Something dangerous happened the night of the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and it wasn't just the man with weapons trying to get inside. The attempted assassination by a man whose manifesto dripped with anti-Trump rage is the kind of event that forces an honest reckoning. It should, anyway. But in the hours after law enforcement stopped Cole Allen, Democrats did what they always do: performed concern, ducked accountability, and hoped nobody connected the obvious dots. What happens when they can't dodge the question?
Allen’s manifesto was soaked in the same anti-Trump rhetoric Democrats have been pushing relentlessly since he first entered the political arena. He believed all of their lies, was radicalized by them, and felt morally justified to kill Trump officials.
The Democrats did that.
And yet they’re pretending they have no culpability here.
CNN's Dana Bash pressed Rep. Jamie Raskin on exactly that point. She asked him directly, "You, as many of your fellow Democrats, have used some heated rhetoric against the President, and do you think twice about that when something like this happens?"
Raskin's response was a masterclass in evasion. "What rhetoric do you have in mind?” he said.
Really? As if he didn’t know.
Bash clarified she meant Democrats calling Trump terrible for the country, and then added, "I understand that that's your Democratic right, but overall, do you have a responsibility?"
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Raskin’s lame response was telling. He said, "I have no personal problem with Donald Trump." Just like that, he pivoted from accountability to a personal feelings disclaimer. No acknowledgment. No reflection. Nothing.
Democrat Congressman @jamie_raskin - who won’t fund Secret Service - tells @CNN he has no clue what “heated rhetoric” his party has used regarding President Trump pic.twitter.com/HdINwAsHEb
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) April 26, 2026
Raskin can pretend all he wants that he and fellow Democrats have been bastions of civility, but that just wouldn’t be true.
That kind of non-answer might have worked before social media made everything permanent.
2.5 minutes of Democrats calling for the use of political vioIence
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 26, 2026
It's on them
https://t.co/2QlIIKSwXC
I guess you could say we have the receipts.
These aren’t just a series of one-offs. This is a coordinated effort from the left to demonize Trump and radicalize their supporters to the point where assassination attempts against President Trump are no longer shocking. That's the world Democrats helped build.
Then there's House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
After the shooting, he posted:
Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) April 26, 2026
Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way.
The violence and chaos in America must end.
But, just this past week, he called for “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time."
Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) April 22, 2026
We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next.
Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time. pic.twitter.com/zM1oXhZT8K
The Republican National Committee's research account even called him out for it.
On Wednesday, you called for “maximum warfare” on President Trump and his administration.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 26, 2026
Your disgusting rhetoric is inciting violence. https://t.co/i5gV67dASV pic.twitter.com/BIdEJPp9iL
Days later, after the Correspondents' Dinner incident, Jeffries posted that he was
Maximum warfare. Then thoughts and prayers. That's the full arc of Democratic leadership right now.
Make no mistake about it, the left has no intention of lowering the temperature. The Butler assassination attempt didn't change anything. This incident won't either. Democrats will issue somber statements, deflect responsibility, and then go right back to the inciteful language the moment the news cycle moves on.
