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Springsteen Opens Show Expressing Thanks Trump Was Not Shot At WHCD
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Springsteen Opens Show Expressing Thanks Trump Was Not Shot At WHCD

stereogum.com·Tom Breihan·about 1 month ago
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On Saturday night, Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton. During the ceremony, a California resident named Cole Tomas Allen reportedly sprinted past a security checkpoint on a different floor of the hotel. Before he was arrested, Allen fired one shot that reportedly hit a Secret Service agent's bulletproof vest. Otherwise, nobody was harmed. Trump and his administration officials were taken out of the dinner, which eventually resumed. Trump seemingly faced no immediate danger. Bruce Springsteen, for one, is thankful that Trump wasn't shot. On Sunday night, Bruce Springsteen played at Austin's Moody Center, and he opened the show with a speech that included a "prayer of thanks" that Trump and the members of his administration weren't hurt at the Correspondents' dinner. Here's what he said: We begin tonight with a prayer for our men and women in service overseas. We pray for their safe return.…

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