Satirical Article Depicts Trump Blaming Free Press for Correspondents' Dinner Shooting
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
A satirical article from The Onion depicts President Donald Trump claiming that a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner proves the need to end journalism and repeal the First Amendment. The piece humorously portrays Trump blaming the free press for the violent incident and arguing that such violence would be impossible without journalism.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOver the weekend, there was an act of horrible violence that never would've happened if we didn't have a free press
The senseless crime would have been impossible if anyone had taken his repeated pleas to repeal the First Amendment seriously
I've spent years trying to warn people of the danger involved in holding my admini...
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