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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Gunfire at the White House correspondents’ dinner is another grim sign of our times

broken glass on ground after window was shattered in shooting at hotel
‘There is a close relationship between the Trump era and violence.’ Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

For as long as I can remember, the White House correspondents’ dinner was where the Washington press corps and Washington officials basked in each other’s celebrity.

Saturday night’s dinner ended abruptly with gunshots, Secret Service officers screaming at attendees to “get down”, Donald Trump and other officials being rapidly ushered out of the ballroom, plates crashing and chairs falling, and general pandemonium.

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