Guests, including Kari Lake, have noted that basic identification, ticket inspection, and screening measures were skipped or minimized at an event attended by the President, his top officials, and hundreds of media figures.
I can’t believe how lax the security was at the White House correspondents dinner tonight. Upon entering nobody asked to visibly INSPECT my ticket nor asked for my photo identification. All one had to do was flash what appeared to be a ticket and they were fine with that. When…pic.twitter.com/w79Z3MnSjK
— Kari Lake (@KariLake)April 26, 2026
In a post shortly after the shooting, Lake wrote:
I can’t believe how lax the security was at the White House correspondents dinner tonight. Upon entering nobody asked to visibly INSPECT my ticket nor asked for my photo identification. All one had to do was flash what appeared to be a ticket and they were fine with that.
When you consider you are entering a roomful of fake news media —90% of whom hate the President you would think they would have better security. This is what happened when what sounded like gunfire erupted.
On the way out, I called-out a bunch of the disgusting Media who have been pushing hatred toward President Trump for years. They are a big part of the discord in this country.
Lake included video from inside the ballroom showing guests ducking for cover as security rushed in, along with photos from the chaotic scene.
Her account matches what other attendees reported: minimal checks, no visible ID verification, and a “flash your ticket and walk” system.
Conservative influencer and attendee Mads Campbell went even further in a now-viral thread that has been viewed over 1 million times.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
