Leftists wasted no time declaring the latest assassination attempt on President Trump a complete hoax, even as the suspect admitted he was targeting Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, stormed a security checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton, opened fire, and engaged Secret Service agents in a gun battle that left one agent injured.

"A man charged a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of Secret Service." – President Donald J. Trumppic.twitter.com/N3UTveVNFM

Allen, armed with firearms and knives, was taken into custody at the scene. He later admitted to law enforcement that he was targeting Trump administration officials. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Vance, and other officials were quickly evacuated from the ballroom unharmed.

“Shots fired,” screamed the Secret Service agents.President Trump and Cabinet members were escorted out of the main ballroom by the Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals.pic.twitter.com/s1ikd8tun8

This marks the third assassination attempt on Trump in recent years, following two during the 2024 campaign. Yet instead of condemning the violence, segments of the left immediately pivoted to conspiracy theories that would make even the most unhinged tinfoil-hat wearer blush.

This seems impossible:A Twitter account made a post with the shooter’s name almost 2 1/2 years ago, and the header of that account has an image from a website called “Time Machine”.To make things even crazier, the Trump Butler photograph superimposed over that image shows…pic.twitter.com/Fn56H4dnij

Prominent leftist accounts are amplifying claims that the entire event was staged because an X account posted the shooter’s name almost two and a half years earlier… or something.

Also, the account’s header image, supposedly from a website called “Time Machine,” overlays perfectly with the famous Trump Butler photograph (Spoiler – no it doesn’t).

Total lunatic. Maybe, just maybe it's more likely that you incessantly calling Trump a fascist for 10 years influenced a mentally unstable person to try to shoot him… again. More likely than a fake staged conspiracy involving one tweet, NASA and a crap painting… or something.https://t.co/dgjP8hx5DF

Source: modernity