democracy and an authoritarian.
He has said things like:
Trump “threatens the very foundations of our democracy” and compared some of his actions to those of strongmen – (which is a dictator who rules with personal power instead of following normal democratic rules.)
Conservatives point out that Obama and his fellow Democrats spent years pushing the narrative that Trump is dangerous, illegitimate, and a threat to the country.
They continually demonize Trump in attacks that are repeated by the mainstream media and amplified on platforms like BlueSky
