Trump resumes attacks on press hours after correspondents’ dinner shooting 

It was supposed to be a night about the First Amendment: freedom of speech, a free press, and yes, even a little humor at the expense of power.  

Instead, it turned into something else entirely: a moment that briefly looked like unity — and then snapped right back to reality.  

The president, the first lady, the vice president, Cabinet officials and more than 2,500 members of the media were all in one place when a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.  

It was a terrifying moment. One that could have changed everything. And for a second, it felt like it might.  

President Trump came out afterward sounding almost reflective, even hopeful about what he saw in that room:  

“This was an event dedicated to freedom of speech that was supposed to bring together members of both parties with members of the press. And in a certain way it did because the fact that they just unified. But I saw a room that was just totally unified.”  

And that stood out to me, because let’s be honest, the bar was low.  

This is the same president who has called journalists “fake news,” labeled the press the “enemy of the people,” sued outlets like ABC News........

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