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A "lip reader" reveals the words of Vice President JD Vance during the shooting in Washington, DC
2026-04-26 20:45:42 / BOTA
A "lip reader" has revealed how Vice President JD Vance reacted as a would-be assassin attempted to carry out an attack at a Washington, DC, dinner.
Gunshots were heard at the hotel where the official White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held, where Donald Trump was preparing to address senior American journalists on Saturday evening.
And dramatic footage from the scene showed personnel rushing to the scene to pull Trump, his wife, Melania, and several other senior administration officials.
Secret Service members also got behind the vice president and pulled him from his seat as chaos unfolded.
And “forensic lip reader” Nicola Hickling revealed that a bodyguard apparently approached Vance shouting: 'Run, get the hell out of here.'
The Vice President replied 'What's going on? I'm leaving' before hastily leaving the stage.
Officials said the attacker was armed with a shotgun, a pistol and several knives when he stormed a security checkpoint near the ballroom.
Trump later posted photos of the shooting suspect, lying face down on the carpeted floor, shirtless.
US media identified him as Cole Thomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California.
Another first-time guest escorted from the scene was Erika Kirk, the wife of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, who was murdered on a college campus in September.
Erika could be seen crying as she left the scene, telling a bodyguard: "I just want to go home."
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