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Karoline Leavitt Made Bizarre ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting
April 26, 2026
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Paul Morigi / Getty ImagesKaroline Leavitt made a chilling remark minutes before gunshots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, several Cabinet members, and other top White House officials were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday after what sounded like gunfire at the Washington Hilton in D.C.—the same hotel where John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981.But moments before the chaos, the White House press secretary told reporters that Trump, who was set to address the crowd, was “ready to rumble.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

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