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STEPHEN MOORE: I was there at the WHCD as celebration turned into chaos
Everyone stood in mostly stunned silence and we were told of a lone gunman who had been taken down and that one agent was shot
By Stephen Moore Fox News
Published April 27, 2026 1:10pm EDT
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On Saturday night, I attended my eighth White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel. This is one of the premier dinners in D.C. to hobnob — to see and be seen. Every time I enter this hotel, I recall that this was the same Hilton where Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed 45 years ago. I walked through the same entrance where that assassin’s bullet came within an inch of killing Reagan.
I had anticipated a very long security line and about an hour wait to enter the hotel. I brought my paper ticket and my passport identification.
To my surprise, the security was lax to put it lightly. Wearing my tux, I walked in the front door by flashing the paper ticket. There was no code to be scanned, and I never once was asked for my ID. I could have given that........