Leeja Miller
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Was The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting A Hoax?

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Start your 7day free trial + unlock 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN head to or use code LEEJA at checkout! | Within minutes of the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting this weekend, rumors began swirling online that the whole thing was a hoax in order to sell the public on Trump’s ballroom. While distrusting the Trump administration is absolutely valid, it may be that this is simply another example of the Trump regime’s talent at using major events as a means to spin whatever of their agenda is top of mind at any moment. So was it a hoax, or just a convenient distraction?

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