Assassination attempts targeting President Donald Trump have become almost commonplace in today’s volatile political climate, but the trend didn’t just come out of nowhere.
In a hard-hitting segment of his popular Fox News show, Greg Gutfeld pointed the finger at many of his colleagues in the media for fanning the flames of such extremism.
The commentary soon began spreading via social media with posts praising his assessment of the current environment:
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“This [would be Trump assassin] DID hear voices.”
“They were Ted Lieu's, they were Brandon Johnson's, they were CNN's, they were The View, they were MS NOW."
"He wasn't a crank. HE WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS.”
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— Eric Daughterty (@EricDaughertyl) April 27, 2026
Gutfeld’s critique extended to the Democratic Party during the same show, as Bill Clinton accuser Juanita Broaddrick noted:Greg Gutfeld just delivered the single most succinct and cutting indictment of the leftwing media's complicity in Saturday's WHCD attack:
"This guy did hear voices. They were Ted Lieu's, they were Brandon Johnson's, they were CNN's, they were The View, they were MS NOW."
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— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) April 27, 2026
In light of Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a number of comments from mainstream media figures have come under renewed scrutiny.Whoa!!! Harold Ford and Greg Gutfeld are at odds today on The Five.
Harold is completely off base saying Republicans are as violent as Democrats. He can’t see the forrest for all the trees.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) April 27, 2026
Fox News highlighted on-air remarks made by CNN commentator S.E. Cupp just minutes before the shooting:
As Politico noted, several high-profile Republicans called out objectionable comments made by members of the media in reference to Trump:“The Correspondents’ Association was trying to sort of mend some fences with a guy who wants us dead, figuratively. Figuratively, he wants journalism dead,” Cupp said. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.”
Cupp made the remarks about 20 minutes prior to the reported shooting during a panel discussion with CNN anchors John Berman and Laura Coates as the network previewed Trump’s arrival.
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has historically celebrated press freedom while bringing together reporters and government officials, though Trump boycotted the event during his first term.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered similar condemnation in her remarks during a conference on Monday:Official GOP social media accounts accused prominent battleground candidates of stoking political tensions. “Democrats like Abdul El Sayed fuel this hate,” Republicans’ Senate campaign arm wrote of the progressive candidate in the Michigan Senate race. In Maine, the group posted that Graham Platner, the Democratic primary polling leader, “said that violence with a gun was a necessary means to achieving social change.” It’s a reference to since-deleted Reddit posts from 2018; Platner has disavowed the violent rhetoric in them. And in North Carolina, an RNC account criticized Senate candidate and former Gov. Roy Cooper for not publicly condemning the attack while previously calling Trump “a significant threat to our democracy.”
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