White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs the media on the assassination attempt against President Trump during Saturday’s correspondents’ dinner. Watch & share:
Video clips and summaries of the event:
🚨 KAROLINE LEAVITT is SMOKING Jimmy Kimmel from the White House after he called Melania Trump an "expectant widow"
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 27, 2026
ABC HAS to put an end to this BS.
"Who in their right mind says a wife would be 'glowing' over the potential murder of her beloved husband?!
"And having… pic.twitter.com/VKVtGUlE53
.@PressSec: I think @POTUS would say, a she did here Saturday night in his tuxedo, we can't allow these crazy people to make us be afraid—but certainly we'd like to see the rhetoric against this president and his supporters toned down. pic.twitter.com/b2T2PtTHXt
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2026
HOLY CRAP! Karoline Leavitt is calling out Democrats BY NAME who SPARKED the rhetoric leading to Saturday's attempt on President Trump's life
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 27, 2026
🔵 "Rep Hakeem Jeffrey just THIS MONTH said, 'we are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere all the time.'"
🔵 "Governor Josh Shapiro… pic.twitter.com/hy0vXB3t8K
"@POTUS understands that the inspector general has greater tools at their disposal, perhaps even more powerful than a grand jury, to continue investigating the financial mismanagement of the Fed building," says @PressSec.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2026
"[Kevin Warsh] is more than qualified for the job, and… pic.twitter.com/Rw95EZnkPx
.@PressSec: "@POTUS' red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well." pic.twitter.com/IN3BmXgLkc
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2026
🚨 LEAVITT: President Trump does NOT want these deranged lunatics and these grave acts of political violence to change our American way of life, and I think it's a very brave thing for him to say."
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 27, 2026
"It'd be very easy for him to just hunker down here at the White House where he… pic.twitter.com/Uw0SWqBYKO
.@PressSec: "It is actually critical for our national security that a larger, secure building, on this complex—which is the most secure complex in the world—is built…the line of succession in this country should be able to gather freely and safely, without the fear of threats." pic.twitter.com/YQOcSoMCTe
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2026
"The entire Democratic Party has made their pitch to voters across the country, that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy, that he is a fascist, and they compare him to Hitler."@PressSec lays out some of the many examples of Democrat rhetoric fueling violence: pic.twitter.com/0U5mnwArUp
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 27, 2026
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump TORCHES Jimmy Kimmel, calls on him to be “IMMEDIATELY FIRED” by ABC
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 27, 2026
Just before the White House Correspondents Dinner, Kimmel called Melania an “expectant widow”
“A day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents… pic.twitter.com/m3JizhKyJf
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