Gutfeld Torches the Media’s Role in the WHCA Dinner Shooting
Greg Gutfeld criticized the media and political left on The Five, linking the WHCA dinner shooting to what he described as a culture of liberal smugness and unchecked rhetoric. He argued that the suspect was not mentally unstable but rather radicalized by political messaging equating Trump to Hitler. Gutfeld emphasized the absence of humility and moral guardrails on the left as key factors in such radicalization.
- ▪Gutfeld claimed the media and left are avoiding responsibility for their role in shaping the suspect's ideology.
- ▪He argued the suspect was not mentally ill but acted logically based on a belief system that equates Trump to Hitler.
- ▪Gutfeld asserted that liberal rhetoric from figures like Tim Walz, Ted Lieu, and media outlets such as CNN and The View contributed to the radicalization.
- ▪He emphasized that the suspect took political messaging literally and acted on it with internal consistency.
- ▪Gutfeld contrasted conservative beliefs, which include humility and a higher power, with what he described as an ideology without brakes on the left.
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Gutfeld Torches the Media’s Role in the WHCA Dinner Shooting Matt Margolis | 6:22 PM on April 28, 2026 Screenshot via Fox News Greg Gutfeld lit up The Five on Monday with a blunt, unsparing take on the attempted attack tied to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and, true to form, he didn’t hold back. Gutfeld went straight at what he sees as the real story: the culture that helped shape the suspect’s thinking. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); He began by accusing the media and the left of ducking responsibility.
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