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MAGA host slams 'mentalist' at press dinner shooting: 'Why didn't he see this coming?'

Real America's Voice anchor Eric Bolling expressed outrage after a so-called mentalist performing for President Donald Trump failed to predict a gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

As the alleged gunman was storming a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, Oz Pearlman was performing tricks for Trump and his wife.

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MAGA loyalists tear into 'loser' GOP Sen. for press gala shooting remarks: 'A disgrace'

MAGA slammed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday over his remarks after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security funding standoff in Congress.

GOP leaders were under pressure to end the ongoing stalemate as DHS employees, including Secret Service members who protected Trump, his cabinet, and the hundreds of politicians, diplomats, and journalists, on Saturday night, prepared to go without a paycheck, CNN reported.

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Ex-White House insider flags 'revealing' issue lurking behind Trump's new ballroom push

A long-time GOP analyst and former White House insider issued a dark warning on Monday about President Donald Trump's response to the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday.

Bill Kristol, the editor at large for The Bulwark and a former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, argued during a new episode of "The Bulwark Podcast" with host Tim Miller that Trump's decision to push for Congress to approve construction of his signature ballroom following the shooting was "very revealing." Kristol added that it showed Trump's penchant for authoritarianism is still alive and well, even after the horrible incident.

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Secret operation to fast-track Trump ballroom revealed by ex-MAGA loyalist: columnist

A former MAGA loyalist claimed there was a coordinated strategy among Republicans to fast-track President Donald Trump's ballroom after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, according to an analyst on Monday.

Salon's Sophia Tesfaye described how in the wake of the shooting, the right immediately pivoted to repeating Trump's talking points about his desire to complete his ballroom, while the left shifted to conspiracy theories around the shooting.

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Trump's own scheme 'coming back to bite him' as he fails to shake Epstein: analyst

President Donald Trump has created an environment in which his own base is incapable of weighing facts rationally and listening to the media, MS NOW's Katy Tur argued on Monday — and this has come back to haunt him now that he wants his base to stop going down conspiracy theory rabbit holes about the Jeffrey Epstein child trafficking case files.

Tur made the case while speaking with Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief correspondent at Puck News, about the shooting attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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'How was it staged?' Alex Jones floats fresh conspiracy theory on shooting

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones suggested that Israel may have played a part in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to influence American foreign policy.

During his Monday show, Jones noted that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had said that the war with Iran had been won as he was preparing for the broadcast.

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Mockery buries Karoline Leavitt as she gushes over 'fearless' Trump at shooting

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was roundly mocked on Monday after admiring President Donald Trump for bravery during the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting.

Leavitt spoke to reporters during a press briefing, blaming Democrats and members of the media for what led to suspect Cole Allen allegedly shooting a Secret Service agent.

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Trump's own words hurled at Karoline Leavitt as MS NOW balks at blame game

After White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt used her Monday press conference to blame Democrats for a lone gunman attempting to crash the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. MS NOW reporter Laura Barrón-López pushed back with a list of physical threats President Donald Trump has made over the years.

Leavitt was presented with a question from a Fox News reporter, wondering what needs to be done to lower the political temperature after the unsuccessful assassination attempt.

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GOP insider calls for God to intervene against big Dem win: 'Give us favor'

RNC National Committeewoman Patti Lyman called on Steve Bannon's War Room "posse" to ask God to prevent Virginia's new district maps from being used for the midterm elections.

As the Virginia Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments on the new district maps, Lyman predicted a ruling would come in the next few days.

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Kash Patel grilled on Fox News over rumors of major security blunder

FBI Director Kash Patel faced tough questions Monday morning on "Fox & Friends" about an apparent assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The embattled FBI director was questioned on Fox News about security failures that allowed alleged gunman Cole Tomas Allen to charge into an area near the entrance to the black-tie event at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., despite an alert reportedly issued with a description of the suspect, reported The Daily Beast.

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CNN pinpoints telling Trump interaction with reporter: 'Question he really did not like'

President Donald Trump signaled his discomfort with a particularly sensitive topic during a new interview after an alleged would-be assassin charged into an area near the White House Correspondents Dinner.

The 79-year-old president sat down with "60 Minutes" correspondent Norah O'Donnell, who read from alleged gunman Cole Thomas Allen's manifesto accusing Trump of being a "p--------, r----- and traitor," and CNN's John Berman pointed out his reaction as noteworthy.

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'Not a good look': Trump official hammered for ditching wife amid shooting chaos

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was hammered Monday after video of him being escorted by security officials amid the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday went viral, in which the HHS secretary was seen being tailed by his wife, Cheryl Hines.

“RFK Jr. rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday amid an active shooter situation, with his security team around him, but left his wife scrambling on her own behind him,” wrote Zeteo reporters Preem Thakker and Andrew Perez in the outlet’s report Monday. “Not a good look, Bobby.”

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New Trump interview meltdown leads to claims he's 'sensitive' about Epstein

President Donald Trump erupted during a "60 Minutes" interview over a topic that he's clearly "sensitive" about, according to CNN's Audie Cornish.

The 79-year-old president sat down for an interview with correspondent Norah O’Donnell, who asked him about allegations about assault made by would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen in his manifesto.

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