Blanche says 'the system worked' to protect Trump from White House correspondents' dinner shooting

Source: ABC News

April 26, 2026, 9:42 AM


Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that "the system worked" and kept President Donald Trump and other leaders safe from a shooting outside of the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night that they were attending.

"The system worked; law enforcement and the Secret Service protected all of us. The man barely got past the perimeter. And so when you have a perimeter designed to keep people safe, like President Trump, and it works -- that's something that should be applauded," Blanche told "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos when asked about the fact that the president and many members of the presidential line of succession were there.

"Secondly, as President Trump said, we are not going to stop doing what we're doing. We're not going to stop living; we're not going to stop being out there," Blanche added. "President Trump is going to continue communicating with the American people in public, and the fact that the vice president and other leadership were there last night in one room, is why we had such a robust security [operation] surrounding the place, inside the place, and it's why we are all safe."

Blanche spoke to Stephanopoulos the morning after a shooting incident outside the dinner. The incident took place near the main magnetometer screening area at the event, according to the Secret Service. A suspect, whom law enforcement sources identified to ABC News as Cole Allen of Torrance, California, is in custody, officials said.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/blanche-system-worked-protect-trump-shooting-correspondents-dinner/story?id=132396466

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The "system" FAILED if someone was able to burst through whatever was set up and not only get that close to the venue (I think they said a floor below), but have that result in an agent getting shot (not sure by who), and hospitalized.

I just looked it up quickly and fucking Mikie was there too - you had a whole "line of succession" all in one place!


U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is evacuated as a shooter opens fire during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026.
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters

(from here - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/25/scenes-from-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting.html)

This is why skepticism abounds and how CTs get started.