Over the past 48 hours, one word has been trending on social media—“staged.” It’s a reference to the belief that the assassination attempt against President Trump at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was staged to boost his ratings heading into the November midterm elections. We know from previous polling that a third of Democrats thought the 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt was staged. The idea that Trump had fake blood in his hand that he put on his ear when he stood back is just stupid. Last year, 56% of those who identified as “left of center” told pollsters that murdering Donald Trump would be “justified.” And we’re hearing from a lot of these sick people now who are upset that Trump wasn’t killed this past weekend. That’s just evil.