So on Saturday night, as I'm sure you guys know by now, shots rang out in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel where the White House Correspondents Center and also about 15 other Correspondent Center events were taking place.

And what made me so sad in the immediate aftermath of seeing all of this unfold on social media was that I was not even surprised in the slightest. I wasn't shocked.

Like this was just a normal Saturday in the Trump administration, a normal Saturday in the slightest. I wasn't shocked. Like this was just a normal Saturday

in the Trump administration, a normal Saturday in 2026. Now, as I was watching all of the

content come out of this, seeing everybody's firsthand reports and the videos, some people at the

event seemed, you know, similarly unfazed. And then the memeification of the event just

further drives this point home. Like Like we've just been sitting on the

internet making jokes about this for days. And that's because this assassination culture that I've sat

on the show and talked about countless times now that we've all been talking about, it is no longer

extremism. It is commonplace. It is literally commonplace in our culture. And while I think the people

online often make jokes to cope about things these days, I feel like they're just making jokes because it all feels like it is just a bad joke that we can't escape. And so that, my friends, is what we're going to talk about today. What I am trying to say here is that after I got over my initial fears for the people that I know who were sitting in that room, hoping the president and the first lady were okay, obviously. I was laying awake in bed, nursing my baby, laughing at memes.

And I wanted to slap myself. Like I was scrolling and scrolling in like an hour and I was like,

Brett, what are we doing here? This is just insane, but also, objectively, the content that people

were churning out about different reactions, jokes about what people were doing at the Correspondent Center, objectively, that content was funny. And I mean, the jokes really wrote themselves in a lot of cases. Like, for example, just to give you one, like as everybody was ducking for cover and the influencer journalists were, you know, taking videos of themselves under tables,

taking 0.5 selfies, all of the things. Robert of Kennedy Jr. was sitting upright. He was

stoic as everything was unfolding. He was sitting up straight, watching it all take place.

And people were commenting and going, oh yeah, you know, this is just an average day for somebody

in the Kennedy family. Like somebody else said, he has seen crazier shit than this on a Tuesday afternoon on a family vacation. Not one single farm fresh organic fuck given. This next comment was also incredible. This is something I was chuckling about, you know, at 3 a.m. in the dark. This guy said his brainworm mapped the trajectory of all of the shots and told him he was safe. No need to fuck for cover. Another person replied deleting report who said that Robert of Kennedy Jr. was seen not ducking for cover.

And this guy replied and said no need. He has his lucky raccoon penis on him. Like I wouldn't put it past him. He's got like a rabbit foot hanging from his shirt or something. But the thing is like it wasn't even that the internet was ascribing all of this to him. Like his son soon after everything transpired, he posted a screenshot of the Kennedy family group chat. Everyone was asking, you know, are you and Cheryl okay? Is everybody good? What's happening? And this is how RFK Jr. replied. He just said, I'm really hungry. He's unbothered. He's hungry. I hope somebody had a good rancher steak waiting for him when he got home. Now, guys, I did not realize how much time and mental energy I was spending on grocery shopping until I stopped doing it as much. Between planning meals and running to the grocery store and second guessing what I had to buy, not sure if I had what I need to make dinner that night, it just all adds up. And so having high quality meat show up my door every single month that just makes things that much easier. It is one less thing to think about, that is why I stick with my friends over good ranchers. Now good ranchers, as you guys know by now, hopefully no by now, they partner with local farms and ranchers to deliver 100% American meat straight to your door. It is pasture raised, has no antibiotics, no added hormones, it is better than organic. It is the kind of quality that you can feel good about feeding to the people around your table. So if you want that kind of quality and convenience, start your plan with Good Ranchers today. You will get free meat included with every order plus $100 off your first three orders with my code Brett. Just go to good ranchers.com and use code Brett at checkout. That is free meat with every order plus $100 off your first three orders when you start your new subscription plan this month only. Or if you just want to try it out, you can get $40 off your first order with my code Brett. Instead, no subscription required. Again, that is good ranchers.com American Meat delivered. Now, great snacks are just as important as a great steak, which is why I love the new snacks from Balance of Nature. Now, Balance of Nature takes whole fruits like strawberries and pineapples and freeze dries them with their tailored vacuum cold process into mouth watering single ingredient snacks. I was literally just snacking on them before I came over to film. They have no additives, no fillers, no label reading anxiety. It is literally just one ingredient. And that is Balance of Nature's guiltless snacks. They are clean, they're healthy. They taste amazing. Plus they are naturally sweet, naturally vegan, gluten-free, and they're kosher. To try them out, just go to Balance of Nature.com slash Brett, and you can build your own box of up to 16 different guiltless snacks. You can choose from mangoes, pineapple, strawberries, which are my personal favorite, and also bananas, as well as checking out their amazing range of whole food supplements, which you guys know I also love.

So check them out and get mouthwatering nutrition at balance of nature.com slash brett today. Again, that is balance of nature.com slash brett. Now, speaking of food and continuing on with the examples of the things that I was seeing on social media, the other clips that have gone the most viral from this event are also having to do with food. like the New York City CAA agent, who also did not duck for cover, he simply continued eating his salad. As you can see right here, he's watching everything to inspire. He's poking at his food. Apparently the salad was brought up, so I understand. I would not have stopped eating it either. Apparently, it was a new tux. He's kind of a germaphobe. He didn't want to get on the

floor is what he told the press after the fact. But like, guys, this is the culture that we are living in. In 26, we are watching a nonchalot assassination attempt take place. Casual, continuing on eating their salad. Like, after Trump was shot in Butler, we had a movement that was reignited. We had people on the left who contributed to all this violent rhetoric who suddenly woke up and realized what they had done. There was empathy and it felt restored on both sides. That was when people, you know, came together across the aisle in unity to try to make the country better. That was in large part because of what we all witnessed on July 14th. And now, like two years later, well, we gotta make sure

we finish our salads. The barata is not going to eat itself. Like now the journalists are filming vain TikToks under tables, they're evacuating, but not before they steal the leftover alcohol that was still sitting on the table, as you can see right here. Like just watch this clip, for example. It's just unreal. So what you have here are journalists doing more 0.5 selfies,

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