https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/karoline-leavitt-shots-fired/
Claim:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there would be "shots fired" ahead of a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 25, 2026.
Correct Attribution
Leavitt made the comment while speaking to comedian and Fox News host Jimmy Failla about the expected content of U.S. President Donald Trump's upcoming speech at the correspondents' dinner. The phrase "shots fired" is a common figure of speech that refers to someone making jokes or jabs at another person. There was no evidence Leavitt's remark referenced the shooting before it happened.
The morally correct thing for Jimmy to say would've been "Wow, I thought I was joking but in light of what just happened, I realize I said something awful and I want to sincerely apologize."
ReplyDeleteThe morally depraved answer is "Well I was just joking and someone else made that same joke and besides, Trump is Hitler so I did nothing wrong."
And Jimmy basically picked the latter.