Obama slammed for downplaying attempted | Political News

Former President Barack Obama was criticized for his response to the Correspondents’ Dinner assassination attempt on current President Donald Trump.

Isaac Schorr, a senior editor for Mediate, raged at Obama through an op-ed column in the New York Post, slamming the previous President as a “liar.” “The Post Millennial.” a Canadian right-wing news hub, also slammed Obama with a similar stance: “Barack Obama LIES, says WHCD shooter’s motive unknown despite suspect’s anti-Trump manifesto,” they wrote.

In his statement on the attempted assassination, Former President Barack Obama called on Americans to “reject violence” after the Secret Service neutralized a gunman who reportedly tried to attack President Donald Trump and several members of his administration at Saturday’s Correspondents’ Dinner.

In a post on X, the ex-president wrote: “Although we do not yet have the main points about the motives behind last night time’s taking pictures at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it is incumbent upon all us to reject the thought that violence has any place in our democracy.”

Obama added:”It’s also a sobering reminder of the braveness and sacrifice that US Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and grateful that the agent who was shot goes to be okay.” His remarks come on the heels of Trump’s shocking reaction to what authorities are characterizing as an extraordinary third assassination attempt.

The individual suspected of firing shots at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had criticized Trump administration policies and described himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in messages sent to relatives moments before the incident, which law enforcement officials increasingly suspect was politically driven, according to communications obtained by The Associated Press.

These documents, sent just moments before gunfire erupted Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, included several veiled mentions of President Donald Trump and voiced dissatisfaction with a range of administration policies, including US military action targeting suspected narcotics-trafficking ships in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, appeared in court to face federal costs on Monday after the chaotic encounter that resulted in pictures being fired, Trump being hurried off the stage unhurt, and friends ducking for cowl beneath their tables. He was ordered to stay jailed pending further court hearings, and faces up to life in prison if convicted of the assassination rely alone.

Allen was injured during the assault but was not shot. A Secret Service officer was shot but was carrying a bullet-resistant vest and survived, officers say.

Questions stay about how many pictures Allen fired and how many officers discharged their weapons.