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White House journalists’ gala ended like many US events do: with gun violence

White House journalists’ gala ended like many US events do: with gun violence

Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedom

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/44735309

“Every few months, Americans are asked to resume their banquet and pretend a shooting didn’t just happen,” one commentator on Bluesky wrote after the correspondents dinner. Another account responded: “Well, in fairness, that’s what we ask of school kids.”

Boring and terrifying dystopia.

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