pjmedia.com After taking care of my sick dad for a week, I woke up with a nasty cold and congestion on Saturday. I had every intention of working, but I just didn’t have the stamina. Around 8:30 p.m. or so, I was just getting ready to go see if a hot, steamy bath would help me breathe better, when I checked in behind the scenes here at PJ Media and noted that something had happened at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Of course, we all know now what the something was — a crazed psychopath tried to bust in and assassinate the president and other officials — and while I didn’t jump in and write the breaking news, I was glued to my TV and social media and sending my colleagues helpful info.
But it wasn’t just the actual news of an active shooter that caught my attention. It was the way the president and many men in his administration responded.
Many have noted that JD Vance was pulled off the stage by the Secret Service before Donald Trump was. I found that curious myself, but if Spanish White House reporter David Alandete, who was at a table right there in front of the president, is to be believed, it wasn’t a case of the Secret Service prioritizing the vice president. It was the president taking care of his wife.
You’ve probably seen the video by now, but there was a long table on stage with a podium in the center, and the vice president was on one side of the podium, while the president, the first lady, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt were on the other side. The Secret Service grabbed Vance almost immediately, and he didn’t question them. The president, according to Alandete, wasn’t so quick to leave.
“The Secret Service immediately created a security perimeter to get them out,” Alandete wrote on X on Sunday. “Trump, who doesn’t let himself get carried away easily, demanded explanations. He wanted to know what was happening, ordered that the first lady’s evacuation be prioritized, asked that the journalists be removed, and decided to leave on his own two feet but making sure to get the press secretary out first. He didn’t want to duck down. He fell briefly after a shove from the agents and left the room on foot.”
I can’t confirm that, but I do consider Alandete to be a pretty solid reporter, so I don’t think he’d make that up — and it was quite obvious at Trump’s press conference later Saturday night that he was very concerned about Melania, who joined him in the briefing room, and her well-being.
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