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Ohio Teacher Fired Over Anti-Trump TikTok, Shooter Sentenced to Life

4/28/2026

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Corrine Baum, an Ohio early-learning teacher, posted a TikTok video lamenting that U.S. President Donald Trump was not killed during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
BrightPath terminated Baum after the video was identified, saying the company does not tolerate calls for violence.
Police arrested Cole Tomas Allen for the Washington Hilton Hotel shooting, sentencing him to life in prison after a Secret Service agent was struck but survived.

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Corrine Baum, an Ohio early-learning teacher, posted a TikTok video lamenting that U.S. President Donald Trump was not killed during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
BrightPath terminated Baum after the video was identified, saying the company does not tolerate calls for violence.
Police arrested Cole Tomas Allen for the Washington Hilton Hotel shooting, sentencing him to life in prison after a Secret Service agent was struck but survived.