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Trump Blames Kimmel Sketch for Dinner Shooting, Demands Firing

4/28/2026

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President Donald Trump said Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night sketch about the first lady incited the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
Trump demanded that ABC fire Kimmel for the alleged incitement.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Kimmel’s remarks deranged and condemned the rhetoric as dangerous.
The 31-year-old California teacher identified as Cole Tomas Allen attempted to storm the dinner venue and was arrested on an assassination charge.

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President Donald Trump said Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night sketch about the first lady incited the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
Trump demanded that ABC fire Kimmel for the alleged incitement.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Kimmel’s remarks deranged and condemned the rhetoric as dangerous.
The 31-year-old California teacher identified as Cole Tomas Allen attempted to storm the dinner venue and was arrested on an assassination charge.