MS NOW hosts called out "disturbing" conspiracy theories spread by left-wing commentators claiming that the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was a "false flag."
"One thing that I’m disturbed by as we woke up this morning is seeing folks on the internet say that this was a false flag, that we are basically all in cahoots to do, to say that this was staged," MS NOW host Eugene Daniels said on "The Weekend."
He continued, "And I think as someone who, for all of us who was in the room, who had to jump on the ground, who had to text our family and friends and tell them that we were okay, calling our moms like so many people in this country have done for decades, to see people say those kinds of things,, it is frustrating, and it’s disturbing, and it shows that the issues that we have to try and fix in this country,"
Daniels, the former White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) president, spoke about shots being fired at the annual media event which featured President Donald Trump for the first time in both of his presidential terms. Before the event began, Trump, first lady Melania Trump and several administration officials were ushered out, bringing the dinner to an abrupt halt.
As the details of the event came in, some far-left commentators, including Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, floated the idea that the shooting was pre-planned.
"[S]hooting at the whcd and all these cultists INSTANTLY start talking about trumps ballroom," Piker wrote on X.
"Trump is just...
Washington, April 27 Prominent television hosts and journalists have pushed back against online claims that the White House ... Washington, April 27 Prominent television hosts and journalists have ...