Twitch streamer Hasan Piker mocks White House security checkpoint shooting
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Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker issued a seemingly sarcastic response in response to news that an alleged gunman opened fire at the White House security checkpoint on Saturday.
“Uh oh,” Piker wrote on X, re-sharing the viral video of ABC News White House correspondent Selina Wang hiding on the North Lawn of the White House after hearing gunshots.
Piker later shared another post mocking the construction of the White House Ballroom; This was a project for which the White House, especially after the President, increasingly emphasized security as a justification. Donald Trump He faced an unprecedented third assassination attempt last month at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton.
“Sources tell me the ballroom is safe! Please God.” Hasan has a message.
VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS ABC CORRESPONDENT TRYING TO HIDE AFTER GUNS FOUND NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE
Online publisher Hasan Piker has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration. (Selçuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Secret Service said the attack began near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW shortly after 6 p.m.
The alleged gunman, confirmed by multiple sources to Fox News Digital as Nasire Best, reportedly fired a few shots Uniformed Division officers advanced toward the Secret Service booth before returning fire, resulting in Best’s death. Best, 21, of Maryland, reportedly has a documented history with law enforcement and mental health issues.
A bystander was also injured during the clash, but authorities did not say who fired the bullet that hit the person or clarify the person’s condition. No Secret Service agents were injured.
Trump was at the White House at the time working on Iran peace talks and was briefed on the attack.
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Multiple sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that the male gunman who allegedly opened fire near the White House in Washington, D.C. and was fatally shot by the U.S. Secret Service on Saturday was Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland. (Reproduced from Associated Press | New York Post)
In addition to thanking the Secret Service and law enforcement, Trump also praised the ballroom’s security. A Real Social post after the shooting.
“This incident comes a month after the White House Correspondent’s Dinner attack,” Trump said. “And it just goes to show how important it is for all future Presidents to have the safest and most secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C. Our Nation’s National Security demands it!”
Piker also took to TikTok where he shared a post He posted Wang’s video and once again mocked the ballroom, saying the shootings only happened “because it wasn’t a ballroom” and that “if they knew there was a ballroom, you basically ward off all potential shooters in the future because they would know how powerful the ballroom is.”
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The controversial far-left broadcaster has lashed out at the Trump administration, questioning the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner as “the right is using it to justify building Trump’s ballroom.” In a post on Instagram last month.
Trump said the future White House ballroom is designed not just as an event venue but as a reinforced security structure designed to support presidential operations and large gatherings amid growing concerns following the WHCA dinner attack.
The approved plan for the ballroom renovation includes an approximately 22,000-square-foot ballroom designed for approximately 1,000 dinner guests. 89,000 square meters of aboveground area East Wing area.
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Federal authorities have subpoenaed Piker and CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin for an investigation into possible U.S. law and sanctions violations related to support for Cuba. (MB/Splash for Fox News Digital)
Federal authorities have issued subpoenas to both Piker and CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin as part of a broader investigation into whether U.S. organizations and leaders violated U.S. laws and sanctions to support Cuba’s communist regime, Fox News Digital has learned.
Piker and Benjamin are among those caught up in a federal investigation into whether activists who traveled to Cuba in March violated U.S. sanctions laws through the financing, coordination or delivery of goods to Cuba, including possible contact with Cuban government personnel or entities on the island. Administrative subpoenas were issued to the duo by the Treasury Department. Foreign Assets Control Office.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
