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Mr. Sparkle

(3,721 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 10:53 AM 13 hrs ago

Former MAGA Influencer Says MAGA Response to WHCD Shooting Is 'Fake' And 'Staged'

Source: Mediaite.com

Ashley St. Clair, the former MAGA influencer and mother to a child with Elon Musk, claimed on Sunday that the messaging coming from MAGA world following the White House Correspondence Dinner is both “paid” and heavily coordinated. “So last week, I told you guys that all of MAGA is paid and they coordinate their messaging in lockstep via group chats. And what do you know? All of these people came to the conclusion that after they saw what happened at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, their first thought was, all independently, ‘Trump needs his ballroom,’” began St. Clair in a clip she posted to TikTok.

“The statistical likelihood of this happening in a vacuum — if we are to stipulate that these people are not coordinated — the statistical likelihood of this happening, that they all came to the same conclusion, not probable, okay?” she continued, adding: " I think it’s also important to note that one of the main group chats in which they coordinate this messaging is literally called “Fight Fight Fight,” after the attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, okay, and this has the official Trump War Room members of the administration, including James Blair, and all your favorite MAGA influencers. And I would log on and show you more of these messages, but I can’t log on to Twitter because they’re suing me for $75,000."

Screenshots of pro-MAGA accounts sharing the same messaging quickly circulated on X, and St. Clair used a collage of them as the background to her clip with the caption calling the response “fake” and “staged.” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, as posted on Sunday, “It’s time to build the ballroom.” Blanche’s post included a letter to the person suing Trump to stop construction on is ballroom, demanding the lawsuit be withdrawn.

St. Clair was a prominent figure in the MAGA movement for almost ten years, until her very public falling out with Musk. She released a video last week explaining what she described as a pay-to-play structure where messaging is coordinated directly through Trump’s political operation. Reporting on her clip explained, “Compensation is structured per click or as a flat fee. The influencers receive scripts. They post them. And because they’re promoting political messaging rather than a commercial product, current regulations do not require them to disclose that they were paid.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/former-maga-influencer-says-maga-response-to-whdc-shooting-is-paid-and-cooridinated/

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Former MAGA Influencer Says MAGA Response to WHCD Shooting Is 'Fake' And 'Staged' (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle 13 hrs ago OP
Schools and nightclubs Turbineguy 13 hrs ago #1
Many of us have suspected this for a long time FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #2
Ballroom posts were immediate and consistent underpants 12 hrs ago #8
Mr Wilson also pointed out, that these mwmisses4289 10 hrs ago #18
"This woman" .... littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #13
What evidence would she have other than the evidence of our own eyes? yardwork 11 hrs ago #14
Misleading Cirsium 10 hrs ago #17
Filed under the No Shit Sherlock file. AZLD4Candidate 12 hrs ago #3
Paid bots UpInArms 12 hrs ago #4
Where are our group chats to coordinate messaging? Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #5
Post removed Post removed 12 hrs ago #6
Why So? She Is Criticizing MAGAts Here. ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #11
Back again, honey? yardwork 10 hrs ago #15
Several people noticed it underpants 12 hrs ago #7
Reminder on two points.. homegirl 11 hrs ago #9
I'm Not Getting Your "Windows" Point. ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #12
Trump's Ball Room homegirl 10 hrs ago #20
Also, the ballroom seating capacity is 999. 2,600 people were at this event. underpants 10 hrs ago #21
Before online MAGA influencers existed, the RNC used to disseminate talking points to every corporate media sop 11 hrs ago #10
I think this is another Kash written manifesto. 1WorldHope 10 hrs ago #16
The postmortem press conference... Snackshack 10 hrs ago #19

FakeNoose

(42,052 posts)
2. Many of us have suspected this for a long time
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:08 AM
13 hrs ago

However I wish this woman, or someone, would offer a little more proof. She should show us the scripts that are being sent out, and maybe the cashed checks. I don't know ... there needs to be a little more proof than just saying "You have to believe me!"

mwmisses4289

(4,521 posts)
18. Mr Wilson also pointed out, that these
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:31 PM
10 hrs ago

texts and tweets started within minutes of the shots being fired, before any thing beyond "shots fired" was known.
(I think it was Wilson, might have been Meidastouch or Adam Mockler).

littlemissmartypants

(34,171 posts)
13. "This woman" ....
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:11 PM
11 hrs ago

Like so many other women, who for so many reasons, in so many situations, have to bring a hundred times more receipts just to get someone's attention much less be believed.

