CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski reported Monday that would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen made a radical shift in his social media posts, echoing harsh rhetoric Democrats have directed at President Donald Trump.

Appearing on “Erin Burnett OutFront,” Kaczynski recounted that he and his team reviewed 4,700 social media posts by Allen on X and BlueSky. “They included comments that compare President Trump to Adolf Hitler, and encourage others critical of his presidency to purchase guns,” the CNN journalist said.

The Justice DepartmentchargedAllen, 31, on Monday with three felony counts, including attempted assassination, after the California man allegedly charged a security checkpoint and opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

Other charges against the Californian included “transportation of a firearm & ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence,” according to the Department of Justicenews release. The weapons in his possession were a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a .38 caliber pistol, and multiple knives.

Kaczynski told Burnett that Allen’s social media posts showed a very clear shift starting around the 2024 presidential election.

“Those posts show … early on he was using his Twitter account mostly to post about [non-political content], but then in 2024, this changes, and he’s sharing a lot of political content that’s very, very critical of Donald Trump,” he said.

“Now, Allen appears to have started posting on BlueSky in February 2025 — just a few weeks into Trump’s second term. The account frequently criticized Trump, administration policies, and lamented that more powerful figures weren’t taking action against the president,” Kaczynski recounted.

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New@KFILEreporting on thousands of posts appearing to be from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect, including messages comparing Trump to Hitler and urging people to buy guns.pic.twitter.com/yr8New0lWf

— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN)April 28, 2026

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