Yes, of course. He wrote a manifesto. Lo and behold, he uses the exact same anti-Trump talking points Democrats have been using for the last ten years.

After several apologies, he then writes the following.

I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.

~Snip

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)

While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)

He goes on to list his targets as well as those who won’t be targeted. As if using buckshot will ensure no collateral damage. Have you seen the diameter spread of buckshot after firing a round? Yes, there would’ve been others injured in his insane quest to go after Trump Administration officials. 

But again, look really hard at the rhetoric and language he uses. It sounds REALLY familiar doesn’t it?

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.

Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.

Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

Again, who is it that has been claiming ICE has let women get raped in detention camps? Who is it that is constantly labeling anyone in the Trump Administration as a criminal, a drunk, a rapist, and so-on? The rhetoric is only on one side of the fence. And it’s well past time that the Democrats own up to it. 

Chuck Schumer stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and told supporters of Brett Kavanaugh that they’ll reap the whirlwind. Tim Walz and too many other Democrats have and are consistently declaring Trump is a fascist. 

TIM WALZ: "No one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump, and he is a fascist to his core." 

Your disgusting rhetoric is inciting these violent attacks on President Trump and his administration. pic.twitter.com/qSG3DI02vK https://t.co/kIJbFDZraV

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 26, 2026

Jamie Raskin tried the ‘I don’t know what you are talking about’ line with Dana Bash this morning. 

Bash: You and many Democrats have used some heated rhetoric against the president. Do you think twice about that when something like this happens?

Raskin: What rhetoric? pic.twitter.com/SfkoXw1wj3

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 26, 2026

Yet it was obvious from the get go that the shooter’s motives were to attack quickly and go after as many people in the Trump Administration as possible. His manifesto codified that even further. 

The shooter’s alleged manifesto suggests his targets included many in the senior ranks of the Administration, including Mr. Trump. His motive clearly seems political, and he views himself as an agent of revenge for what he called the victims of government policies. He allegedly called himself a “Friendly Federal Assassin.”

All of this fits the profile of young men who turn violent after absorbing the poison that too often passes for American political discourse these days. When the stakes are described in life or death terms, the mentally unstable convince themselves of their own righteous cause. Think of Luigi Mangione, who is celebrated on social media for shooting a health insurance CEO in the back on a Manhattan street.

And the young men in question aren’t disenfranchised, drug addicted, or homeless. No. They are smart people who went down rabbit holes such as Bluesky, saw Democrat politicians calling a Republican President fascist while the crowd cheers in response, and believe Renee Good was right to oppose ICE (whom the Democrats have called Nazis) and should be martyred for the ’cause.’ 

The WHCA alleged shooter wasn’t some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system.

He was well-educated, credentialed, employed, and institutionally formed. That’s what makes this so disturbing.

At first glance, this doesn’t look like a breakdown of the…

— Will Ricciardella (@WillRicci) April 26, 2026

At first glance, this doesn’t look like a breakdown of the system, it looks more like a product of it.

Academia, media, and politics helped build the moral permission structure.

Let that sink in.

Not only that, but there are businesses out there that are lamenting the fact that last night’s shooter wasn’t successful. As Darleen pointed out here, a Wisconsin brewery has long made its animosity to President Trump very clear. And is selling merchandise in hopes hope that President Trump will finally be killed. Horrifically and evilly, they get customers over this. And the owner is a Democrat who is running for Congress. 

Now Todd Blanche may not have seen nor read the manifesto at the time of the interview this morning. That said, once it was published, it is everywhere. So Barak Obama has ZERO excuse for this gaslighting. 

Obama's tweet is pure gaslighting clownery. We do know the motives – loud and clear from the suspect's own words. Cole Tomas Allen didn't leave it ambiguous.

— A Gene Robinson (@AlBuffalo2nite) April 26, 2026

As for those on the left such as Hasan Piker, and the Democrats who claim their rhetoric and wish-casting is banal… I’ll leave you with this. 

Raskin: “What rhetoric?” https://t.co/1V7431CuNI

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 26, 2026

And also this. 

As my colleagues and I walked toward the Hilton for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a man shouted “F*** you!” right at us — simply because we were attending.

Later that night, after the shooting, we were running to the White House for the briefing when we passed three… https://t.co/j4yg5sdvuL

— Mari Otsu (@marisotsu) April 26, 2026

The shooter absorbed the Democrat rhetoric and acted upon it. And no gaslighting or pleas of ignorance will hide that very relevant fact. 

Feature Photo Credit: original artwork by Victory Girls Darleen Click