Former President Barack Obama completely ignored the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner gunman’s manifesto and failed to mention that President Donald Trump was his top target, claiming that “we don’t yet have the details about the motives” behind the Saturday night shooting in Washington, DC.
Obama was heavily criticized for his Sunday evening social media post, in which he called on Americans to “reject” political violence while failing to mention that shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen is an outspoken leftist who allegedly wrote about targeting Trump administration officials before attempting to rush into the dinner with a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives.
“Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy,” the Democrat former president wrote. “It’s also
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