White House Correspondents dinner shooting reaction: Reporters, Dana White, Stephen A. Smith & more
Those inside the ballroom for the White House Correspondents dinner provided reaction to a shooting that led to an officer being injured, a suspect being arrested, with Trump and guests evacuating.
0:00 – 2:33 White House Correspondents dinner shooting scene and reporters reaction
2:34 – 3:30 USA TODAY reporter on White House Correspondents dinner shooting
3:31 – 4:02 CNN’s Wolf Blitizer says he was close to gunman at time of shooting
4:03 – 5:29 Actor Zachary Levi on WH press dinner shooting
5:30 – 6:06 Dana White says tables were flipped over, called shooting ‘crazy’ experience
6:07 – 6:23 Stephen A. Smith ‘heard a pop’ during shooting
6:24 – 7:42 USA TODAY correspondent Susan Page left to wonder about shooting suspect’s motivation
See photos from the event: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2026/04/25/trump-evacuated-white-house-press-dinner-incident-photos/89803200007/
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40 Comments
God bless Our President Trump & his cabinet! ❤❤🪴🪴🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤💯💯
We know what's behind this incident – TDS coupled with the non-stop Democratic lies about President Trump.
We should have automatic DEATH SENTENCE for anyone attempting to kill President
Why didn"t security guards wear masks like ICE does?
The media is laughing, TMZ is disappointed! The media will be telling everyone how violated they feel!
"Fake news". People should throw those dismissive words right back at the MAGA cult. This is the fakest govt adminstration ever.
It is safer outside the ballroom?
Hearing gunshots around Trump would make me extremely comfortable in knowing that no one is actually in any danger.
FAKE ! FAKE ! FAKE ! When the secret service yelled “shots”, Kash Patel & Pete Hegseth ran to the bar.
Not a big deal for the vast majority of people.
The guest were stealing wine and silverware ..😎🥄🍴🍾🍾 .. fake security. He need. Whole thing staged.. why director of secret service quit after pennsylvania
Welcome to the party, media. You caused all this. Frightening isn't it!
Failed attempt: Liberals cry it's a hoax.
Successful attempt: Liberals cry in happiness.
Yeah let's just let everyone leave a crime scene. That place would be locked down if this was real.
Fake, this was all staged with trump. Old back and white video staged with someone running. Another trumps fake attempt, this his 3rd time.
No one seemed concerned after a few minutes, people standing up and around after supposed gunshots? Yeah, seems surreal and given the world of misinformation we live in, what are we supposed to believe? This story is ripe for conspiracy theories and one people may actually believe.
Guys i think rhat the shooter was stopped by Marve;s Luke Cage seen standing next to Stephen A in the video. He's BADASS!!!
Another left wing bozo attack that failed again. God bless the president!🙏🏾
👁️👁️
disgusting false flag bullshit
President Trump is now safe thank god 😌😇🙏
Another reason to despise the Democratic Party! Nothing more than a bunch of mentally unstable people
I didn’t get down – Dana White
Guess being Teacher of the Month is not good enough to be invited to the White House Correspondents Dinner. He must have been pissed! 😊😊😊😊😊
Were you guys able to catch Uber rides home afterwards??
Just another school shooting. 😢😢😢😢😢
The hashtag BuildtheBallroom is trending. How “random”. 😏🤦🏻♂️
all these news folks get their 2 minutes of fame-
Why Stephen Smith 😂😂😂
I just found Crakokium and now I cant believe my own eye-balls'
Now they know how American students feel!!!
Dana thought it was an awesome experience! 🙄
Shazam and Dana White were there too.
STAGED!…He needed distraction from his cratering polls, war not ending, prices of EVERYTHING soaring, Epstein not going away. He tried the JESUS thing but it backfired, Pope Leo's not buying it! Noticed how he got up on the podium right away like nothing happened?… Expect another J6 pardon coming 😡
I'm glad no one was hurt but I really enjoyed seeing the Liberal Media scared due to the Violence and hate they puke on TV and online. They got a close up view of their actions. Laws should be passed against the Media including this one.
I’ve heard kids from school shootings, articulate themselves and account for events better than these people
I got a Feeling Dana White is going to get in trouble for his Comments. Trump 2028.
Must be time to invade Cuba.
Hegseth and Patel heard SHOTS and headed for the bar.
Bet$ the dnc was desapointed were not able to get rid of T…😮