WATCH: Rep. Ogles Overheard A Reporter At The WHCD Say, “I Hope They Kill The Orange MF,” While Hiding From The Shooter

A reporter took cover during the WHCA dinner chaos and was overheard saying, “I hope they got the orange M-F.”

If someone in the White House press corps is openly expressing hope that a political figure was harmed or killed, that crosses a hard ethical line that journalism cannot excuse.

WATCH: Rep @AndyOgles told me he heard a reporter at the WHCD Saturday night say “I hope they kill the orange MF” (talking about President Trump) while she was hiding from the shooter. https://t.co/GuRwowtNAf

— Lynden Blake (@LyndenBlake)
Apr 27, 2026

He needs to publicly name her so she can be permanently barred from the White House.

“There was a reporter, I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m gonna say it. There was a reporter (0:04) in the room who was under a table, and when the shots went off, and everybody’s hiding, she said, I hope they killed the orange MF. That was a journalist in the room who was hoping that when she stood up, the President of the United States would be dead.
So I’m coming to a public venue where I know it might be hostile to expose myself to an honest dialogue, an open dialogue, (0:29) if you ask me a question and I don’t have an answer, I will get you something in writing,  or we can talk on the phone. But when you have members of the press openly enticing, hoping, talking about killing the chief executive officer of this country, again, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, I don’t care, that’s a problem.  I hope they killed the orange MF.”