A new poll finds one in four Americans believe the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting in April was staged.
About 1 in 4 Americans think the April shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was staged according to a new survey.
Roughly 1 in 3 Democratic respondents said they believed the event was staged, compared with about 1 in 8 Republicans. https://t.co/h30QujSIO2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2026
From the Washington Post:
Roughly 1 in 3 Democratic respondents said they believed the event was staged, compared with about 1 in 8 Republicans, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.
Respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were also more likely than older people to think the incident was staged, according to the report.
The NewsGuard survey found that 24 percent of U.S. adults believe the incident at the Washington Hilton was fake, compared with 45 percent who believed it was legitimate.
An additional 32 percent said they were unsure. The survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted by YouGov from April 28 to May 4.
Read more here.
In related news, Cole Allen — the suspect arrested in the shooting — pleaded not guilty at his arraignment this morning to all charges in the four-count federal indictment against him, including the allegation that he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump.
NEW: Cole Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, has pleaded not guilty to all counts. https://t.co/EgEJ8FwovE
— ABC News (@ABC) May 11, 2026
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