It's almost like being "disfavored" like a man in Florida.

Maybe

Maybe not.

Cirsium

(4,006 posts)
17. Misleading
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:30 PM
10 hrs ago

Let's say that, oh I dunno, a bomb falls out of a plane, the bomb hits a school, the school blows up and children are killed. We don't have to know who ordered it, what the exact orders were, who the pilot was, nor which plane dropped the bomb in order to say that yes, a bomb fell out of a plane, the bomb hit a school, the school blew up and children were killed.

Multiple accounts all posted the same identical (and improbable) talking point very quickly after the incident. Not having the scripts that were being sent out and the cashed checks doesn't change that.

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homegirl

(1,980 posts)
9. Reminder on two points..
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 12:30 PM
11 hrs ago

One, the Washington Hilton Ball Room is underground and doesn't have any windows.

Two, Trump's Ball Room with four inch thick bullet proof windows will NEVER be used for a Trump event.

PS: There is a strong likelihood that it will never be built!

homegirl

(1,980 posts)
20. Trump's Ball Room
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:41 PM
10 hrs ago

would have 4 inch thick bullet proof windows and thus all events when DJT would attend would provide maximum security for him.

Any thoughts on the possibility that it is never built and that Trump never sets foot in it? Does DJT intend to run for another term, or for a lifetime as POTUS?

underpants

(196,916 posts)
21. Also, the ballroom seating capacity is 999. 2,600 people were at this event.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:59 PM
10 hrs ago

The event attracted approximately 2,600 attendees, including senior administration officials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner_shooting

AI Overview
As of April 2026, the proposed new White House State Ballroom is designed to hold 999 people for a seated dinner. Plans for this structure, which is replacing the East Wing, have increased in capacity from an initial 650 guests to 999, intended for large-scale events and potential inaugurations

sop

(19,014 posts)
10. Before online MAGA influencers existed, the RNC used to disseminate talking points to every corporate media
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 12:57 PM
11 hrs ago

outlet and opinion writer using a FAX machine.

1WorldHope

(2,109 posts)
16. I think this is another Kash written manifesto.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:17 PM
10 hrs ago

It reminds me of the one written for Kirks "assassination". All the important things are covered, like why he brought which weapon. And he was out to kill everyone but Kash.
And everyone looked so pleased at the news conference. His press girl was absolutely beside herself like she knew a secret and couldn't tell!
Trump was barely out of the ballroom before he tweeted that they would be showing the videos at his news conference. He knew where the guy was from! This deserves a full on impeachment of the whole cabinet! Trump was not going to let the press control any narrative and certainly not not let them give the award to the journalist who posted about the birthday card to Epstein. These people are high school theatre amateurs. And yes, the motive, other than controlling the narrative is his important ballroom that is a national security necessity. What blaringly unbelievable this bullshit is. It's time to end this story, turn the page, the end.

Snackshack

(2,594 posts)
19. The postmortem press conference...
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 01:35 PM
10 hrs ago

... that was all smiles, seemed out of place, much like when a detective tells a person that a loved one has been lost and sees no sorrow.... add in the unified ballroom msg and yes, it looks suspect.

What does not fit is the manifesto, if it was about the ME it would but it wasn't... and it led directly to djt having a disastrous interview on TV w/ 60min where he had to deny in person that he was not what many think he is. Kudos to Nora O'Donnel for being a journalist.

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