
By: Scoop Stanton
Saturday Night was the White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD). I had the livestream from C-Span on the television as I wanted to see what President Trump would say and I had a friend attending the event. I was getting notes ready about the stories on Ilhan Omar, the SPLC gets indicted, the Virginia ballot, the NFL draft and how I am also a model because I was in an Instagram clip with model Selamawit Yirga.
I had the tv on in the background as I am listening intensely to the Political Cesspool destroy the SPLC! I look at the television quickly and people are moving, people in SWAT gear comes out with rifles and the POTUS is escorted off the stage. I went on Twitter and tweets of shots fired are coming out. I played a short clip where you hear the gunshots going off in the background! This is big. I texted my friend to make sure they were same and not injured. They were safe. Walter and I decided to cover this event and figure out the other stories as the night went on. I also wanted Tony Sabio back on. He was on last week but he was a member of the US Secret Service ERT. I wanted someone on the air who can tell us what’s going on who’s been there! That was a no brainer!
Tony explained clearly and in detail of why things happened the way they did in terms of hotel access and the location of the Magnetometers and the actions of the Secret Service. Every other outlet had an armchair Secret Service Director talking out of their ass. Don’t blame them. This is a big story, and there is only so much to report, there is airtime to fill and not everyone has numbers of people who used to work for the Secret Service. Except 75 Radio (we have two contacts!)
Social media were calling out the name of the failed assassin when his picture was released. I was really skeptical about releasing his name. But, since legitimate news outlets were naming Cole Allen, I decided to read off his name. Again, this is something else that puts us ahead of everyone else. We verify before we put something out there. We’re more concerned about being right more than clicks.
Tony who is running for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District, pledged to unite the voters of Virginia 8th District, both the left and the right so the rhetoric stops. I hope he is successful! Tony called himself a politician. I don’t see him as a politician. Just like our own Mike Rakebrandt, I see Tony as a concerned citizen who is running for office. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) is a politician!
Of course this is 75 Radio! During the introduction of the fourth and last segment, right on cue, I mention I was looking at Danila’s Instagram account! Which I was as I am looking for the photo of Dani for our archives! Then Walter comes on to talk about the nation’s number one issue which is not the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner but it is that I have an actual friend! So: “Breaking news: shots fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner with by President Trump, Vice President Vance, his cabinet, the Speaker of the House and that Peter “Scoop” Stanton has a friend!”
And right on cue, I posted the archives of the show with a gorgeous picture of Danila! Not Cole Allen in cuffs on the floor, or the President, but Danila Rodrigues who was not at the WHCD or on 75 Radio! I wouldn’t want it any other way!

