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WA politicians react to shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The Seattle Times·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Gov. Bob Ferguson and other Washington political leaders denounced a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the latest security scare following other assassination attempts on President Donald Trump. A man opened fire Saturday night at the annual gala, hosted by the White House Correspondents Association at the Washington Hilton in Washington Investigators believe the shooter was 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of California. He was set to appear in court on Monday. Trump and Vice President JD Vance were swiftly ushered from the gala after shots rang out. Trump said a Secret Service agent was struck, but that a vest stopped the bullet . Both Ferguson and Sen. Maria Cantwell thanked law enforcement while castigating the violence in separate statements. “Violence has no place in our democracy,” Ferguson wrote in his post. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, said in a post that she was “grateful to law enforcement for quickly acting to secure the room and save lives at the WHCD.…

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